What makes a thumb *the greenest*?
The power to conjure dense plantings from a layer of clay?
The ability to grow organic veggies from just seeds and sweat?
The skill to compose a window box that stops passers-by in their tracks?
Keen intuition about the perfect placement for the garden gnome?
Earlier this week we mentioned that as part of our upcoming June theme, *gardening*, we'd be hosting AT-SF's first ever contest: the Greenest Thumb.
And we can't tell you makes a winner just yet, but we suspect it will have something to do with creativity. And we'll know it when we see it.
So if your garden is no smaller than a window box and no bigger than 600 square feet, AND it's your very own labor of love, send in your pics. Details after the jump.
To enter, send us the following:
&bull from 1 - 3 pics
&bull your name
&bull your location
&bull the size of your garden
&bull your pitch, which should be no longer than 200 words
Deadline is June 5, which is a week from this coming Monday. Take your snaps over this long weekend if you're around. And check back in next week to hear about the prize!
(pic from ozoneasylum)
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Comments (1)
I'd like to encourage folks to enter. I have a picture of my own balcony, right here in S.F., that can be viewed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96179754@N00/
Alas, it an OLDER picture, and since becoming disabled, I haven't been out there keeping up. Things changed over the years, and if it wasn't for my back pain, I'd still be out there puttering.
It's just a jumble of common flowers. It's no prize winner in the grand scheme of things. Although the balcony DID win a prize in MY apartment complex contest way back then.
You can see the bottom of the balcony above mine, there's nothing there. Most of the balcony and patio areas are barren, or have unused patio furniture, or stacked boxes, or old furniture that should go to the dump (it's gotta be wet and mildewy by now).
And every single time the leasing agents would come to this courtyard, the people would stand and point, at my balcony, and a few other balcony areas that had colorful plants. Those few of us that do garden on our concrete MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the way the courtyard looks.
When I look out my door, my eyes follow the same path they have for years, checking out the same gardens on the other balconies. The same visual treats that give me joy.
And you don't need to buy the fanciest pots (although those can be really nice). All those flowers on my balcony are in the least expensive plastic pots available. Not that you can see the pots with the flowers all over.
The flowers themselves are geraniums and petunias mostly. Nothing fancy there either. But they sure do put on a show, eh?
I'm hoping to get some ideas from fellow S.F. gardeners who have nothing but pots to garden in. Maybe I could be encouraged to get out more often again.