[John]

Spring in the Garden or Plot. Don't forget to put a description with your photo – where you saw it, what makes it special to you?

There's prizes – We've 3 copies of The Landscape Man: Making A Garden by Mathew Wilson to give away.

Written to accompany Channel 4’s prime-time TV series, Matthew Wilson demystifies landscape and garden design and demonstrates how the ideas and techniques behind the incredible landscape projects featured in the series can be translated to your garden at home.

Starting with the initial assessment and planning stages, and using the gardens featured in the series as case studies,

Matthew reveals the thinking that lies behind great garden design. He discusses the big issues that pre-occupy all gardeners: planning, providing for different needs, maximising space and working with nature.

He goes on to show readers how to capture their vision and transform their space,covering topics such as enhancing light levels, installing a water feature, and choosing plants for colour, texture and form.

Alluring colour photography and detailed hand-drawn plans act as inspirational visual references,

while straightforward action plans provide all the practical information needed to enable you to achieve the garden of your dreams.

Published by Quadrille at £20.00

This competition will run until 30th April 2010 - with voting open to members for a week after.

The simple rules:
·   You can enter one photograph into the competition which should be no more than 640 pixels wide.
·   It can be anything you want that is festive, or seasonal and would make a good greetings card!
·   It should be accompanied by a short title and some description.  
·   The competition is open to all "Full Members".
·   At the closing date we will add a poll for members to vote on and the most popular photo will be the winner.
·   The winner will receive a prize as listed above and the winning photo may be placed in a permanent photo gallery along with the best runners up.
·   Closing Date for Entries: Wednesday 30th April 2010 when voting will be allowed by all members for a week.

Full rules can be found Here

Help Posting Photographs

[ftaggrower]

a red ants nest i found on my plot while i was digging

[pairofacres]

Not a brilliant picture - but the tiny pea shoot in the pic was the very first thing (aside of the weeds!) to grow on my new plot, so definitely the first sign of spring for me  

[Beetroot queen]

Thought I had missed this one



I cant think of a suitable name

[prakash_mib]

My friend at plot. re-united after i though I lost him.

Caption: Just woke up from hibernation. Hmm.. hot sun!!

[Yorkie]

Title: A New Start



These were flowering just as I moved from rented into my first owned house 3 weeks ago.  What a lovely bright sign of fresh life and a new season of my life as well as the year.  [Ignore the washing pole and weeds, unless they too are symbolic ...  :blink: ]

[1st time veg grower]

Just realised I should have given this a title etc... Took this today - the first ladybird I have seen this year on one of my blackberry bushes. So if the insects are about, spring is most definately here! No good at titles so I will just call it 'ladybird'!!

[Rangerkris]

[GrannieAnnie]

Please can I enter this photo in the competition on behalf of Joyfull?

she had downloaded PixResizer, but hasn't got to grips with it yet!  

Title is:  Look what I found on my Easter egg hunt

Description:   6 little araucana chicks hatched between Good Friday and Easter Sunday -
quite apt considering this breed is often referred to as Easter egg chickens
owing to their blue eggs

[aelf]

'Blue Tit nesting'

Took this yesterday, the pair were busy all day bringing grass and feathers to the box. The bird box is at the back of my plot luckily, so I won't disturb them when the eggs are laid.

[Lichfield Lass]

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

[Bluedave]

Ok, heres a few from last year, just thought i'd share them - i'll have to get the camera out and get one to enter for this year:

[Pep]

Aunt Sally, would you mind if I enter the following picture please instead of the pansies?  I suppose an apt title would be "open wide"  .





Pauline 

[DavidT]

King of the ( dung ) Hill.

[HilaryG]

Lambs sunbathing in Appletreewick.  This is my 2nd pic. Don't mind which goes in.