Dear UK gardeners,

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

We would like to try to encourage people who like to garden to let or
purchase flats in our tenement block in the Gorgie district of
Edinburgh. We want to increase the proportion of residents who like
to help maintain and use our shared garden.

I'm wondering where the best online forums or offline locations would
be the best for trying to contact the people who might be interested.
I've appended below an advertisement that I can imagine sending
around. Can any of you give any advice on this?

Thanks for your time in considering my question.

With my best regards,

Joe Wells

my e-mail address: local part is “jbwells�, domain name is “blueyonder.co.uk�

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Garden-friendly Flat Purchasers and Tenants Sought for Edinburgh Tenement Block

Do you want to live near Edinburgh city center and garden at home
right away rather than waiting for an allotment and gardening at some
distance from home? Would you like to share your gardening with a
group of friendly people?

The gardeners of the Wheatfield Backgreen in the Gorgie district of
Edinburgh would like to encourage people who like to garden to let or
purchase flats in our tenement block. We want to increase the
proportion of residents who like to help maintain and use our shared
garden. If you like to garden and you are thinking of moving to or
within Edinburgh, then please consider joining us!

All block residents have access to a shared garden with these features:

* We currently have space available for additional vegetable-growing
allotments.

* We have a number of beds with flowers and other interesting plants
that we are maintaining and we would like to develop more.

* We have a large grass lawn which we keep mowed which is good for
garden parties and similar activities.

* We have a large locked shed for shared gardening equipment.

* We have composting facilities, including a “Rocket� composting
machine which produces compost in only 2 weeks.

* We have built a brick stand on which we light barbecue fires.

Flats are available both for sale and to let; see our web site for a
list. Even if none of the currently available flats suits your fancy,
flats regularly come on the market.

For more information, see our web site at this URL:

http://wheatfield-backgreen.wikispot.org/

We would be grateful for suggestions on good places for contacting
gardeners who might be interested in moving to our block.

With our best regards,

the Wheatfield Backgreen gardeners

"Joe Wells (replace nospam by jbwells)" wrote in
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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?

We would like to try to encourage people who like to garden to let or
purchase flats in our tenement block in the Gorgie district of
Edinburgh. We want to increase the proportion of residents who like
to help maintain and use our shared garden.

I'm wondering where the best online forums or offline locations would
be the best for trying to contact the people who might be interested.
I've appended below an advertisement that I can imagine sending
around. Can any of you give any advice on this?

Thanks for your time in considering my question.

With my best regards,

Joe Wells

my e-mail address: local part is "jbwells", domain name is
"blueyonder.co.uk"

================================================== ====================

Garden-friendly Flat Purchasers and Tenants Sought for Edinburgh Tenement
Block

Do you want to live near Edinburgh city center and garden at home
right away rather than waiting for an allotment and gardening at some
distance from home? Would you like to share your gardening with a
group of friendly people?

The gardeners of the Wheatfield Backgreen in the Gorgie district of
Edinburgh would like to encourage people who like to garden to let or
purchase flats in our tenement block. We want to increase the
proportion of residents who like to help maintain and use our shared
garden. If you like to garden and you are thinking of moving to or
within Edinburgh, then please consider joining us!

All block residents have access to a shared garden with these features:

* We currently have space available for additional vegetable-growing
allotments.

* We have a number of beds with flowers and other interesting plants
that we are maintaining and we would like to develop more.

* We have a large grass lawn which we keep mowed which is good for
garden parties and similar activities.

* We have a large locked shed for shared gardening equipment.

* We have composting facilities, including a "Rocket" composting
machine which produces compost in only 2 weeks.

* We have built a brick stand on which we light barbecue fires.

Flats are available both for sale and to let; see our web site for a
list. Even if none of the currently available flats suits your fancy,
flats regularly come on the market.

For more information, see our web site at this URL:

http://wheatfield-backgreen.wikispot.org/

We would be grateful for suggestions on good places for contacting
gardeners who might be interested in moving to our block.

With our best regards,

the Wheatfield Backgreen gardeners


Well I wouldn't suggest here because advertising isn't allowed and you would
be told off :-(

Best of luck with your endeavours though

Mike

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?

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free.uk.talk.edinburgh
alt.uk.edinburgh.misc
soc.culture.scottish
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In article , Sacha
writes
On 13/9/08 14:28, in article , "Joe Wells
replace nospam by jbwells" wrote:

Dear UK gardeners,

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

snip

free.uk.talk.edinburgh
alt.uk.edinburgh.misc
soc.culture.scottish



Gardeners weekly, Amateur gardener
Local gardening Clubs
Allotment Associations
garden centres and nurseries.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy writes:

In article , Sacha
writes
On 13/9/08 14:28, in article , "Joe Wells
replace nospam by jbwells" wrote:

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?

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.)

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!

--
With my best regards,

Joe Wells

my e-mail address: local part is "jbwells", domain name is "blueyonder.co.uk"

http://wheatfield-backgreen.wikispot.org/

On 15/9/08 09:27, in article , "Joe Wells
replace nospam by jbwells" wrote:

Janet Tweedy writes:

In article , Sacha
writes
On 13/9/08 14:28, in article , "Joe Wells
replace nospam by jbwells" wrote:

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)