Ideas -- how to display posters for garden events?

[Tamara Helfer]

Hi everyone,

We’re planning to have a workshop/open house in one of our large, 2.25 acre school gardens, and we’d like to have temporary signage/posters displayed throughout the garden to engage and guide our visitors.

Does anyone have ideas for good, low-cost ways to display signs like this? Easels with clips? Other clever ideas?

Just to clarify, this is not a question about making the signs or installing permanent signage in the garden. We’re looking for ideas for low-cost ways of displaying temporary signs.

Thanks all!

Tamara

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[Linda S. Law-Saunders]

If you have a “Dollar Tree” or similar type of store, you can get the “chalk board” poster board and attach them to firing strips to stake in the ground.

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[Pam LaCourse]

This won't help you immediately but perhaps for the future.

 One of our reuse projects is to collect political signs (the corrugated plastic type) at the end of an election cycle and paint over them. The signs are durable and reusing keeps them out of the waste stream.

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[John Fisher]

We have used repurposed cardboard, like from bicycle boxes or other large rigid pieces, cut them to size with box cutters and then used spray adhesive to attach the paper sign to the cardboard. The cardboard can then be stapled, screwed or tied to wooden stakes, easels or other structures. Depending on wind, sun, and the amount of times you want to use the signs you could reinforce the edges of the sign with clear packing tape.

I also really like the idea of reusing political yard signs. Wire stakes are fairly cheap if you have the right ground to mount them in.

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[Denise Rowcroft]

We also reuse political campaign lawn signs, by covering with chalkboard paint. Then you can use for many purposes, one of which could be to clip a poster to.

Denise Rowcroft

Garden for Every School 

The Environmental Center

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[Pamela Flory]

Cardboard works great.  We also had our woodworking classes make easels out of 2x4's. (when lumber was inexpensive) They are heavy but sturdy and will hold a good size poster or sign.  We store them out in the garden area.  Great if you have several events each year.  

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