Very Important Announcement: Want to help DG grow?

Dave and Trish do so much for us through this website, here's something we can do to help them. You know the saying, building a better mousetrap doesn’t mean the world will beat a path to your door - that's true of websites, too. But with a little help from us, DG can attract even more members, and eventually more subscribers. It also gives us a chance to brag on this website many of us call home.

Step 1. Look down through this list of 50 websites; pick out a few that interest you.

Step 2. Click on the link, and look for a place to submit a link (or URL). If there is a free-form text area, write a short polite note telling the webmaster why you think he/she should add a link to Dave’s Garden:
-If you like their website and/or use it, say so. A sincere compliment brightens anyone’s day; webmasters are no exception.
- Briefly describe the benefits of DG, especially the trading tools, personal journal, plants database and trading primer which are free and valuable to gardeners everywhere.
-Accurately enter the DG website: www.davesgarden.com (use cut and paste if necessary)

Step 3. E-mail your DG friends with the websites you selected, and ask them to follow up with their own request. It can take 10+ requests for a webmaster to take action.
****Let’s keep it simple! When someone sends you an e-mail with links, don’t re-send it to anyone else.

Last step: Send me the websites you contacted (your own selections AND any that someone else sent you.) I’ll track the websites we’ve contaced and how many requests have been sent. I’ll post updates when the DG link is added to another site.

A special note to Master Gardeners: your local MG website probably has a section with links of interest and you may be able to influence that webmaster on your own. There is also a large list of resources included on the international MG site, which you may wish to target as a group: http://dmoz.org/Home/Gardens/

A Final Note: The sites I've listed are “general gardening” sites – they don’t market their own brand of gardening supplies or merchandise (like Burpee, Park Seed, et al) If you have another site you want to target, make sure it is a general gardening-type website - if you need help, feel free to contact me.

Farmer's Almanac: http://www.almanac.com/feedback.html
Gardening Launchpad (suggest a link under Forums and General Information): http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/Nws.html
I can garden.com: (suggest a link under “Journals”): http://www.icangarden.com/link.cfm?task=viewcategory&categoryid=242
Garden Gate: http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/newsgrps.htm
Northern Gardening: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1329/links.htm#lktop
Internet Gardening: http://learning.lib.vt.edu/garden.html
American Community Gardening Assoc.: http://www.communitygarden.org/links/index.html#hortinfo
Nature Harvest Organic Gardening: http://www.natureharvest.com/
Oregon State University Extension: http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/garden/outsidelinks.html
A & C'S Gardening at Home: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5741/
GardenNet.com: http://gardennet.com/gardenlinks.htm
Gardening Places.com: http://www.gardeningplaces.com/
Horticultural Web: http://www.floriculture.com/cgi-shl/$webdbc.exe/model/nextid/htx/&/floriculture/addurl.htx?x_cartid=j77y5l1PiDddstR92tBJdeIE
Starting Page “Best Gardening Sites on the Web”: http://www.startingpage.com/html/garden.html
Get Set to Garden: http://www.gardeningbc.com/
Cornell University Gardening Resources: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gardening/
Let’s Go Gardening websites: http://www.sharewareplace.com/cgi-local/101form.cgi
Weekend Gardener: http://www.chestnut-sw.com/diction.htm
Botany for Everyone: http://dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/imd/botany.html
Michigan Electronic Library (MEL): http://mel.lib.mi.us/science/hortgen.html
A garden place (suggest links under Forums, Plant Encyclopedia and Garden Software): http://agardenplace.homestead.com/files/gardeningforums.html
Fine Gardening: http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/fg_links.asp
Botanical Society of America: http://www.botany.org/bsa/www-bot.html
Passiflora Society Int’l: http://www.passiflora.org/links.htm
Web Garden: http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/URL/sources4.5.html
Garden Links: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/2445/links.html#2
Plant Ideas.com: http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/2445/links.html#2
Atlanta Garden Connection: http://www.overpass.com/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?URL=http://www.atlgarden.com/&TITLE=Plant%20Ideas%20:%20Link%20to
Charlotte’s Gardens: http://www.overpass.com/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?URL=http://www.charlottesgardens.com/garden.html&TITLE=Plant%20Ideas%20:%20Link%20to
Purdue University: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/GI_sites.html
Gardenpages.com: http://www.gardenpages.com/links.htm
Geocities award page: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1329/award.htm
Easy Gardening: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8391/links.html#best
Southern Gardening: http://www.southerngardening.com/links/index.htm
Florida Gardening: http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/ggk/links.htm
Gardensearchonlne (suggest links under References, Databases and Tools): http://www.gardensearchonline.com/pages/Reference/
NC State University: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet/general_horticulture.html
Gardeners Network (suggest a link under Seeds) http://www.gardenersnet.com/atoz/seeds.htm#seed
At Home Garden: http://www.at-home-garden.com/directory_links.html
Backyard Gardener: http://www.gardenbreak.com/Resources/Information/Garden_Software/
Switchboard.com http://www.infocenters.switchboard.com/bin/cgiguide.dll?MEM=1&FUNC=GUIDE&CID=2
Gardens DFW: http://gardensdfw.com/
Gardenplanit interactive website: http://www.gardenplanit.com/links.htm
Garden, etc.: http://www.gardenetc.com/links.htm#gardening

