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economist suntribune pages saturday march 16 2002 w encourages garaeners to follow own inclinations from page 16 a plant closet plants take prior ity over design mrs fox said i would like to be more inter ested in design because i think design is important but i love plants if i see a plant i really want to try ill find a place for it which is absolutely the opposite of what you should do which is to have a plan in mind and find the plant that goes with it she encourages others to fol low their own inclinations people shouldnt feel they should have to grow what the magazines say or what the neigh bours are growing gardening should be joyful and personal its nice to see gardens aiid tfcontainer plantings that are wild and wacky you might not like but if a person derives pleasure out of them thats what gardening is for v mrs fox is largely selftaught gathering her information from books and magazines as weiias workshops and seminars and has attained the industry desig nation of master gardener with a background in jour nalism she evolved from a writer interested in gardening to a gardener interested in writing its nice to see gardens and container plantings that are wild and wacky you might not like them but if a person derives pleasure out of them thats what gardening is for after working at a community newspaper then freelancing between her first and second child mrs fox began with canadian gardening on its first issue in 1990 also as a freelancer she left 10 years later from the position of editor because she wanted to garden more and take correspondence courses of her time at canadian gardening mrs fox said it was wonderful i could have my hobby at home gardening and go to work and still have it with the potted garden pub lished mrs fox is developing a website for gardening enthusi asts wwwgardenmakingcom with an eye toward a newsletter for the fall in addition she is close to completing her horticul tural design diploma through the university of guelph while mrs fox is the only gardener in her family she describes her husband 16-year- old daughter and 21 yearold son as tolerant and apprecia tive of her pastime my husband digs the large holes and packs up the pots at the end up the season she said mrs fox will be signing copies of the potted garden march 24 from lto4 pm at kates garden at hwy 7 and mccowan road from page 16 throughout her 20year career ms somrners has been both exhilarated and exasperated with the media once the sponsor of a workshop held in a church basement set up an area for tv cameras i said i thought a tv camera would never show up at the event two showed up at another event seven tv stations booked to cover an exhibition launch not one showed up the onus for avoiding that kind of disappointment falls with the person or agency wanting coverage she said she encourages media relations peo ple to sit down with the media at the out set of a campaign explain what they want and ask how to make their jobs easier that is the key to the media she said they are short on staff- short on money the client needs to know how to work with them when media dont show up the per son wanting exposure must follow up ms somrners said thats where most people fall down they dont keep in touch with the media they dont take the responsibility of making that ongo ing relationship media coverage from an objective third party carries more credibility than advertising and is therefore worth three to seven times more she said in her book ms somrners takes readers through the steps of developing a media campaign from research to evaluation in between she uses canadian case studies including two from nonprofit organizations to illus trate her advice working on the book drew her back to writing ms somrners said now in addition to everything else she writes a monthly colurruvfor a public relations newsletter on the internet her heart lies equally with writing journalism and public relations speak ing ms somrners said adding she would like to present her workshops outside the country in the meantime she believes mis conceptions about the media can change given time effort and education the more people understand that its a- longterm commitment a media relationship ttkink thats when things will change building media relationships 3695 is sold at the ymca markham business centre 4855 14th ave ms somrners is donating 20 per cent of pro ceeds to the ymca community fund she is signing copies of her book at the centre tuesday from 11 am to noon she will also be appearing from 7 to 830 pm at area chapters stores april 11 at the yonge street and steeles avenue store april 18 at the hwy 7 and woodbine avenue location wstomxyrx yoga awaken stretch energize six classes in this ancient discipline starts tues mar 19th or thurs mar 21st p ease reaister bv mondav mar 18th v unionville mluiken soccer cuub lmonvilmillijpgij rep tryouts for boys arid girfi teamsj outdoor season 2002 milliken mills soccer dome during march please note 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