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April 08, 2012

Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Terrain - Send In a Photo of A Fresh, Spring Bouquet

I'm looking forward to sending one of you a $100 gift certificate to the very cool, eco-friendly Terrain as a prize for the best spring bouquet sent into Plant Talk by April 17. Daphnes, daffodils, hellebores, spirea....columbine, euphorbia, tulips, viburnum...it's finally warmed enough that there's plenty to cut out there.

To celebrate my new book Petal & Twig: Seasonal Bouquets with Blossoms, Branches, and Grasses from Your Garden (January 2012), I’m partnering with my publisher Sasquatch Books on an Everyday Bouquets contest...

To enter, create your own bouquet and send a photo and brief description (100 words or less, plant names included please, if possible) to me before April 17th.

The style and complexity of your bouquet doesn't matter a bit - I'm looking for a sense of fun and joy, for bouquets that reflect how much fun you had making them.

The winning bouquet will receive a copy of Petal & Twig, and a $100 gift certificate to Terrain.

To Enter:

Full official contest rules and guidelines are below. Contest begins March 20, 2012. Entries must be received no later than April 17, 2012, 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time.

• Enter for the chance to win a gift certificate to Terrain (Approximate Retail Value $100).

• No purchase necessary.

• Open to residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, ages 18 or older.

• Contest begins March 20, 2012. Entries must be received no later than April 17, 2012, 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time.

• Winners will be selected on or about April 30, 2012

• Void where prohibited by law.

Entries must be sent to valeaston@comcast.net, and please put “Petal & Twig Contest in the subject line so I don’t miss them. Entries must include the following: (Incomplete entries will not be considered.)

▪ Name (first and last):

▪ Email Address:

▪ Photograph of your bouquet (1MB or less)

▪ Brief (100 words or less) description

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saw your article i sunday's pacific northwest section of paper.
Where can I purchase the shrub called: Berberis thunbergii Maria, aka Sunjoy Gold Pillar. A beautiful shrub and colorfull.
I want very much
Thanks
Michele

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New Book: Petal & Twig

Petal & Twig Made The New York Times!
From Anne Raver's review: "Valerie Easton, a Seattle-based garden writer, discusses the art of growing and arranging cut flowers in “Petal and Twig: Seasonal Bouquets With Blossoms, Branches and Grasses From Your Garden” (Sasquatch Books; $16.95). Written as an informal diary, with photographs of arrangements from her own garden, and tips on cutting and keeping flowers fresh, the book inspires ideas not only on what to grow but on how to combine (or not) those beauties inside. See review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/garden/new-books-on-growing-and-arranging-flowers.html?scp=1&sq=petal%20&%20twig%20anne%20raver&st=cse
The first reviews on the new book are in! From Publisher's Weekly:
"Open your eyes and keep it simple: those are two lessons Easton passes on from her own 40 years in the garden. When selecting and arranging flowers for bouquets, you needn’t spend a bundle buying a bundle of imported flowers.....The result will be unique, local, imaginative, and inexpensive. Color photos throughout illustrate and inspire."

In the News

Montreal Blogger Reviews "A Pattern Garden"
I was so pleased to find that "A Pattern Garden" is still being reviewed...check out Allan Becker's generous review on his Garden Guru blog.. I felt like Allan really understood what I was working towards in that book....he writes...."There is a delightful abstract quality to this publication. In it, the author takes good garden design to a higher, more spiritual level. Instead of discussing the aesthetic and scientific elements of design, as so many traditional garden design books do, she focuses on the role played in garden design by archetypal ideas - a.k.a. patterns - that reference the longings of human beings. These pleasure and comfort-rooted ideas are those that inspire designers to create gardens that are satisfying beyond their beauty." see more at http://allanbecker-gardenguru.squarespace.com/journal/valerie-easton
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Check out this interview with Val in the Chicago Tribune on using art in the garden...

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Reviews Are In....
"Over the years, countless books have espoused a low-maintenance approach to gardening. None have been as engaging, practical, or inspiring as this latest of Easton's contributions to the gardener's bookshelf,"
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"A handy guide to a garden you can raise without a corresponding increase in your blood pressure..handsome and informative...."
- Metropolitan Home, Dec. 2009
"This book is an invaluable addition to the garden library – destined to be a classic for many years to come."
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The banner and portrait photos were taken by Jacqueline Koch; all other photos by Val Easton unless otherwise credited.

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