Monday, April 11, 2011

Thank you Brambly

Last week I was so excited to find out that I had won the give-away at Brambly, Ann-Marie's very sumptuous, elegant, and lovely blog. On Friday when I came home from my gardening class this was waiting for me!




Inside was a beautiful book on English decorating, Perfect English, by Ros Byam Shaw and a deck of recipes for container gardens by my favorite gardening guru, P. Allen Smith.


The book is filled with the most beautiful pictures, with lots of good ideas to emulate and enjoy on all of the different English decorating styles.








The garden deck includes the instructions on making a variety of container gardens for the different seasons; on one side of each card is the completed container and on the other side, a list of plants and instructions for completing the project. Very cleaver!


Thank you Ann-Marie for your lovely gifts, I shall use them well. And for those of you that haven't yet visited Brambly you are in for a special treat, one of my favorite posts is on the play house in her garden. You can get there by clicking on here: http://bramblyhomeandgarden.blogspot.com/



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16 comments:

  1. Carola BartzApril 11, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    These seem to be exactly the right books for you! Lucky you - I bet you enjoy them thoroughly.

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  2. maría ceciliaApril 11, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Dear Adrienne, this is a very gorgeous book... hope you get very inspired!!!
    hugs

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  3. RosannaApril 12, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    What a wonderful gift!!!

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  4. Vintage GalApril 12, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    What a beautiful book. It's the kind of book you love to look at with a cup of tea in the morning ;-)

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  5. CatherineApril 12, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    What a wonderful book, you are lucky!

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  6. AnonymousApril 12, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    What a beautiful book! Congratulations on the win, Adrienne.

    Do you read the magazine The English Home and/or the British Edition of Country Living? I absolutely love these publications.

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  7. Penny from Enjoying The Simple ThingsApril 12, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    I had hoped to win this....it looks so wonderful. Congrats!!

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  8. hostess of the humble bungalowApril 12, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Congratulations Adrienne!

    What an inspiring book for a gardener.
    I hope that you enjoy pottering in your patch.

    Hostess
    XO

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  9. ClausApril 12, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Congratulations! I am a big P. Allen Smith fan, you know. I used to watch his show (not airing locally anymore :o( ) and now I check his website regularly. He gave great pointers towards Amaryllis, and now mine are beautifully growing at home. I'm sure you'll find great ideas and tips in his book.
    have a lovely day!

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  10. Life in RehabApril 12, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    I think those may have actually been written for you.

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  11. AnonymousApril 12, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Congrats on your lovely book! It's perfect for you. I'm sure we'll get to see what you did with the ideas. :-) Happy Spring Adrienne.

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  12. Lisa ~Suburban Retreat~April 12, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Congratulations on your 'win' and this will be a blog to visit!

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  13. HeatherApril 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Lucky you! :)

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  14. Mary AnnApril 12, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Hello adrienne! As always, your sweet words just touch me. It is great to hear from you and thanks for your visit! I envy your garden, I have been busy lately but your photos just bring that inspiration back. Congratulations! Take care! Mary Ann

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  15. Life In a Little HouseApril 13, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Oh what a wonderful gift the garden containers look like they would be a lot of fun to create ~Enjoy Love Heather

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  16. Liz @ the Brambleberry CottageMay 12, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Congratulations on your wonderful win, Adrienne! I'm sure you will put the fabulous ideas in these resources to good use.

    Blessings,
    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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