[Community_garden] winter garden event

[Mike McGrath]

February?! I think you're NUTS! The heated tents alone will put you in the 
red. All the plants will die on the way home. And nobody pays ten or twenty 
bucks to come to an 'event' (especially a 'dry' one)--a true gardening 
symposium, yes; but they are typically planned months to years in advance.
    If you must do something in Feb, do a simple Valentine's Day sale--maybe 
rose bushes or potted Spring bulbs (in The Language of Flowers, red 
TULIPS--not roses--mean "I love you").
    Otherwise, you would hold a Spring plant sale at the right time of 
year--which I'm guessing would be mid-May in your area...But since you need 
money by March, maybe consider selling shares in the Community Garden To Be; 
no event--just a nice website and lots of local publicity; that way, you 
have no expenses, just money in.

                                        ---The Ole' Curmudgeon, McG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "susan finlayson" <susanclfinlayson at yahoo.com>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:55 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] winter garden events


> Hello folks!
>
> Susan here in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Our community gardening organization, 
> Wasatch Community Gardens, is looking to do a simple, creative, FUN event 
> in February to help raise grassroots money and awareness about a downtown 
> community garden we are trying to purchase and save by March.
>
> Does anyone have ideas for a WINTERTIME community garden event?  We are 
> thinking we could charge 10 or 20 dollars to attend, invite the media, 
> etc.  Thoughts we've had so far are having it in the garden with tents and 
> heaters, starting seeds in flats for people to take with them and start 
> for the garden, a wintery outdoor art exhibit...  Ideally it wuold e 
> something low cost and not require tooo much time to plan.
>
> Thoughts???  Thanks for sharing your ideas!
>
> Susan Finlayson
>
>
> 
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