autumn seedball giveaway
- At September 1, 2012
- By Rachael
- In Gardening, Seaside life
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I love the first of September. New pencils and children back to school (I’d love to say I was one of those mothers who loved their children gambolling round their feet for the glorious six weeks of fun, but, er, I’m not) and rosehips and sloe gin and jam and candles and oh, you know.
I am notorious for ooh-THIS-is-my-favourite season posts four times a year. But oh I love, love, love autumn in the garden and here’s more autumn in the garden and oh look, it’s autumn in the garden again. Three posts all full of previous hooray-it’s-autumn waffle.
To get your autumn gardening off to a good start I’ve got a lovely giveaway. Three packs of seedballs, thanks to Project MAYA
Project MAYA works to promote environmental sustainability following the principles of permaculture and their aim is to facilitate a more sustainable society through education, research, enterprise and campaigns.
The SEED:Ball Store is run by project MAYA, with all profits used to fund their activities to help make the world a better, happier, and more sustainable place.
I’m excited about spreading the word about Project MAYA and sharing a bit of gardening happiness at the same time – they’re going to send one reader of Tales from the Village a present:
A SEED:Ball Butterfly pack, which contains 20 seedballs with
Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis), Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare), and Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
There’s also 20 poppy seedballs and a whole pack of gorgeous forget-me-not – all of which just have to be scattered into your garden now for a beautiful wildflower display in spring.
All you have to do is leave a comment. I’ll choose a winner using the patented put-all-the-names-in-a-bucket technique (video to follow) next Friday, 7th September.
Don’t forget you can like Tales from the Village on Facebook for conversations about Robert Downey Jr gardening topless and discussions on how to work from home without going mad or eating your children (answer: gin) and you can find me on Twitter where I’m usually found tweeting from the bath with a glass of red wine in hand. Have a fab weekend.
PS: to leave a comment you have to scroll aaaaaaaaall the way down to underneath all the comments where the leave a comment box lives. I have no idea why, and I can’t figure out how to fix it.
One more thing: this giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere! You don’t have to be living in the UK to enter. R x
And the winner (out of 31 entries) was
commenter no. 27 – Pamela Audrey MacKinnon. I’ll email and we’ll arrange to have the Seedballs sent straight to you!
The Monko
Love this competition, seedballs are such a great idea
The Monko – most recent blog post – Kids Co-op Link up
Natalie H.
I would love these for my lack-luster garden! Love reading you’re blog, as well
Lucinda Barton
Wow lovely comp from a lovely company but am so glad it led me to your blog
Lou
You need *balls* to go into my garden at the moment… is the word lush, or overgrown? Dunno. Seedball me up baby!
Lou – most recent blog post – A walk…..
Pamela Audrey MacKinnon
As member of greenwich community garden-some seedballs would be appreciated.
Pamela Audrey MacKinnon
So far i have given personal touches to my garden by including a time capsule and vegetable boxes where leeks are growing nicely. My garden was once a rubbish tip site before the housing development. Twenty five years on my parents manage to turn it into an oasis of fruit trees. The rest of the garden is going g a bit wild hence in need for flowers to colonise and revamp things a little.
Sandy Ferguson
Fabby giveaway!
Thanks for hosting!
Angela Beegle
My garden is a riot of forget-me-nots that have crept over from the neighbor’s yard, Sweet William I planted several years ago from a tin of “wildflower seeds”, roses, raspberry canes, blueberry bushes, Asian Pear trees, filbert trees, and tall, invading, creeping, indomitable grass.
I’ve heard of seed bombs, of course – lob them over fences into vacant lots to beautify – but I think I’d enjoy adding to the chaos in my own yard just as much.
Lisa
I’d love one of these, my Dad *helped* me with some gardening when I moved and thought my newly growing poppies were weeds…you can guess the rest! :-/
Nice blog by the way
Lisa – most recent blog post – Foto Friday – 31 Days in One Day
Rachel
Exciting, I love this kind of ‘organic’ gardening: the kind where you need no organisation, no forward planning, you just lob, watch and reap the consequences! I’d love to win this to grow in our baby orchard area where we’re trying to build (very slowly) a hedgehog house and some bee homes…
On a serious note (no, I was actually serious before!) I’m kind of sad you’ve moved…although not ‘for’ you of course because I’m not so far from Buckingham and I feel our kindred love of red wine and school term time may have made us friends in real life! Ah well, here’s to a bag of chips and a stick of rock!
Karen Merchant
I’m new to this gardening lark having lived in a city centre flat for many years. I adore wildflowers, well any flowers really
Knitty Mummy
I love this idea, if I don’t win I’m going to have to buy some
Knitty Mummy – most recent blog post – Daughter’s bedroom makeover
Sue Wood
Seedballs are a beautiful idea, like a fairy sprinkling beneficial prettiness all over the garden
x
Jessica
I cannot wait to see pictures from whomever wins these lovely things!
Tasha
If I don’t win the seed balls I’ll be buying myself some! My garden would love some new plants x
Sarah
Seedballs look amazing – we have a tortoise who eats most wild plants, so it’s always useful to have them around!
Kate
Really enjoyed reading about project Maya and its aims – sustainable living is key to the next phase on this planet. The idea of a random mix of flowers appearing in Spring also appeals to the way I garden.
Joanne
Weird, never heard of these before until about a week ago and now this is the second time someone has mentioned seed balls – I think I’m going to have to try them out!
Amoreena
Seedballs are a great idea, I’d love to win one!
Urbanherbology
Is love to try seed bombs in our river of herbs project! We’re trying to spruce up dull spaces, whilst providing nectar for insects and herbs for people to use.
Muddling Along
Oh never seen those before – just spent the day adding to my job list with a pile of bulbs to add to the garden
Perhaps this year the squirrels will let them grow
Pat
Lovely post. Autumn is my favourite time of year.
My garden would love a seedball, please.
Pat (2nd try at posting)
Pat – most recent blog post – Look! Two Awards…
Pat
Lovely post. Autumn is my favourite time of year. My garden would love a seedball, please.
Pat
Pat – most recent blog post – Look! Two Awards…
Penelope
I love your sedum pictures – you have some very busy spiders. I don’t want a seed ball thank you – I live in Italy so if you draw my name please redraw.
I was also a mother who – as much as I love them was glad to see them back to school and I only had two!
Penelope – most recent blog post – A Brief Overview
Sharon
Magnificent
Victoria
Lovely!
Victoria – most recent blog post – A Day out in Liverpool
Emmy jones
I tried to comment but it said duplicate. Maybe it will show up later
Emmy jones
I am so happy one of my friends pinned your post. I think I’ll enjoy your blog. I love this time of year. I’m no gardener, but I try. Do you plant the seed balls now or in spring?
Nic
Oooh I’d like to win one of these prizes x
Nic – most recent blog post – My girls
Deborah King
I’ll have a seedball pretty please missus.
liveotherwise
Right, third time lucky. Please let your blog let me comment this time to say how much I’d love this.
liveotherwise – most recent blog post – Musical charity challenge.
Amy
I think seed balls might be the way forward for my garden. Just chuck ‘em and see what pops up. *throws name into the hat/bucket*
Christina Martinez
I leave a comment!!! *waves hand* Me meeee!!!
Elana
Oh, how pretty!! Do you just chuck them into the garden? Is this how boys garden?