Susan's Garden show financing

**"* D* <m*@gmail.com>**

Wow Susan, that must have been quite an experience.
 $30,000 out of pocket plus your donated labor? That expensive.
Glad it was worth it to you in the end.
Martha Stoodley

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Susan Wyche <susanwyche@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I designed a garden for the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show in
> 2004. The show, as others have noted, pays a certain fee per square
> foot. I think the fee just about covered my cost in transportation
> (three rental trucks to and from the Cow Palace). All told, my
> partners and I paid $30,000 out of pocket, and all of the labor was
> done by volunteers, the plants were donated (except for a few last
> minute additions), and the artwork and much of the hardscape
> materials were loaned to us. If I had had to pay for everything, it
> would have cost nearly $100,000. Preparing for the show completely
> dominated three months of my life and I was exhausted for a month
> afterwards. Was it worth it? I had only been designing for three
> years (a mid-life career change), the garden won the Sunset award and
> a silver from the show's judges, and was featured on television, in
> local newspapers, and in one of the Sunset special editionzines. I
> gained only a handful of real clients, but the credibility and
> confidence I gained were the most valuable. I'd never do it again,
> but it was one of the most creative and educational experiences of my
> life.
>
> --Susan Wyche
> Green Perspectives
> susan@greenperspectives.com
>
>
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