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GardenComm
If you're anything like me in the garden, each act — pruning a rose, weeding a flower bed, deadheading the annuals — supplies its own metaphor. "Cut the dead wood out," your brain says with glee, as you actively do just that. I remember struggling with grass in a flowerbed — as you do — and imagining myself a dictator trying to "root out" the resistance. "But it's a grassroots movement," my imaginary underling whined, "We'll never get it all." Grass is tenacious.
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GardenComm
Gather at Sullivan Hardware and Garden and see how GardenComm member Pat Sullivan transforms the garden center into a holiday wonderland, complete with four trains that ride to see Santa Claus at one of two North Poles, through a village of animated shops. At Newfields (formerly Indianapolis Museum of Art), Jonathan Wright, the Ruth Lily Deputy Director for Horticulture and National Resources, will speak about the history of the gardens at Newfields, the transformation of the grounds with 1.5 million lights each fall to produce Winterlights, and what's in store for the future on the campus.
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Join the celebration! Foxgloves changed the look and feel of gardening with unmatched dexterity, color, comfort and style. Foxgloves have earned the reputation for being “the gloves you love to wear!”
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Nieman Lab
A brief piece by Bradley Chambers at the Apple-centric website 9to5Mac lists a few things that he thinks could be done to improve Safari, the web browser that comes preinstalled on Macs and, more crucially, iPhones and iPads.
He proposes switching the default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo — unlikely given that Google pays Apple $12 billion a year for that position — and adding some user-friendly tips for those new to Apple's apps.
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Knight-Cronkine News Lab
If your news team is just using Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, it is missing out on a platform that often produces unique story ideas: Reddit.
As of 2017, Reddit had 330 million average monthly users — which Social Media Today says puts it on par with Twitter. But Reddit is not your typical digital platform.
"Reddit is really like a cocktail party," said Gabriel Sands, the senior partnerships manager for news and journalism on Reddit.
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MediaPost
You'd think media giants would know better. But only 36% of publications send a single welcome message and 30% conduct a welcome campaign after a reader signs on, according to News in the Age of Personalized Marketing, a study by Iterable.
This is disappointing, given that 70% of people expect to receive an email after subscribing to something, as the study notes.
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The New York Times
Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without another death blow for local journalism. Another beloved newspaper slashes its staff; another longtime radio program goes silent.
In New York, there might now be a novel solution: government intervention.
Two state lawmakers are proposing a requirement that any cable company operating in New York offer a local news channel with "news, weather and public affairs programming," according to a draft of the bill.
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Digiday
Trade shows, conferences and summit events are nothing new for business-to-business publishers, who have a tight grip on catering to professional audiences.
But for business publications like Forbes, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, events are an appealing area of growth, offering both custom events for sponsors and building their own event franchises.
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Make your garden come to life with Sunfinity® Sunflowers that thrive and bloom continuously all season long.
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With the widest selection of full-blooming varieties, Optimara continues to advance the industry with new plant varieties and innovative growing techniques, constantly refined over years of research and development. We create new, exciting plants and care products which are trend-setting and truly functional. Our effort is to continue offering customers a unique selection of flowers in a beautiful product line.
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Social Media Today
There are plenty of ways to come up with blog post ideas, but generating ideas that people love is another story.
Whether you’re just starting a blog, or you're struggling to come up with fresh topics for an existing one, you’ve come to the right place. In this post, I'll go over seven effective strategies for coming up with blog topic ideas that will keep your editorial calendar full, and your audience coming back for more.
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Social Media Today
Facebook's making a couple of changes to business Pages, which will impact both presentation and data tracking elements.
First off, as first reported by Marketing Land, Facebook has announced that it's removing all of its gray verified badges, designed to display Page authenticity, as of October 30.
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Connecticut Public Radio
Fall is great for shuffling through layers of dried, fallen leaves. I love the smell, sound and feeling of the leaves underfoot. But leaves are also a great resource for your garden, lawn and yard. So, let's look at five ways to use those leaves in the garden.
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Bundaberg Now
Did you know there are certain times of day best for watering the garden? Or that there are types of plants that need just a small amount of water to thrive?
With National Water Week upon us, we shine the spotlight on our outdoor areas to remind green thumbs of the many ways to save on water in the garden.
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The Tech
UA Sustain, MIT’s Office of Sustainability, and MIT Ground Services collaborated to create The Hive, a sustainability garden located on Saxon Lawn near Walker Memorial. The garden is the product of a 2017 survey conducted by UA Sustain. According to the Office of Sustainability, the survey indicated great student interest in a community garden.
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