Twitter for Victory Gardens!
By Vanessa Richins
As I wrote before, I think Twitter is a great resource for gardeners.
You can connect with fellow plant enthusiasts from around the world in an instant.
I can get instant answers to questions I may have, discover new plants, and just enjoy talking about all things green.
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to use Twitter to further the victory garden cause. I spent a day talking it up. However, I didn’t have a concrete plan of what to do beyond that.
A fellow Victory Garden enthusiast and editor of Country Life magazine, Pamela Price from redwhiteandgrew came up with a wonderful idea for us to promote the cause. She started a Twitter group called Twitter4VG.
You can join the group to find others interested in Victory gardening. Their updates will show up on the group’s page.
The best part of her plan was dubbing Tuesdays as the day to Tweet 4 Victory Gardening. We use that day to spread the word by adding #twitter4vg on the end of our messages so people can follow the conversation. We answer questions and show how to start your own victory garden, as well as helping your community catch the Victory Garden fervor.
We are also excited that Horticulture magazine will be sponsoring our efforts on Twitter, as well as assisting as a cohost this week.
Have any questions? You can leave a comment here or Tweet me at TreesandShrubs. Come join us and use Twitter for Victory Gardens!
April 6th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Tweet tweet… See ya there!
April 7th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Just signed up! See you there!