We went to Huntington on Friday to have tea and see if the wisteria is out: some is, some isn’t. Standing beneath the arbor and pointing my camera up to catch this view, I was surrounded by the powerful fragrance of the flowers. In a perfume, it would be too cheaply sweet. But in the spring sunshine, the aroma is glorious. I bought two cookbooks by gardeners sharing their culinary successes with home grown food.Yesterday at the public veggie garden where I volunteer, I picked a beet for an amazingly bent lady who recognized the few remaining beet tops from 50 feet – not many people do. We’re not supposed to give veggies to visitors, so I had to caution her to secret the dusky red globe and it’s lovely red-tinted greens at the bottom of her large canvas handbag. I imagined her eating it for dinner last night, as I read my own new cookbooks and dreamed of my summer harvests to come. April makes gardeners of us all.
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Dear Blogger,
Sorry for the junk mail, but we couldn’t find a better way to get in touch with you…and to pique your interest!!
We are searching for a few good experts on gardening, garden design, landscape, etc. to be part of an on-going online panel. Candidates should provide a fresh perspective to gardening and be the antithesis of the stodgy, Martha-type. The ideal candidate should have a bold personality, a sense of humor as well as the ability and willingness to share their gardening tips and advice to fellow gardeners and aspiring gardeners across the country.
Requirements:
Candidates will work with us over the course of two years on the following:
• Providing online advise once a week to up to five pre-selected gardeners
• Voting on consumer submissions once a week
• Selecting one national contest winner quarterly
• Blogging on the site once a week
The aforementioned should not take more than 1 hour a week and can be done at the panelists leisure from their own home.
In addition to the above “duties” we would want to elevate the profile of our experts via PR and online in year one and as such will most likely require one to two days for public relations, etc. as needed (we would cover all costs associated with this). In subsequent years we would expand the marketing mix to include: advertising, special interest publications and in-store.
In year two, the person will have to do limited travel up to five days over the course of the year.
If you are interested, please submit:
1. Name
2. Date of Birth
3. Location
4. Please tell us in 500 words or less why you love one or all of the following: Gardening, Design, Landscape, Horticulture
5. Please tell us why you are an expert in one of the aforementioned fields
6. What is your current profession
7. Tell us a funny thing about yourself
8. Website links
9. Tell us why you are the right person for the job
10. Are you currently aligned with or endorsed by any brands or corporations?
11. Please include a recent photo (jpeg only)
12. Salary Requirements
No Agents Please.
Please send everything to: talentsearch@motleyagency.com, SUBJ: Garden Talent. All entries must be submitted no later than Thursday, April 5, 2007.
My my, isn't this annoying????
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