Carol Klein wins Garden Media Guild TV & Radio Broadcast Award

December 01, 2011

Carol Klein has won the award for Garden Programme TV Broadcast of the Year for Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein: High Summer at the 2011 Garden Media Guild TV & Radio Broadcast Awards.

Life in a Cottage Garden aired on BBC2 earlier this year and shone out against strong competition from the likes of Alan Titchmarsh’s Alan’s Garden Secrets – 20th Century, and The Beechgrove Garden, and received the following comments from judges of the competition:

‘Blending a combination of superb horticultural knowledge with great televisual quality, this programme was a joy to watch and learn from. And it is this combination of both fact and inspiration that makes it such an enjoyable programme. The many elements that contribute to its success include: the use of appropriate music; the presenter who uses language so enthusiastically and sincerely; the time shifting shots that show how gardens change and evolve over seasons; the balance between wide, expansive views and close-up details; and the bounty of useful tips and advice being imparted. In this case, it was truly greater than the sum of the parts, and all those involved in its production must be congratulated. This honest and inspiring reflection of the gardening year demonstrates how well this topic can work when coupled with great television work.’