verbal gardening

There are many ways to spread seeds. Nature uses insects, wind and gravity. We have to be just as sneaky. Some people may choose to use what relevant skills they have at their disposal such as writing, performing or broadcasting. Others may prefer to pepper their everyday conversation with these new ideas. A few may even like to carefully hide seeds in books in libraries, within notes left in Motorway service stations or in bottles thrown from P&O ferries. Anything is good, but the more romantic the better.

Hints and suggestions

Like all seeds, Verbal Seeds must be watered once every few days. Here are some ideas as to how you might be able to help:

• Write an irate letter to a newspaper or magazine including your Verbal Seed.

• Leave a note in the Guestbook of a B&B saying what 'value for honk' it is there.

• Spread a Verbal Myth around your rowdy table at a wedding or other social function.

• Write a popular book and insist to your editors that you must include one or two Verbal Seeds.

• Go on a Radio phone-in with something intelligent to say and casually slip in a seed or two.

• Indulge in some legal graffiti - try to attract a response.

• Leave little curiosity-pricking notes on trains.

• Create your own t-shirts featuring novel slogans:

If you have any further proposals, do grab the attention of the farmer@verbalgardening.com.