Poster Presentation

MG Patricia Bosh

We use Trainee posters at our large public events such as Earth Day, Home and Garden Show, County Fair, and Plant Sale, and our QuickClasses™ so please choose a topic that is important to our community of gardeners.

• We have a **list of topics** that have been requested by our workshop attendees. The topics have resource links to help you get started.

• Topics found on our webpage are also a good resource

• Choose a partner and a topic, and sign up here. This is a Google document—just sign up and leave—you don’t have to “save” your changes—it’s done automatically.

Always use research-based information. OSU and WSU are great PNW-local sources.

How to make a great poster- based on Dina F. Mandoli, UW, and others

• A good poster should be readable, legible, well organized, and succinct.

• Create it using the principles of design – balance, proximity, contrast, white spaces, texture, and color. We also use these in building a beautiful garden.

• Decide what the main message will be.

• Title and important points need to be visible at 10 feet. Make the message short and snappy.

• Edit the topic to the point you're trying to make, then chose a minimal number of photos and/or brief descriptions to illustrate your point. For example, growing small fruits is a huge topic. You need to pare it down to one fruit like Raspberries. Then focus on ONE of the following points: which varieties do well in the PNW, how to plant and care for, how and when to prune or raspberry problems.

• Make a rough sketch by laying out your elements crudely.

• Eliminate ALL extraneous material. Chose a minimal number of photos and/or brief descriptions to illustrate your point.

• Find a few gardeners to preview your poster. Have them tell you how clear is your message.

• Finalize your poster.