Last week the Landscape Management team traveled to beautiful Portland, Ore., to take part in the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association’s annual meeting. Among the highlights of this year’s event were a tour of Pacific Landscape Management, a creative writing education session and the Communication Awards banquet, held May 9. (OK, and Voodoo Doughnut.)
I’m happy to report LM took home the following awards:

- Merit, Best Photograph, Print Magazine Cover — “Game Changer“
- First Place, Printed Magazine: Overall Magazine Design — Business Planner 2013: How To Edition
- First Place, Writing, Commercial Publications, Editorial/Opinion Piece — “The giving trees of the 9/11 memorial“
- First Place, Writing, Commercial Publications, Column — “Profiting by Design“
- First Place, Writing, Commercial Publications, Operations Profile — “Game Changer“
- Merit, Writing, Commercial Publications,Business Management — “Rebranded“
- First Place, Writing, Commercial Publications, Environmental Stewardship Article — “A Greener Land“
- First Place, Writing, Commercial Publications, Series — “Add-On Biz“
And congratulations to our sister magazine, Golfdom, for taking home nine awards, making North Coast Media’s haul 17 total awards. So please excuse us while we pat ourselves on the back for a moment. OK, we’re done. I’ll get back to wrapping up the June issue.
—Marisa Palmieri