Thanks in advance for your help!!!!

Note: I'll try to keep up with editing this posting and remove the sites as they add us as a link, so that you won't wonder if you're contacting a site that's already a "done deal." :)

Look for other threads to pop up when links are added, and check out the referring sites - I'm sure the webmasters of those sites will appreciate our interest in their site as well.

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I did this a along time ago with cindys list of catalogs. http://www.qnet.com/~johnsonj/
I will gladly ask other gardensites to add DG to their list. Cindy was more than glad to to do it she loved the site!!!!!!! GREAT IDEA Go_Vols!!!!! sue

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You had to get me started didn't you! I just sent an e-mail to Tom Clothier's Walk and Talk too, and also Gardeners Gathering!!!
I also contacted internet gardening and gardenlaunchpad on 10/26/01!!!!!!
sue

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I get the Birds N Blooms magazine and anyone that has an e-mail listed, I e-mail those people and tell them all about Dave's Garden. One lady even e-mailed me back and ended up sending me some Forget-Me-Nots Seeds. I don't even know if she joined or not. Will have to get back in touch with her again I guess. I spread the word as much as possible.

CoCo, I know a lot of us do try to "advertise" DG whenever we can, which is great :)

By focusing our collective efforts on a few specific websites, we can make sure that more sites add links to DG, which will provide more traffic to this website, and ultimately more subscribers.

Is there a section of links on Birds and Blooms? I looked, but didn't see one - if you are aware of one, please feel free to add them to the list of those you'd like to target.

I've printed your message and will contact all on your list and let you know when I've done them all........vic

I've already heard from some of you who have contacted several of these sites - thank you for your help. I've even heard back from a couple webmasters so far, which proves this type of "grass roots" effort can be very effective. But there's still plenty to be done, and lots of you who I haven't heard from!

Please let me know if you've contacted any of these sites.

And please give me some feedback: would it be easier if I selected 4 or 5 sites each week, and have everybody e-mail those specific sites? (I put together a large list since I figured it would have "something for everybody", but if it looks too overwhelming, speak up!!!)

I really some input here - this is an important means of helping DG become self-sustaining. I don't know exactly how many subscribers there are so far, but it's nowhere near the number of members. So let's "get out the vote!"

Talk about guick service check this out I just got the email back and she already added Dave's to her site. She said others had written too. http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/TerriPA/ccgardenlinks.html

Wow, that is very quick response! I'm sure Dave will want to thank the webmaster. That's one of the main reasons why I'm asking everyone to send me the links they've contacted, so that we can watch for them to add the link and be sure to thank the webmasters.

mystic, I also e-mailed that site and recieved a response on the 23rd from her. Believe it or not she is a member of DG. (terri in pa) She said she hasn't stopped in for a while but will be rejoining us soon! Small world isn't it!!!! sue

I contacted weekend gardener, internet gardening, gardenlaunchpad, and wiseacregarden.com today.
I will let you guys know when I recieve more responses! sue

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The link has been added to our Master Gardener Association Homepage.

http://www.mgawc.org


Paul

I am not sure if this one's on the list but I stumbled across it so I thought I would put in a good word for DG!!
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~merlyn/seedsaving.html#section1
sue

Terry, could you check this out! I don't want to put Dave's info in here without him knowing. Maybe you can check with him or maybe you can add it!
http://worldwide-topsites.cc/cgibin/topsites4/editmember.cgi
This is top 100 gardensites:
http://worldwide-topsites.cc/topsites4/index.shtml
sue

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