tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864781849969727346.post4388658019560719730..comments2024-02-05T23:14:24.377-08:00Comments on My Skinny Garden: Chicago Green Festival 2010MrBrownThumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864781849969727346.post-27193537635744177872010-05-28T21:45:48.371-07:002010-05-28T21:45:48.371-07:00Just found your blog via twitter this evening, so ...Just found your blog via twitter this evening, so you have a new reader. Anyway, that stinks that you had such a negative experience with the vendors at the Green Festival. I went on Sunday and no one accosted me, so I wonder if they'd changed their methods by then. Chicagoans are not big on pushy sales tactics, I've noticed. Oh, and I did attend Kevin Danaher's talk about green careers. That was definitely worthwhile.Amyhttp://greeninoakpark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864781849969727346.post-79555573368655373972010-05-28T05:29:27.570-07:002010-05-28T05:29:27.570-07:00This is the first Green Fest I DID not attend. I&#...This is the first Green Fest I DID not attend. I've went to the first three. The first year by far was the best.<br /><br />I agree with Xan on the Family Farmed Expo, but also felt the first year of that in the cultural center was better and more intimate.<br /><br />The thing is the types of people we want to speak to are the most reserved and you have to pull it out of them. Sometimes the best places are farmer's markets. The Empty Bottle has some good folks, but my favorite is this little old organic farming couple at a farmer's market near me in Chesterton, IN.Trishhttp://trishtaylor.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864781849969727346.post-21852840075601277222010-05-25T13:19:37.108-07:002010-05-25T13:19:37.108-07:00Oh dear, a bunch of high pressure salesman all in ...Oh dear, a bunch of high pressure salesman all in one place. That doesn't sound relaxing. The planners should try to do something about that next time. <br />SuzanneWindow On The Prairiehttp://windowontheprairie.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864781849969727346.post-85548446757010780112010-05-24T06:27:03.860-07:002010-05-24T06:27:03.860-07:00You should try the FamilyFarmed Expo next year-- t...You should try the FamilyFarmed Expo next year-- they had a lot of the same vendors, without the infomercial ones (and actually, both of the lectures we went to were like that-- just 1/2 ads for the book or the product; interesting, but annoying.) What I really liked about GreenFest was how diverse the crowd was; much more so than either Family Farmed or the Garden Show.<br /><br />But as you say, the great thing about all three of these shows was getting to sit and talk to gardeners and fellow travelers.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.com