Garden club needs help naming a winter gardening event

This week’s “Help this Hound” question is from me and my fellow members of the Port Washington Garden Club in Port Washington, Wisconsin:

We’re sponsoring our first-ever daylong lecture series on Feb. 26, and we’re looking for a catchy title that will really build the buzz and draw a huge crowd.

Guest experts from within and outside the club will be speaking on topics that include tips for gardening with your pet, how to incorparate native plants and dramatic grasses into your garden, unusual plants for shade gardens, the kitchen garden, and how to create a worm farm for richer soil. The event will give local gardeners something to do in the dead of winter in Wisconsin. 

So far, the working title is “Throw off the Winter Blues with a Day of Gardening.” Can you do better than that?

I’m offering a $50 gift certificate for Publicity Hound products to the person who suggests a title that we end up using.  


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  • Wendy

    “Dig Deeper to fight the winter Duldrums”

  • Linda Schroeder

    Shake off the winter blues. Green up in our garden.

  • Mary Jamison

    “Spring is Busting Out Deep Under”

  • Barbara

    Joan:
    How about:
    Winter Greens from Salads to Scenic Views
    Gardens that Grow (on You)
    Winter Fields to Spring blooms.
    In and Out, Year Round Gardens

  • KC Christensen-Lang

    Okay Joan…here’s some for ya….had fun playing with words this afternoon. Maybe you can use one or it triggers another “punny” title?!…LOL.

    A Gardener’s Paradise of Advice!
    A Harvest of Helpful Hints
    Banish the Winter Blues With Sunny Tips
    Zap Cabin Fever & Grow Your Garden
    Harvest Good Times with the Cream of the Crop
    Down-To-Earth Lectures To Blossom New Ideas
    Cream of Crop Experts join forces
    Sunny Tips to brighten Your Winter
    Gardening Tips despite the Snow Drifts

    Good luck, KC 🙂

  • Linda Swisher

    Petallurgy

    GardensPORT of the Midwest

    Fun in Spades

    Hoe Down PW

    Digging Up Dirt

    Pot & Grass: A Gardening Seminar

  • Jean Hibbard

    “Gardeners Have Worms and Other Dirty Little Secrets…”

  • Gayle Carson

    What you always wanted tk oknow and were afraid to ask–about your garden.ow

    How to have fun and garden too!

    Is your green thumb really green?

    Turning your garden into a lush paradise.

  • Patricia Daeley

    I’m struck by how most of the things folks will be learning will have to be envisioned for spring and summer, rather than immediately put to use. Something about imagining your garden.

    Grow Your Mind, Grow Your Garden

    Learn It Now, Grow It Later

  • Joy V. Smith

    I passed this request on to my sister, the horticultural honcho, and she came up with:

    Green up the Winter Blues with a Day of Gardening.

    Color the Winter Blues Green with Time in the Garden.

    Change the Winter Blues to Green with a Day of Gardening.

    Heat up the Winter Blues with Growing Green (things).

    Melt the Winter Blues with a Day of Gardening/Growing Green.

    Turn off/out the Winter Blues with a green day of gardening.

  • Joy V. Smith

    Btw, we both looked at the earlier posts and were impressed with how snappy and succinct they were! But we decided to post Melody’s list anyway.

  • Michael Carr

    “Seven Hills Spring Fest”

  • Karen Zapp, copywriter & marketer

    Hi Joan,

    Here are a few ideas that came quickly to mind . . .

    Springtime in February

    A Blooming Good Time

    A Blooming Good Time for Gardeners

    Gardening Fun is Sprouting Up All Over

    For a Great Garden in Spring … Plant Yourself Here for a Day (better for a subtitle or other copy within the promotional marketing piece)

  • Ken

    How about these:

    The Joy of Gardening in the Dead of Winter
    Overcome the Winter Blues–Plant a Garden!
    Garden Magic in the Dead of Winter
    Gardens that Blossom in the Dead of Winter!

  • Cindy

    Make Your 2011 Garden The Best Ever! Design your garden with native plants and dramatic grasses, create a kitchen garden, feed the soil with worm casting tea. Attend some great classes to find out how.

  • DCR

    Hi Joan,

    It sounds like such a great event. Here you go:

    Winter Magic Blooms. (love the graphics/imagery you can create with this one) and next year…
    Winter Magic Blossoms…then
    Winter Magic Grows…

    I like event titles that can offer longevity and create that top of mind awareness.

    Best,
    DCR

  • Micah Unruh

    “BUSTING OUT!! Gardening in the Dead of Winter!”

  • Susan Phillips

    Dreamin’ of Warm, Summer Days – We Have 1,001 Ideas to Help You Plan a Summer Garden

  • Cheryl Pickett

    The Port Washington Garden Club Presents

    It’s Summertime Somewhere

    1st Annual Learn & Grow Gardner’s Retreat

  • Sharon Z

    Put Petal to the Mettle: Expand Your Horticultural Horizons With a Garden Variety of Earth-Shattering Ideas

  • Harry M.

    Joan,

    Done PR all my life, but I’m a frustrated copywriter at heart.

    Plant it here! You’re Invited to a Winter Garden Party

    All the best with your event.

    Regards,
    Harry

  • Rekaya

    “A Day in the Garden”
    “A New Day, a New Garden”
    “A New Garden in One Day”
    “Keeping It Fresh In the Winter: Gardening Tip in One Day”

  • Cathey

    Go Green in the Dead of Winter

  • DCR

    Hi Joan,
    This was a fun campaign. I am curious which name was chosen.
    Thanks, DCR