My epitome for a modernized , yet very classic looking Journal design for the North American Rock Garden Society .
A website design , for a forward-looking works society which offers more than just meeting dates .
After a merry discussion online two calendar week ago on the Alpine - L substance abuser radical , an online chemical group dedicated to word and chat about alpine plants , timberland works and bulb , among other things ; a recent train of thought come out that resurrect the fact that many , if not all specialist plant groups are experiencing a drop in membership . There surely are many reasons for this , ranging from a busier globe , to other choice either on - line or lifestyle change . Regardless , I had hint that one way some plant groups could increase membership is to retool what they extend . The Scottish Rock Garden Society is a great exemplar , their website offers blogs , posts , membership and photos . So I decide to go out on a life-threatening limb , and plan what a potential site could look like for the North American reading of the Scottish radical . Many of you fuck that my day line of work take plan intellectual attribute , managing mega brands and invent Modern portals for these brands . I am not a WWW clothes designer , but I am a graphic designer , so note that these comps are produce in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop – they would doubtlessly be expensive websites to construct , but I want to make a few spot .
First , becoming more modern does not stand for that you would want to block print a journal , we all do it newspaper . Second , manhy of us are on - line already , and we exercise our plant passions in unlike ways – I have a web log on blogger , I post image on Flicker , I use YouTube daily , and I sleep with that there are other NARGS extremity on Flicker and Youtube – I link to them . So I am already confab , and linking to others on line . I am not alone .
suppose about it . You take digital photograph , you may even take videos on your travels , or of your garden . You already are on - telephone line , or you would not be say this . I web site , and a society , are very interchangeable – they are social places , so how wonderful would it be if the ultimate plant bon ton site evolved , someone will do it someday – but the interrogation is who will leave ?
Whatever all of our plant life societies do , I only go for that they continue overt to transfer , to applied science , and make that these too are changing fast . But would n’t it be nice to have a site where you could download a document in excel where you could organize your solicitation , where you could put up photo of your gardens , or videos of your success . OF of course , these sort of situation would require pregnant restructuring , an editor may need to be subsidized , or an initial cost for figure and computer architecture may necessitate to be spent up front ( another reason for sites to join in some idea of a Global Plant Society home page ) , where costs could be shared ) , whatever chance , mod plant life groups have a long route onward if they want to survive – they need to offer more , be more informed and declare oneself more value .
