GardenComm International’s newest Fellow is an Australian

For the first time in its 76-year history, GardenComm International recently honoured an Australian garden communicator at an awards ceremony at the annual conference held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Andrea Whitely was named a Fellow of GardenComm International. This honour recognises a good-standing member who has demonstrated exceptionally high degrees of skill, professional ethics, and dedication to GardenComm’s mission and values. GardenComm International provides opportunities for education, recognition, and career development, and is a forum for wide-ranging interactions and collaborations.

Andrea Whitely is a well-known Perth-based Garden consultant. In addition to designing and installing new gardens, she completes garden renovations and manages a suite of gardens in her maintenance program, sourcing and delivering plants from all over Western Australia for her clients. Andrea has been a GardenComm member since 2015, and a regional director since 2017.

She worked on the rebranding of the Garden Writers Association to become Garden Communicators International. She had attended every face-to-face GardenComm conference since 2015 and the virtual ones during the pandemic. She is also a member of the Horticulture Media Association of Australia and was a member of the Western Australia branch committee of the Australian Garden History Society.

Andrea is an award-winning garden blogger who has been a regular guest presenter on ABC Perth and 100.1 Curtin FM, and most recently stepped in occasionally to host 6PR Perth Garden radio shows. Andrea has also been a guest on podcasts in Australia and the USA, and has contributed words and photography to many industry-based magazines, websites, and books.

For more information: https://info.gardencomm.org/ and  https://andreawhitely.com/