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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OOHOOH! I want to win
Would love love love to win this!! My garden needs a boost.
Leave it to Susan and Rebecca to come up with the concept of an online book launch (with or without marketing help). Their enthusiasm is contagious!
Awesome…I love a party, too! Congratulations Rebecca and Susan!
May all your gardens grow!
Gasp!! Those grasses are spectacular!!
I would love the opportunity to try out some plants from High Country Gardens. Central Oregon is such a unique climate, it is difficult to find new, inspiring plant material to use in landscape design!
Of course, I had to enter your contest!
Oh Yeah, count me in!
How come when you say Garden Up! I hear Giddy Up!? It must be a Texas thing?! Congrats on the book ladies!
Me, me, me!
A Garden party online! I’m loving this. And this gift certificate makes me swoon with possibilities! Plus I have been introduced to some new blogs and that is always a joy!
Much success!
Would love to win!
I’m so glad you all are having a good time reading everyone’s blog posts and commenting to win all these fabulous door prizes! I only wish I had a prize to give to everyone!
Congrats on making the book!
Congrats on being in the book! That is such a cool prize.
Congratulations Rebecca and Susan on your new book! Would love to win this fabulous prize!
Great book to add to my summer TBR. High Country Gardens has fabulous plants. I can spend an hour drooling over their catalog.
Ohh great prize!! The book also looks fanastic, I will have to pick this one up!
I know, Iris! Isn’t this fun? I’m wishing I could enter myself, but that would be a bit unseemly, now, wouldn’t it?
Glad you all are having a great time!
Such a wonderful giveaway for a fabulous book. Can’t wait to get my copy.
Vertical gardening is something I’m trying to do more of since I have limited space… plus I would love to win that $75 gift certificate from High Country Gardens
I do want to check out this book, it looks great; plus I haven’t bought a new garden book in at least a year! I love High Country Gardens, too.
Love garden books for small spaces, love vertical, love High Country Gardens.
I’ve stopped by their website and previewed a video~It does look like a great book~gail
Looks like a good book. Who doesn’t love tall things…and people.
The book looks great. Would love to some vertical gardening if I win the gift certificate.
this is unbelievable!! what a great party. must get this book!! i am addicted,i admit it i can’t get enough plant’s there is always room for more in the little garden i call shangrila
I cant wait to get the book!
Plus I would love to win the GC
Linda
This is so cool. How does a blogger get to play? I’d love to participate next time
The book sounds great, we all can garden up a bit more!
Loving the cyber garden party! Thanks to all the passionate gardeners, bloggers, writers, photographers, sponsers, etc. etc. that’ve helped make this all possible… Happy reading, dreaming, growing & winning everyone!
cyber-garden-party = fantastic idea. i love all the cool pics you have on the sites that are participating, very inspirational.
Thanks for doing this giveaway! I’m discovering so many different blogs to read.
What a great idea! I already have my copy of the book, and I’m going through trying to work out where I can try various ideas. I really want a gutter garden! My garden is narrow, so growing up is the only way for me to grow everything I want.
What a great door prize! Please enter my name to win.
First, I think you have a terrific blog. I am glad that I stopped to visit your site. I also am excited about this new book — I think it has some terrific ideas to make my own garden sparkle. Please enter me in your drawing too. Thanks.
Please enter me in the drawing – the book looks like a real winner even if I may not be.
I hope everyone has a wonderful garden this year! May your blooms be plentiful!
Loving this cyber blog party & cool prizes!
Happy spring gardening to all!
I’m having lots of fun visiting all of these blogs and learning along the way. Thank you for participating in the party! It is very nice of you to provide prizes. Looking forward to getting my copy of the book – it looks to be awesome!
So many great Austin gardening blogs! Thanks for the information and the chance at a fun door prize!
I’m so excited for this book! Congratulations on being included! Xericscaping is slowly becoming popular out here in CA because of efforts to preserve the native grasses – and also in efforts to preserve Native American basketry heritage, which depends on them.
I’m also really excited to read about vertical edibles! This book is genius!
Beautiful book and great prizes! Such a great idea
Beautiful grasses – what a fun book launch party!
I have 4 acres in town just crying out for more landscape. Thanks for the give-away.
Love your blog. Planning to create your stacked containers project with succulents. Garden Up looks like a great book with new project ideas and more ways to go vertical with my gardening.
Congrats on the book release! I’m excited for you and can’t wait to see it!
Pick me! I love HCG and I’m in the process of designing a vertical garden along a fence in my garden. I could use the gift certificate for that!
Looks like some good ideas for my horizontally challenged back yard!
What a great contest. Whoever wins is very fortunate.
congrats on the book release! Can’t wait to read it!
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