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Re: Re. Who's the Audience

At 02:25 PM 3/4/04, you wrote:

I would have to agree with Doreen. Markets for meaty gardening articles seem to be dwindling.


I have just returned from Canada Blooms where I gave a talk to a standing room only audience (1000+ gardeners) <g> about keeping your perennial garden in bloom all summer.

Just for the heck of it, I posed the question - "Do you want *to* garden?" or "Do you want *a* garden?" I naively assumed that with all these folks attending a garden show in March in Canada - they would be committed gardeners - the "to" folks. I was quite surprised to discover with a show of hands that less than 25% of the audience (non-scientifically based I admit) were "to" gardeners. The rest ...

Thanks to all for your comments - great food for thought here on our writing styles, content and information the trade needs to present.

Doug

Doug Green
Award winning writer - making things happen
Telling Your Story - Your Way
www.simplegiftsfarm.com



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