How do you feel about succulents? How about succulent container gardens? How about Succulent Container Gardens?
Aha! A fan, you say? Well, in honor of Debra’s new podcast, we’re hosting a month-long book and gift certificate giveaway!
Here are The Rules:
1) Create a succulent garden in a pot. Go wild! Use wacky succulent combinations; plant succulents in strange containers (Crocs, anyone?); make a Star Wars montage with succulents — anything, really. And if you need extra help, Debra will talk succulents and design on our podcast every Monday in May.
2) Take a picture of your masterpiece, and post it online. Send us the link in the comments. You may submit no more than two succulent arrangements. (Or rather, you can submit as many as you like, but only two will be eligible for the competition.)
3) Comments will close May 31st, and shortly thereafter Debra herself will serve as judge, and select a winner from all the entries posted in the comments. The winner will get signed copies of both Designing with Succulents and Succulent Container Gardens, plus a $25 gift certificate to a local nursery.
4) Sorry, we can only ship to Canada and the US. But feel free to submit a picture anyway, for bragging rights!
5) Not sure how to create a succulent container garden? Here is Debra’s “How To” video for some inspiration.
Have fun!
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I’m a huge fan of Debra Lee Baldwin’s. Her books are beautiful and beautifully written. Succulent Container Gardens is truly inspirational. Couldn’t tell from the ruls if it is it kosher to post two?
Succulents in a, Mary Martha Collin’s Vessel
Succulents on the Halfshell
Hi Kerry,
I love the succulents in a half shell.
I’m going to say that two is fine, and I’ll modify the rules.
Thanks!
Chani
We call this succulent planter “Carmen Miranda’s grandson”
Link to photo via Picasa Photo Album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F1bdCkF3jwbT_4c6iD1e1Q?feat=directlink
Another photo of him for scale and his placement. He is about 34 inches tall
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zxlPUzq0pVoJ6MXWYQS1AA?feat=directlink
One of my “Pot Heads”. I have about 6 of them, all of them are planted with succulents.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/13UPPdRWrtDDSg7-zojAIw?feat=directlink
If you’d like to see more of these Pot Heads with succulents or the rest of the garden, feel free to visit my photo album
http://picasaweb.google.com/DeviantDeziner/PinaColada#
what a great challenge! we’re succulent crazy… can’t get enough. here are a few of our favorites!
a client of mine wanted a dramatic piece in her little courtyard so i suggested a 3 tier fountain. we planted it with strings of pearl over the side for a water reference.
http://everythinggardens.typepad.com/photos/project_1/three_tier_fountian.html
http://everythinggardens.typepad.com/photos/project_1/planted_fountain.html
and a second relatively simple one which i just love how it filled in. i am happy and peaceful every time i look at this:
http://everythinggardens.typepad.com/photos/in_progress_project_1/img_5878.html
http://everythinggardens.typepad.com/photos/in_progress_project_1/img_0922.html
LOVE using succulents in fun and unusual containers. I find them so versitile! Would love to have Deb’s book to drool over.
Here are my enteries:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/4083971811_fe23f8ab7a_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3955685879_63238628e0_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3955030372_dc5dedafe4_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3929872756_029b3e9966_b.jpg
Mine doesn’t even come close to being as nifty as the ones already posted, but I love my shoe!
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww342/sewobsessed/Oddball/Shoe.jpg
a silly planting, but I get points for awesome plants right?
http://flic.kr/p/81GVX6
Thanks for all the great entries, everyone! Keep ‘em coming!
Great photos everyone, they are so beautiful. I love my succulents also and have a small collection, The florida snails, weeds, and drought have taken their toll, so I will have to baby them a bit before they have a photo shoot. An extreme makeover is needed!
Great contest! I used to always plant one succulent per container, but after seeing how Debra Lee Baldwin does it, I am starting to add more variety to my pots! Here’s a link to a post about my front porch deer-proof succulent container: http://myimaginarygarden.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/deer-neighbors/
Really beautiful designs here. I too love succulents and seeing all of these is very inspiring. I have one to show but I did not make it, just saw it in someone’s yard. I repeat..I didn not make this. It made me laugh to see the way they can grow. I am not entering the contest by any means but I thought you all might get a kick out of it. Even succulents can look silly! Can’t wait to see the winner. good luck to you all. This is a last year’s post on my blog……http://blog.gardenshoesonline.com/index.php/interesting-garden-planter/
I had fun making my two entries. Dug through my Barbie collections to find just the right pieces. See my entries at:
http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/barbie-does-succulents.html
Oh Joy- Succulents be still my heart. The podcasts have been great and easy to listen to for some mid-day inspiration for succulents…My entries sit on an old wooden bench adorned by hypertufas of many cute succulents.
Enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27561109@N06/sets/72157624015978317/
Why I love succulents: Low water, high drama, and they multiply like rabbits!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40122631@N02/4650877177/in/photostream?edited=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40122631@N02/4650854031/
It is still early in the season here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44816004@N08/4652694551/
One’s a former fountain that kept running dry, so now it’s a wall-mounted xeriscape with trailing plants to suggest flowing water: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowhereonearth/4654952183
The other contrasts a rough gray container with bountiful color: blooming Kalanchoe pumila, variegated Aeonium decorum and Echeveria runyonii ‘Topsy-turvy’: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowhereonearth/4655570064/
My entry is a container that I planted up in the beginning of April at the little nursery I work at. I took a picture of it and it’s one of many containers on my blog this month. The Slide that it’s attached to is obviously NOT a Succulent entry.
http://personalgardencoach.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/slide19.jpg
It has been fun to look at all the entries! Debra will step in to pick a winner soon, and we’ll notify that person and post the results here. Thanks for playing!
So, who won the contest?
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn272/JLHewey/432664687_photobucket_3302_.jpg
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