You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'giveaway' tag.
(Added on Aug. 29: The contest has ended. Congratulations to Rain Keane, and please watch for next month’s giveaway.)
Some of my favorite gardening books are art books, as well. A Growing Gardener is New York city artist Abbie Zabar’s illustrated journal of a year in her rooftop Manhattan garden. Pruning topiaries, transplanting seedlings, the nesting habits of mockingbirds — it’s all here, drawn in exuberant colored pencil or elegant pen-and-ink. Page by page and plant by plant, urban gardener Abbie manages to create an elaborate little habitat in her 200-square-foot piece of paradise.
Leave a comment after this post, and in one week I’ll let random.org select the winner of a copy of A Growing Gardener. I’ll even tuck a little surprise from my art studio inside the front cover. Good luck!
The Illustrated Garden has a new Facebook page! My upcoming classes and workshops will be listed there, as well as images of new artwork and links related to nature drawing/botanical art/illustration.
Stop by for a visit, and become eligible to win a raku garden angel. Each angel is individually sculpted, glazed and raku fired. She’ll keep a watchful eye on your veggies and herbs.
Just go to Facebook and log in. Then type “The Illustrated Garden: Val Webb’s Art Studio” in the search bar. There you are!
The winner will be chosen at noon on Friday.
In the spirit of iconic “HOPE” poster of President-Elect Obama by graphic artist Shepard Fairey, here’s a clever site where you can instantly upload any photo and create your very own Obamicon. I used a photo from our back yard — but it’s even better with image of spouses, grandbabies and pets. ObamiconMe.com is sponsored by the wonderful illustration and graphic design publication, Paste Magazine.
Congratulations to Joy in Ontario, selected by random.org to be the winner of the Be Yourself print! And thanks to everyone who left a comment — it’s been very inspiring to read other gardeners’ plans for the new year. I will have another giveaway next month.
