Read This: Bedrock, plus BOOK GIVEAWAY
February 20, 2025 Late one summer’s day in 2014, I fell into a dreamworld known as Bedrock Gardens. Set loose (with permission from the owners) to explore the 20-acre rural garden in Lee, New Hampshire, I couldn’t believe my good fortune. The garden was pure magic, by turns serene, whimsical, ...
Read This: Garden Wonderland, plus BOOK GIVEAWAY
April 25, 2024 Update 5/1: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to winner Michelle Derviss! We were both brand-new authors at Ten Speed Press when I met Leslie Bennett during the 2013 Fling tour, a connection that immediately felt like a sisterly bond. Leslie was highly regarded as a designer, ...
Fearless Gardening book giveaway – bonus round!
January 24, 2021 Update 1/28: And the winner is Chris Watkins! Congratulations, Chris! I’ll email you today to arrange the book pickup, so please check your spam folder if you haven’t heard from me by tonight. Thanks for commenting, everyone! Woot woot! I’ve been sent an extra copy of Fearless ...
Glowing front-yard gardens, plus Fearless Gardening winner
January 16, 2021 On twilight walks around the neighborhood I love coming to this house, the home of neighbor friends who deck out their front-yard garden with hanging globes of blue and white for Christmas every year. I’m in no hurry for them to take them down. The lights add ...
Fearless Gardening book launch and GIVEAWAY
January 08, 2021 Midwinter is a great time to take stock of your garden and mull over what you want it to be, how you want it to evolve, and — let’s be honest — how you want it to freaking WOW you every time you step into it. Maybe ...
Read This: Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers & BOOK GIVEAWAY!
July 10, 2017 I’m crazy for Los Angeles garden shop Potted and its colorful, modern accessories for patio and porch living and gardening. I’ve made two pilgrimages to the store (here and here) when passing through L.A., and I’ve ordered from and received gifts from their online store (yes, you ...
The travels and adventures of Moby’s spawn — aka, whale’s tongue agave bulbils
April 27, 2017 After Moby, my beloved whale’s tongue agave (pictured here at his 10th birthday party — yes, really), bloomed and died last fall, I harvested and potted up more than 100 bulbils from its bloom stalk. I watched over them for a couple of months as they grew ...
Giveaway winner…and bouquets of flowers
March 07, 2016 A Sunday stroll down Austin’s Rosewood Avenue revealed this cottagey sidewalk garden outside Civilitude. Jam-packed with cornflowers, poppies, and more, the flowery strip is a charming gift to the neighborhood. Poppies galore! Back at home, ‘Amethyst Flame’ bearded irises are opening. I love them backlit with bamboo ...
Shooting a garden in Death Star light and a PhotoBotanic GIVEAWAY
September 10, 2015 Saxon Holt guest posts today!Acclaimed garden photographer Saxon Holt regularly shares his expertise and inspir- ational images on his blog and at Gardening Gone Wild, helping to educate the next generation of garden photographers, many of whom, like myself, are bloggers or Instagram sharers. In addition to ...
Lawn Gone! giveaway: And the winners are…
February 09, 2015 To make a party of my new book announcement — The Water-Saving Garden: How to Grow a Gorgeous Garden with a Lot Less Water (coming spring 2016; follow on FB) — I’ve been running a giveaway of three copies of my book Lawn Gone! Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive ...
A new book for 2016 and a Lawn Gone! GIVEAWAY
January 25, 2015 The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.I have a big announcement, my friends! I’m writing a new book, a follow-up to Lawn Gone! that’s all about how to garden with less water. Or perhaps a better way of describing it is, it’s ...
Read This: Hellstrip Gardening book review and GIVEAWAY
July 09, 2014 I don’t know what people called the strip of grass between street and sidewalk before Lauren Springer Ogden coined the term “hellstrip” to describe it. But it can surely be hellish to maintain, drying to a crisp in hot climates, contaminated with road salt in northern climates, ...
Book release party and giveaway: The 20-30 Something Garden Guide
February 16, 2014 It’s the season for garden book releases, and today I’m helping to celebrate my friend Dee Nash’s brand-new book, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No Fuss, Down and Dirty Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff. I met Dee, an Oklahoma garden writer and ...
Lawn Gone! giveaway and gift for the holidays
November 12, 2013 The editors at Amazon have put Lawn Gone! on their list of best gardening books of 2013, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! LAWN GONE! The perfect holiday giftI may be a little biased, but I do think Lawn Gone! would make a great Christmas, Hanukkah, or ...
Refresh Your Garden Design book release party and giveaway!
November 03, 2013 I’m delighted to be part of my friend Rebecca Sweet’s virtual book-release party for her new baby, Refresh Your Garden Design with Color, Texture & Form. Six other garden bloggers and I are hosting 7 great giveaways this week, all related to Rebecca’s theme of refreshing your ...
Lawn Gone! giveaway and my guest post at Garden Rant
August 15, 2013 “Lawns are for kids, right? After all, they need that big, green carpet to enjoy the outdoors. Would it be an exaggeration to say it borders on neglect not to keep a lawn for your children or grandchildren to play on?” So begins my guest post today ...
