Re: Re. Who's the Audience

**R* M* N* M* <r*@comcast.net>**

on 3/4/04 6:10 PM, Doreen Howard at gardendiva@charter.net wrote:

> Doug Green wrote:
>> 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 ...
> 
> I hate being right.  I was hoping others would rebutt my premise.  Like
> Doug, I've asked audiences at three garden shows I've done in the last month
> about their intent.  One of my lectures is on container gardening.  The hall
> is always packed for that one, versus about half a house for the one on
> heirloom vegetables.  I asked the question to container gardening audiences,
> "Do you buy preplanted container gardens or do you plant your own?"  The
> preplanted crowd is always much bigger than the do-it-yourself people.
> Garden centers obviously have discovered what we gardener writers are slow
> to learn--people want instant gardens and they don't want to do it
> themselves.  Groan.....I'm feeling ancient.
> Doreen Howard
> 
> 
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