Nominations start on April 1 and end on April 30th, plenty of time to nominate your favorites. I’m announcing the categories now so that you can start thinking about who you want to nominate!

Without further ado, here are the 2010 Mouse & Trowel Awards categories:

General Categories:

• Best Writing
• Best Photography
• Best Blog Design
• Post of the Year
• Garden Blog of the Year
• Best New Garden Blog (blog in which the first post was published on or after 1/1/09)
• Best Gardenblogger to Follow on Twitter

Niche Categories:

• Best Urban Gardening Blog
• Best Rural Gardening/Farming Blog
• Best Indoor Gardening Blog
• Best Garden Design Blog
• Best Container Gardening Blog
• Best Blog About Growing Food
• Best Blog by a Company (This is where we recognize a company that’s doing a good job blogging. It could be a newspaper, magazine, garden product, or nursery.)

Something for everyone I think, and I’m hoping to discover lots of new blogs through your nominations! So, start thinking — nominations start in less than one month!

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