Garden blogs get press in Austin
May 05, 2007
As in Detroit, garden blogs got a little press in Austin today with my article in the Austin American-Statesman. A photo of eight of the Austin garden bloggers—taken on the day of our “Ground Robin” garden tour—accompanied the article.
I hope it creates new readers among people who love to garden but aren’t aware of all the great information and inspiration available in local garden blogs. Perhaps they will inspire even more Austinites to start gardening and maybe even create their own garden blogs. The more the merrier!
You wrote a lovely article describing about our Austin blogging community, Pam, and how Garden blogs have enriched many of our lives. Thank you!
And once I mail a copy of the Statesman article to my mom, she’ll want to thank you, too – it’s such good bragging material for Mothers’ Day ;-]
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
[cool postcard!]
Thanks, Annie. The Austin garden-bloggers are such an enthusiastic, talented, and numerous group that I felt the need to brag on them a bit. I hope your mom enjoys the article.
The photo is of a fridge magnet in the style of an old-fashioned postcard. —Pam
Pam… I read the article first thing yesterday morning when it showed up in a Google alert for “garden blog”. Later I realized it was written by you! Nicely done. Austin is the Garden Blog capital of the world, no doubt. I have only found one other garden blogger from Indianapolis. But I’m going to keep looking!
Hmm, I didn’t know about those Google alerts, so it’s interesting to me that someone in Indianapolis was reading an article from Austin’s paper first thing in the morning. Sometimes I feel really behind the curve on technology. 😉
Don’t give up hope for future Indianapolis garden bloggers. A year ago, MSS from Zanthan Gardens was blogging here in near-solitary confinement, but her example inspired many of us, and now she’s surrounded by other Austin bloggers. Your example will inspire others too. —Pam
Dear Pam,
Thank you for the generous exposure and invitation to socialize. It takes a real daredevil to turn over rocks and see what writers do under there.
Sign me up for your mayoral campaign!
Julie
“It takes a real daredevil to turn over rocks and see what writers do under there.” Does it? Perhaps my rock-turning has been more along the lines of “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Nah, just kidding. Getting to know you and the other Austin garden bloggers has been such a treat for me. I look forward to more get-togethers.
I’ll leave the mayoral campaigns to Leslie, though. 😉 —Pam
Pam — I have that same magnet! Thanks again for the great story. You did us Austin bloggers proud.
— Susan
Thanks, Susan. You and I seem to share an affinity for the same sort of art, whether high-brow or low-brow, don’t we? —Pam
Good job, Pam! Your article was well written. You have a talent for writing, photography and gardening! Wow!
Thanks for including me in the Austin Ground Robin. 🙂
Regards,
Dawn
Thank you, Dawn. I look forward to future Ground Robins in your garden. —Pam
Like Annie, the first thing I did was send the clipping to my Mom. Thanks, Pam, for introducing garden blogging to mainstream media.
You’re welcome. I like to think of it as a follow-up to the earlier Statesman piece about keeping a garden journal, which talked some about garden bloggers, including yourself. —Pam
Very nice article Pam. Even though it was Austin centered you managed to include all of us.
Thank you, Christopher. —Pam