Time to give away a book, I think and it’s a big, lush one.
‘The Irish Garden’ by Jane Powers and Jonathan Hession, is published this month by Frances Lincoln. I’ll let them tell you all about it:
“Visitors to Ireland are often surprised at the ‘palm trees’ that make so many gardens look as if they belong in a holiday postcard. How can such exotics survive on an island that is as far north as the prairies of Canada and the pine forests of Siberia? The answer lies in the tail of the Gulf Stream – the North Atlantic Drift – which wraps around this green land on the western edge of Europe.
Its warm and watery embrace bestows the renowned ‘soft’ climate that allows those palm trees (in fact, New Zealand cordylines) to make their homes here – along with tree ferns from Australia and bananas from Japan. Plants from colder regions, including rhododendrons, primulas and all manner of alpines, are equally happy. So, with a range of plants that runs from the subtropical to the subarctic, and a landscape that varies from gently pastoral to savagely rugged, the aptly named Emerald Isle has some of the most romantic and interesting gardens in the world.
‘The Irish Garden’ visits over forty of Ireland’s most beautiful gardens, ranging from the grand old demesnes of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy to the intensely personal creations of passionate plantsmen and garden makers. The result of a lifetime visiting, considering and writing about gardens in Ireland, and several years of dedicated photography, this is a truly comprehensive exploration of a fascinating subject.”
If you’d like to win a copy of this fine looking book you can enter the draw by:
saying that you wish to enter in the “Any Thoughts?” box below
and
(if you don’t do so already) follow ‘The Anxious Gardener’ blog; follow me on Twitter or like The Anxious Gardener Facebook page. Or all three! The relevant follow buttons are top right of this page.
(You can also enter via Twitter or Facebook – check my twitter feed and FB page for details).
Please note that the prize will only be posted to a UK postal address.
The competition will close at midnight on Sunday 26th April 2015.
I’ll draw a name from my hat, contact the winner and add the result to the bottom of this post.
Good luck!
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You can order a copy of ‘The Irish Garden’ at the discounted price of £32.00 including p&p* (RRP: £40.00). Telephone 01903 828503 or email mailorders@lbsltd.co.uk and quote the offer code APG319.
*UK ONLY – Please add £2.50 if ordering from overseas.
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The competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone for taking part on the blog, Facebook and Twitter. The winner is PianoLearner. Congratulations.
Please enter me into the draw. The book and garden looks beautiful. Many thanks.
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wish to enter – love being outdoors
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Yes please I’d like to enter!
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Superb book
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I’d love to enter this competition
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We are looking for beautiful gardens to provide inspiration for our garden. This book fits the bill so please enter me in the comp. alan
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Fantastic #competition 🙂 Would love to win!
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I’d like to enter and I’d love to win!
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Would love to win
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Lovely book, please enter me!
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Please enter me in the competition. Thank you.
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Lovely book – add my name to your hat please!
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This looks like a fabulous book – please pop my name in the anxious hat…
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Have been reading about this book and would love to win a copy. Please enter me in the draw – and I will sit here with fingers crossed!
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a lovely prize, please enter me in the competition
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Please enter my name In the draw. If I win I will give the book to my lovely Irish cousin Kathleen in Birmingham. I can always read it the next time I come to England to visit her.
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I’d love to win a copy of the book. The photos look stunning!
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Please enter me I’d love this book !
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Oooh Ireland & tree fern book-yes please!
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My Mum would love this. Her garden is her “me time” place. It’s large but easy to maintain. 🙂
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Mmm, looks gorgeous. Please enter me in the draw.
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Looks an interesting read.
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Yes please I’d like to enter.
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Yes, please! I love Jane’s writing and quite fancy planning an Ireland trip.
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Could you enter me in the draw please? I know Hunting Brook Garden, an outstanding plantsman’s garden which I visited three years ago, is featured in it.
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Please enter me!
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Yes please, can you enter me in the draw too.
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I would like to enter
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Love your blog! Please enter me to the competition
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I am already a follower on Twitter as @tracyknixon and a fan on Facebook too as Tracy K Nixon Thank you x
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I would love to enter the draw please! This books sounds inspirational and I always love to be inspired!
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Humph. No review? Disappointed of Monmouthshire.
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Oh dear. Sorry. Disappointing you Charles, is like an icy dart to my heart. *shufflesoffexitstageleft* (*pursuedbyabear*)?
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Oh gosh. I feel the leaden weight now of being hurtful. I shot the bear. Take the stage again soon, (proclaiming your opinions, please).
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