Hey, I’m all about a party–you give me a reason and I’m there! And I’m so excited, because today is one of the biggest reasons to party and celebrate this spring–my super-talented landscape designer and writer friends, Rebecca Sweet and Susan Morrison, have written a fantastic book that is in bookstores starting today! “Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces” (Cool Springs Press) is a gorgeous, timely book about using vertical spaces in your garden to maximize your square footage. To celebrate the release of this book, J. Peterson Garden Design is co-hosting a cyber book party today, complete with door prizes and party favors!
Rebecca and Susan are personal friends as well as colleagues of mine, so I would be so excited and proud about this book no matter what! But what makes it even more exciting is that they have honored me by including pictures of my own balcony garden and featuring me in a “Design Spotlight” in their book. Making me all verklempt, those two. So are you ready to party with me? Here’s the door prize: anyone leaving a comment on this post is eligible to win a $75 gift certificate from the incredibly awesome Santa Fe and Alubuquerque-based High Country Gardens– this online nursery not only caters to gardeners who are committed to xeriscaping (make me swoon, why don’t you), but they offer really cool plants that would add a gorgeous vertical accent to any garden, large or small! Just think: you could get a sampler of ornamental grasses that fit perfectly into those small, tight spaces in your garden:
Or you could order wildflower seeds, unusual cacti or low-water-usage flowering perennials. But you have to enter to win, so leave a comment and in one week, we will announce the winner! But, wait, there’s more! Other blogs are participating in our Cyber Book Party, so you have chances to win all sorts of other cool garden-y things:
Rebecca Sweet: Gossip in the Garden blog, win loppers from Fiskars
Susan Morrison: Blue Planet Garden Blog, win a trellis from H. Potter
Jim Martin: Compost in my Shoe blog, win a $50 gift certificate to Annie’s Annuals
Laura Livengood Schaub: Interleafings blog, win an awesome Woolly Pocket
Angela Davis: My Rubber Boots blog, win a $25 gift certificate from Peaceful Valley
Pam Penick: Digging blog, win a succulent wall art kit from Succulent Gardens
And if you are one of the first 100 people to purchase “Garden Up!” Susan and Rebecca will send a signed book plate with a dedication to you–just click on the link and make your purchase! But remember–leave a comment on each of these blogs plus J. Peterson Garden Design to have a chance to win the fabulous door prizes (I’m doing my Vanna White hands now, can you see it??)–and the contest is open for a week, ending on Monday, March 21st, when we’ll all post the winners.
So which one do you want? The loppers? The woolly pocket? The gift certificates? Well, what are you waiting for? Go leave your comments! I think I want the succulent wall art kit, so Pam’s blog better watch out; I’m about ready to bomb it. Good luck!
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DAMN – I just missed it!!!
sigh.
But this was an AWESOME party!!!! (hic!)
You have used nice and attractive plants to decorate the garden, it’s just awesome.
I saw the video and its really interesting. You designed such a dream home.Thank you for the person who designed this home.I love it.Thank you for sharing information.
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