Suite101 at Garden Writers Association 61st Annual Symposium

Posted by Lima Al-Azzeh Oct 6, 2009

Plants & Animals editor Barbara Nicholson Bell attended the 61st annual GWA Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina last week hoping to spread the word about Suite101 writing opportunities to this dedicated niche of writers.

About the Garden Writers Association

The Garden Writers Association (GWA) is a non-profit organization comprised of garden professionals specifically in the field of gardening communication. GWA members range from book authors and syndicated columnists to television and radio personalities, catalog publishers and much more.

For the past 61 years the GWA has hosted a much-anticipated symposium where garden writers have the opportunity to exchange information about lawn and garden products or services while commiserating with fellow garden communicators.

Suite101’s Barbara Nicholson Bell at GWA

As Suite101’s Plants & Animals editor, Barbara Bell has committed the past two and a half years to growing her section. Which explains why she was thrilled to jump at the chance to tell other freelance garden writers about the opportunities available to them here at Suite101.

“It was great to be a professional among professionals” said Barbara in our correspondence following the event, “I enjoyed talking about everything that came up: xeriscaping, public gardens, new roses, the best kind of pruner.”

In an earlier blog post, Jill Browne talked about the benefits of finding your niche and following your bliss. With this in mind we invite GWA writers to come and write what they love and share what they know about plants and gardening with our broad audience. We look forward to welcoming them into the Suite.

If you are a member of a writing association and wish to contact a Suite101 staff member about an upcoming event or conference, please email associate.editor@suite101.com or send us a tweet @suite101