On 15/9/08 09:27, in article , "Joe Wells
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Janet Tweedy writes:

In article , Sacha
writes
On 13/9/08 14:28, in article , "Joe Wells
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Dear UK gardeners,

Can you please give advice on where to advertise to attract
garden-friendly people to move to a Edinburgh tenement block?

free.uk.talk.edinburgh
alt.uk.edinburgh.misc

Thanks for the pointers, Sacha! Apparently there is also ed.general.
(And, unlike free.uk.talk.edinburgh and alt.uk.edinburgh.misc,
ed.general is miraculously spam-free. Unfortunately, it still has a
quite low signal-to-noise ratio.)

soc.culture.scottish

Just curious, wouldn't advertising for gardeners to move to/within
Edinburgh be a bit off-topic, or is it really okay to discuss anything
with any Scottish connection in that group?

The best thing would be to read the groups for a week or so and perhaps look
at their archives, too. That way you'll soon find what's welcome and what's
not.

Gardeners weekly, Amateur gardener

I'm guessing these are print publications. Right? Is it possible to
get an advertisement in them at extremely low cost? (The available
budget for this is absolutely zero.)

I'm sure an ad would cost they might be interested in writing about it (see
below)

Local gardening Clubs

I've tried to find those, still in the middle of searching. Anyone
know which are the best such clubs to contact for the Edinburgh area?

Allotment Associations

I've posted to the FEDAGA (Federation of Edinburgh and District
Allotments and Gardens Associations) online forum. Unfortunately, I
think not many people read this forum. I'm trying to see if there is
some way to get a message directly to people on the various allotment
waiting lists.

garden centres and nurseries.

Ah, this is a nice idea, Janet! Post a flyer at a garden center.
Lovely.

I just thought of another place to post flyers: at the city's
allotment sites.

Thanks for the helpful pointers to those who replied!

Let us know how it goes, won't you? Something in your local paper would
help. I'm not thinking of an ad you have to pay for but get a local
journalist interested in doing a feature on what you're trying to do. I
don't know if she still does it but Clarissa Dickson-Wright used to do a
column in The Scotsman and she's a great food writer. Perhaps you could
persuade her to tackle the subject from the ground up! It's very topical in
these days of rising food prices.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)