Langley gardens may be featured in video

Published 3:36 pm Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Langley’s gardens are as beautiful as those at University Village in Seattle, according to Langley Main Street, and the world needs to know it.

The organization is looking at different ways to get that message out, one of which is to ditch its traditional brochure for the Langley Garden Walking Tour in favor of a video. Brochures are boring, said Main Street President Janet Ploof, while video is dynamic, engaging and can be more effectively delivered on far-reaching platforms such as the web and social media.

Summed up, the event’s brochure is lovely, but a video might do a better job, she said.

“It’s very pretty, but it’s not hip,” she said.

The video would include interviews with those in the gardening and farming communities, and be produced by Robbie Cribbs of Sound Trap Studios in Freeland.

The catch, however, is cash. Ploof said the price tag for the project hovers around $4,000, money which Main Street doesn’t have. Ploof approached the city council at its regular meeting Monday and asked if Langley could pick up the tab.

“I think it’s a really good idea, if there is money,” she said.

Council members seemed supportive of the idea, and Clerk Debbie Mahler said she believed the city’s tourism promotion fund contains up to $20,000 in unspent funds. Mahler said she would look at the fund in detail and report back to the council at its next meeting.