About My Green Side

I want to introduce myself…..My name is Ben Fairfield and I am one of the founders of The Urban Garden Project™. The Urban Garden Project™ is the initiative to encourage Americans to learn from history, become more self-reliant, save a significant amount of money, and eat healthier, all as a result of planting their own urban garden! The goal of The Urban Garden Project™ is to encourage and catalogue the creation of 100,000 urban gardens by 2020. We know that this is a sizeable goal, but we will accomplish it 1 garden at a time!

As a result of your successful blog and your obvious passion for gardening I was hoping that you would visit our website at http://www.urbangardenproject.wordpress.com to learn more about the project. It costs nothing to support the project; we simply need help getting the word out to the world so that we can begin to catalog existing or new urban gardens. It would also be great to be able to add you to our garden catalog and link to your site through our blogroll! The official kick off for the project is April 1st 2009 and we are busy creating videos, tutorials, product reviews and more to make visiting worth everyone’s time!

I am hoping that as a result of our shared passion for gardening you can help us in spreading the word about The Urban Garden Project™. Again, your support costs nothing. Our mission is pure and we hope that you can come along side us in this project to grow the gardening community and the number of urban gardens!

Thank you so much for your time and we are looking forward to you visiting our site and letting us add your garden to our growing catalog of gardens from across the world!

Have a great day!

Ben Fairfield

Wendy:

You’re a woman with a family after my own heart. My husband, Trent, and I left our full-time jobs in high tech to start Surf City Growers in 2005, and have since launched My First Organics seed starting kits, which is all about teaching families, through a simple, hands-on activity, the benefits of organic gardening and produce.

As you know, the economy is forcing households to cut variable costs, and organic gardening saves hundreds of dollars in groceries, travel and entertainment expenses. It is proving to be an inexpensive way for families to spend time together outside, being active in nature and away from the distraction of cell phones, video games, and television. Together, they yield nutritious, organic produce – the cost of which is out of reach for most Americans. In fact, a $15 kit harvests up to $250 worth of produce.

We have several exciting Earth Day announcements to share; below are the headlines. I’d be happy to provide you the releases in advance of April 22 if you’re interested in learning more.

Grow Organic and Save Money
Households turn to gardening to reduce expenses and reconnect with nature, family

How Organic Gardens Save the Earth
Free e-coloring book educates families on the benefits of organic produce

Organic Nursery Launches Countywide Green Fundraiser for Public Schools
Internet campaign aims to aid budget shortage affecting childhood education in Santa Cruz County

We’ve taken our cue from the First Lady when she said “that through children, they will begin to educate their families and that will, in turn, begin to educate our communities.” That’s what My First Organics is all about.

Thanks for your consideration. We hope to hear from you soon.

Linda and Trent McNair
Founders and Owners
Surf City Growers, Inc. | My First Organics
831-688-1088 | Linda cell 831-245-7444
linda@surfcitygrowers.com | http://www.surfcitygrowers.com
Blog: http://www.myfirstorganics.com/ecofare
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ecofare

Hey Wendy, great post! I would like to touch base with you about your blog. Please contact me directly at chris@greenpress.com

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
Chris