''People, Places & Plants'' was an American

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based in New Gloucester, Maine, covering the areas of

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and

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. ''People, Places & Plants'' is also the name of a gardening television program syndicated by

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History

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journalist and landscaper Paul Tukey co-founded ''People, Places & Plants'' in late 1995 and the magazine's first issue was published in January 1996. At the initial phase, the magazine was headquartered in

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. By late 1997, the magazine was the top-selling garden magazine in Maine. After establishing itself as a publication on gardening in

and

, a Mid-Atlantic edition was launched in 2003. 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. During late 2008 and 2009 issues of ''PPP'' were sporadic. The spring 2009 issue (volume 14, issue 2, edition 70) was received in June 2009 and on the bottom of page 12, it was announced that the magazine frequency was decreasing from six issues per year to three. The spring 2009 issue was the last one mailed to subscribers. In a gardening column by Tom Atwell in the Sunday Press Herald on January 31, 2010, Rick Churchill (one of the writers of the magazine) announced: ''PPP has ceased publication, although Paul Tukey has made no official announcement. There has not been an issue for eight months, and issues were sporadic before that. Tukey, contacted by e-mail, said the magazine is not yet officially dead. "It is still listed for sale by a Portland broker," he wrote, "and several entities are interested in acquiring the title to move it forward in some fashion. Until that happens, we've been holding off making an announcement." He hopes to notify subscribers by March 1, 2010.'' However, later it was declared that the magazine ceased publication in 2009.

Television program

A television program of ''People, Places & Plants'', filmed at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and hosted by

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and Paul Tukey, debuted in March 2003. Two seasons were produced and aired on

. Tukey earned the honor of America's Horticultural Communicator of the Year from the American Horticultural Society in 2006.

References

External links

Official Website (Archived)TN Nursery Information & ReviewWebsite Of Paul Tukey, PPP Editor
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