We are thrilled to announce that Urban Gardens has been has been nominated for The 14th Annual Webby Awards in the Lifestyle category! Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

We are one of only five nominees in its category, competing against such web titans as Epicurious.com, Mother Nature Network, and Yahoo! Shine. As a nominee, Urban Gardens is eligible for the Internet industry’s two most sought-after awards: The Webby Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award. But we need your vote!

The Webby People’s Voice Award is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 30th, Urban Gardens fans can cast their votes at:

http://webby.aol.com/living/lifestyle.

“Nominees like Urban Gardens are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year.”

Winners will be announced on May 5th, 2009 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by Seth Meyers. Winners will be able to share one of the Webby’s famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners–and their speeches–include Al Gore (“Please don’t recount this vote.”), Beastie Boys (“Can anyone fix my computer?”), and Stephen Colbert (“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”).

The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, “Simpson’s” creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

If we win, what should our five word acceptance speech be?