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Newsletter The News to Use e-newsletter introduced Open Air Exhibits to administrators of outdoor venues across the United States and Canada. Back issues include information on exhibits and columns by experts in related fields. To find items of interest, just browse the archived issues. Newsletter ArchivesNovember 2006 Welcome What's coming up for consumers and the gardens and arboreta they visit? A Forest Journey brings the benefits of trees indoors More Chocolate! A new look at this American obsession from The Field Museum October 2006 Welcome No prescription required – This exhibit can help your visitors cure their “plant blindness” Chicago’s Field Museum offers a new look at one of the greatest connectors of plants and people in US history Scot Miller’s photographs encourage visitors to see the beauty of Walden Woods in their own backyards Sellmark supports your exhibit with planning, marketing, fund raising and more September 2006 Welcome An interview with Mary Pat Matheson: Big Bugs was just the start of big results for this dynamo of the Atlanta Botanical Garden Now Showing – see these exhibits at a venue near you The eyes have it – Stephanie Weaver shares the power this graphic element Lost World Studios brings life-sized dinos to your venues August 2006 Let your visitors phone in for a garden guided tour It’s scary, it’s inflatable, it’s Huge Carnivorous Plants, OH MY! Ask the Expert: Eight questions for selecting the right traveling exhibit We’ll keep you posted – update on the Amazing Chocolate Tree Annie Hickman, aka The Bug Lady, will WOW your visitors July 2006 An open letter from the APGA annual conference June 2006 Chapungu - this African sculpture can work magic in your venue The "Goldilocks" Approach - Carla Pastore has created an exhibit just the right size for your garden Expand your interpretation by adding a community grant application to your SITES exhibit rental Add wings to your 2007 exhibit schedule with Outhouse Exhibit Services' butterflies May 2006 Only is Kansas Exhibit tours, self-guided or docent led? Coming fall 2008, White House Gardens Spanning the Americas -- Green Legacy and The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island April 2006 Looking for exhibit relief? "The Healing Power of Plants" may be just what the doctor ordered "5Es"y ways to draw your visitors into your exhibits Help us pick the "Best of the Homegrown" He's a businessman, he's a newspaperman, he's the artist who uniquely combines sculpture and plants in gardens across the U.S. March 2006 Is this exhibit right for you? For the exhibit price-tag challenged - suggestions for raising $70,000 in six months Patrick Dougherty grows his art in your garden Come one, come all! You'll have to see them to believe the specimens in Dr. Entomo's Palace of Exotic Wonders! February 2006 Welcome Now finding exhibits is easier than ever These windows to the past and future can add dimension to your garden Is it time to get more mileage from the exhibits you create? Combine art and pots and history with this crowd pleaser January 2006 Why Dinosaurs? Project Exploration Lost World Studios Dinosaur World/Dino George December 2005 Introducing “The Amazing Chocolate Tree” exhibit Christmas lights – the right seasonal exhibit for your garden? Holiday trains from WonderWorks Year-end checklist for exhibit planning November 2005 Chihuly at the Fairchild Botanic Garden Dimensional Design Engaging kids in “grown-up” art exhibits Meet the dancing bugs of Bugs and Balloons, Inc. October 2005 Introducing “The Sea King’s Garden” exhibit Living garden fountains, vines and rocks from 2nd Nature Productions’ “Living Garden” Greathouse Butterflies Treasure Island – Norfolk Botanical Garden September 2005 Interview with David Rogers, creator of Big Bugs Relating the exhibit to your mission Moving your interpretation for “OK to “Wow” Advice from the Expert – Controlling the entrance |