[Garden] Planting Party Poster - Approval

[Paul Nijjar]

--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello to all gardeners,
> Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
> submitted it to Evan for
> approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
> respond with a
> quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
> should change 'this'... " 

The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
few more graphics in the poster. 

Here's one possible layout:

"Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this

"Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph 

Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or 
other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
bit. 

I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
then you might consider some of the following: 

- Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
- Spend time outside for a change!
- Dig in the dirt! 
- Get your hands dirty!
- Support local agriculture!
- Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
- Help compost UW's food waste!
- Take your frustration out on bindweed!
- Eat the (edible) weeds!
- Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
- Party with the earthworms!

etc. 

If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker. 

> P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
> evening (say around 7)
> for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?

There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
young seedlings of the revolution. 

- Paul



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