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Everybody's seen them. Maybe you have one. Or, maybe the eccentric neighbour has decorated their porch in them. Wherever they are, they could land you a worthy prize just for exposing them.
I'm looking for the quirkiest planter. You know what I mean... the painted boot, the in-turned mosaic tyre or the rusty wheelbarrow with the flowering annuals.

With any competition worth its 'salt' it must have an objective judge. Fortunately Marcus, a good friend of mine, has a blogging father who picked up a nomination in the recent Bloggies (no small feat). Peter Holt is Holties House, a blog of random and quirky trivia, anecdotes and the odd frivolous thought and comedic rant. I met Peter last summer when he visited Busselton and after subscribing to the 'House' have kept up with all the going's on.
Fortunately for us, Peter (like his son) is not a gardener - but he does know quirky when he sees it. So his choice of the overall winner will be completely objective - we hope!!


Once it's 'live' on your blog, send me an email and I shall add you to the daily links or, at the very least, the final compilation before judging.
For non-bloggers: Send me an email with the photograph added as an attachment. Include in your email the story of how you came about the picture and this will be added with the daily updates.
The competition will run for 1 week and end on Thursday 7 June, 2007 with the winner being published on the Friday.
The competition starts now. So get those camera's snapping...
Comments
Good luck with the competition Stuart, hope the entries flood in and make my job difficult.
I will post about it soon.
Posted by: Peter | June 1, 2007 8:19 AM
Brilliant post! I will share it with my own blog readers at jason.landbrokr.com !
Posted by: Jas | June 1, 2007 8:27 AM
Cheers Peter. I'm hoping that we will get a few joining in and sharing their pics otherwise your job will be an easy one. lol
Jason - looking forward to seeing your post. Cheers.
Posted by: Stuart | June 1, 2007 12:36 PM
Stuart, how fun! I wish I had seen this before I went on my trip this weekend. At a reuse/recycling place in Athens, Ohio, they have built a front yard fence out of old utility sinks, cabinets that have been stripped of their innards and filled with dirt, etc. Then the tops are planted--we went through too fast for me to be able to tell what they were planted with, unfortunately. It was definitely eye-catching!
Posted by: Kim | June 3, 2007 9:03 AM
Wow...wish I'd known about this contest sooner (gotta stop by more!)...can I enter more than once? I will absolutely post something tomorrow!
Posted by: lisa | June 6, 2007 3:28 AM
Okay, I'm officially entered...put a post on my blog this morning! Now if it turns out that I'm the only entry, and you'd like to extend the entry deadline or something...no problem, I'd understand that you'd like more than one competetor. (I think everyone's busy in the garden these days!)
Posted by: lisa | June 7, 2007 2:40 AM