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The case
for NY Botanical Garden

The Shorty Interview
with NY Botanical Garden

What's your best tweet?
Braaaaains! Braaaaains! Pumpkin guuuuuuts! Ray Villafane carves the world's heaviest pumpkin http://t.co/eicbsh4N
What's your favorite Twitter app?
Twitter or Facebook?
Both! And Tumblr, too.
What are some words or phrases you refuse to shorten for brevity?
Most. We try to be as grammatically correct as possible at all times. Tho we do slip up sometimes.
Why should we vote for you?
Because @nybg and The New York Botanical Garden are completely unique in the Twitterverse. Oh, and we tweet pretty pix from time to time.
Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?
How do you make your tweets unique?
Our content is so unique that the tweets write themselves. Sometimes a picture is worth 140-characters.
What inspires you to tweet?
The 250-acres of incredible natural beauty situated smack-dab in the middle of New York City.
Ever get called out for tweeting too much?
Once. It was a beautiful summer day, and we went for a walk & were tweeting pix from the grounds. Apparently too many!
140 characters of advice for a new user?
Tweet smart, tweet often, but don't be boring or mean. Always be interesting.
What question are we not asking here that we should?
How are you using Twitter to change the world? We're providing information that is useful & actionable. We work everyday to make NYC better.
Who is the funniest person on Twitter that you follow?
A tie between @sockington and @common_squirrel.
Why should people follow you?
Because @nybg talks not just about the Garden, but also about how plants and people interact. Humanity wouldn't exist without plants.
What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter?
More cultural institutions should retweet each other. The world is a big place with a lot of beauty, we should all spread the love and beauty
What will the world be like 10 years from now?
We're hoping that the world in 10 years will be a greener, healthier place.

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