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RE: Location of garden articles in newspapers

Although I covet separate garden sections, such as the one in the 
Oregonian, I am proud of our weekly two-page coverage (soon to expand to 
three) on gardening (no home info, no "how to lay tile in the bathroom") 
in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  It runs every Thursday, and is (yes, 
it's weird) on the back of the features section, wrapping inside.  This 
was to get color on the "front" page.  I have many readers who say that 
now they wouldn't want it any other way; they immediately turn the 
section over.  

We have five writers each week.

Marty Wingate

GardenLit@aol.com wrote:
> If gardening is America's leading leisure activity, why is it hard to 
> find 
> the garden articles in US newspapers? I notice a great difference in 
> where in 
> a paper they're printed and whether or not Gardening or Home and Garden 
> is 
> even a section, let alone mentioned as a category in the guide or index. 
> 
> 
> I never have a problem finding the garden section in UK papers, but I 
> have a 
> problem right now with the New York Times Sunday edition. The paper is 
> in 
> front of me and I still can't find it (no comments about eyeglasses or 
> Saturday night parties please, maybe my copy is defective!). On the web 
> site 
> I found Lee Reich's article on weedless gardening dated 3/3/02. I assume 
> an 
> article of this nature and by this author would be printed in the New 
> England 
> edition (I live in Boston). Regional editions can differ so if there are 
> no 
> New England readers on the list can someone at least point me to the 
> right 
> section?
> 
> So, now I'm also very interested in finding out out which US newspapers 
> regularly publish separate garden sections? Is it more likely to be 
> driven by 
> advertising or perceived reader interest (is this the same thing?)? Are 
> there 
> any newspapers with full time "garden editors"? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sally Williams
> 
> 
> 

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