Re: this forum is 8.5 years old

Excellent idea, Sean and may I congratulate you on the BEST discussion group I have had the privilege of participating in (I think I joined in early '96).

If you make it a traveling exhibit, then we could display it at the San Diego Home Garden show in spring and probably as part of the garden show at the fair in June/July.

Tell me what I can do to help -- words are my forte! Displays too...

Nan


Hi folks -

I had an interesting discussion with a couple of our subscribers the other day. I starting working on the creation of this forum back in '94, and it took about a year to find a suitable forum form and an institution willing to host it. Always remember the date I started working to make this whole business happen, I thought (as did the two previously mentioned) that we were about to celebrate our tenth year in existence! I dig around in my archives and discovered that the actual first message on medit-plants was in April of 1995.

Why is he telling us all this you ask - well, the idea being put forward was to have some sort of celebration to commemorate 10 years of this interesting exchange of information. Albeit regional, one idea was to create an educational display at our local San Francisco Flower & Garden Show in March of 1995. Perhaps, starting to work together now, information could be brought together that could be shared with others interested in their own regional celebrations. Such information might be:

- notable posts to the group over the years - very informational, scientifically important, humorous, quaint, etc.
- for those willing to share personal details, short bios about participants, where they live, pictures, whatever.
- garden profiles routinely discussed or felt to be relevant to this forum.
- a compilation of gardening tips that are particularly relevant to mediterranean climates.
- recipes shared on the forum over time.
- other?

Starting so far in advance would make the gathering of such information possible for anyone who stepped forward to participate (we're all very busy, I know!). This information might be placed on the web for all us to be able to access, and for future medit-plants subscribers to peruse.

I'd be interested in knowing what people's reaction is to such ideas. I can certainly lend technical support as well as layout the information in a graphically pleasing and professional looking manner, but I would require assistance from many of you out there around the world (plus it would reflect the international character of the forum to have such involvement).

Here in the Bay Area we're receiving several days of gentle but persistent rain. The temperatures are not as cold as they've already been this season and this type of moisture is certainly better than the downpours we often get when it rains here! I am so excited to see all of my summer dormant bulbs springing into growth!!

Regards,
Seán O.

h o r t u l u s a p t u s - 'a garden suited to its purpose'
Seán A. O'Hara sean@support.net
1034A Virginia Street, Berkeley, California 94710-1853, U.S.A.

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