People, Places, and Plants

People, Places, and Plants

Infobox Magazine
title = People, Places & Plants


image_size =
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editor = Paul Tukey
editor_title =
staff_writer = Rich Miller
Dr. Rick Churchill
Laura Eisener
Henry Homeyer
Barbara Gee
Allen Lessels
frequency = Bimonthly
circulation = 65,000
category = Gardening
company =
publisher = Paul Tukey
firstdate = January 1996cite news |first=Lloyd |last=Ferriss |title=Maine Gardening, Maine Magazine |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |date=1996-02-04 |page=4G ]
country = flagicon|US United States
language = English
website = http://www.ppplants.com/
issn = 1092-9223

"People, Places & Plants" is an American gardening magazine based in New Gloucester, Maine [cite news |first=Tux |last=Turkel |title=Falmouth, Maine, Landscaper Starts People, Places & Plants Magazine |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8954028_ITM |work=Portland Press Herald |date=2002-11-08 ] covering the areas of New England and New York. "People, Places & Plants" is also the name of a gardening television program syndicated by Home & Garden Television.

Magazine

Maine journalist and landscaper Paul Tukey co-founded "People, Places & Plants" in late 1995 and the magazine's first issue was published in January 1996. By late 1997, the magazine was the top-selling garden magazine in Maine. [cite news |first=Lloyd |last=Ferriss |title=Garden or Garden Magazine, a Green Thumb's a Must |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |date=1997-11-23 |page=4G ]

After establishing itself as a publication on gardening in New England and New York, a Mid-Atlantic edition was launched in 2003. [cite news |title=Maine publisher launches magazine for mid-Atlantic |work=Portland Press Herald |date=2003-02-13 |page=7B ] It suffered from sluggish sales and was discontinued in late 2004. "People, Places & Plants" published its 50th issue, billed also as a special 10th anniversary issue, in May 2005. [cite news |first=Tom |last=Atwell |title=A decade in print |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |date=2005-05-15 |page=G3]

Television program

A television program of "People, Places & Plants", filmed at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and hosted by Roger Swain and Paul Tukey, debuted in March 2003. [cite news |first=Ray |last=Routhier |title=Home-grown TV program finds market |work=Portland Press Herald |date=2003-05-27 |page=1B ] Two seasons were produced and aired on Home & Garden Television. [cite news |title=Weekly gardening show goes off air this month |work=Maine Sunday Telegram |date=2005-03-27 |page=4G] Tukey earned the honor of America's Horticultural Communicator of the Year from the American Horticultural Society in 2006.

References

External links

* [http://www.ppplants.com People, Places & Plants] official website
* [http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hpppl/ People, Places & Plants] television show website on HGTV
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8873389_ITM October 2003 interview with Paul Tukey about gardening in Maine]


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