Send a Postcarden

For anyone who doesn’t have time for a garden or wants to share the gift of gardening through the mail, the PostCarden is for you.  Think of it as a Chia Pet postcard that will brighten up anyone’s day.

This is not a completely new idea. I’ve seen wedding programs made from plantable stationary with the seeds embedded within the paper.  These cards can then be planted and will grow into a variety of flowers.  Both of these ideas are easy, fun and a non-burdensome way to share gardening. My only gripe, really, is their extra packaging that is not necessary at all.

A much simpler idea would be to include seed packets in a card, or even make your seed packet a card itself.  For my wedding, my wife and I decided to give all of our guests seed packets with a picture of us on the front and some of our favorite song lyrics on the back (the selected song lyrics were complete with metaphors for “growing,” thanks to my wife).

Now that I think about it, an even better idea would be to give vegetable seeds so that friends and family might be inspired to start an organic garden.  But maybe I am getting ahead of myself.  When it comes down to it, all three of these ideas are easy ways to share a love of gardening, and if your card allows even one person to start growing their own food, what a huge success!

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