My swag from Renee's Garden
One of the many perks of belonging to the Garden Writer’s Association, an organization of professional communicators in the green industry, is the offers for free stuff, or swag, that are beginning to arrive in my mailbox.
It’s actually a simple yet effective marketing strategy on the part of these companies – send samples of your product to the people who write about them. Of course, the downside is the companies are taking a risk, if the writer (me) doesn’t like their product , she will undoubtedly tell her readers.
The other day I received a media kit from Renee’s Garden introducing some new offerings for 2010 and an invitation to try some of Renee’s Garden seeds in my own garden. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, I took Renee’s Garden up on its generous offer and ordered a selection of seeds.
Being the lazy gardener that I am, I decided to go with seeds that can be started outside – none of the seed starting under grow lights in the basement for me. Quick and dirty, that’s my style. So, I am looking forward to growing, from seed, Broken Colors Four O’Clocks, Apricot-Peach Parfait hollyhock, Vanilla Berry nasturtiums, Rattlesnake and Purple Pole beans and Sea of Red lettuce to name just a few.
I’m also looking forward to a colorful and delicious growing season in my garden this year. I’ll keep you updated on my progress as the season develops. If you have any tips you’d like to share if you have experience growing these or similar varieties, please leave a comment, I’d love to hear from you.
I’m looking forward to seeing photos as your seeds develop, especially the apricot-peach parfait hollyhock! Nasturtiums have long been a spicy summer salad addition but I’ve never tried the very yummy sounding vanilla berry!
I purchased Renee’s Garden seeds last year for a friend whose name is Renee. I gave her thyme, sage, and parsley for her herb garden and it seemed that almost all of the seeds germinated and the plants were beautiful all summer. Enjoy!