AAAAND…we have a winner! Barbara Valentine! I’ll be contacting her today to get her mailing address. Many thanks to all who entered.
Something to consider: My publisher is wonderful about providing a book to someone who’ll put it in front of potential readers/buyers. If you’d like a copy to review on your blog or to include in, say, a silent auction for your garden club, email me: [email protected]. ~ Debra
Enter to win a copy of my new Sensational Succulents adult coloring book! Simply leave a comment below. The winner will be selected at random, announced on this page, and notified by email a week from today (on Monday, June 13). You must be 18 or older to enter and have a US or Canadian mailing address.
A second way to win:My publisher is sponsoring a book giveaway, too, and it’s even better—in addition to the coloring book, they’re throwing in $50 worth of art supplies! (It’s perfectly OK to enter both, but do so soon; theirs ends June 10.)
Above: One of the book’s succulent mandalas, colored by Susi Torre-Bueno
Coloring a detailed line drawing is a way of engaging your right brain so your left brain is free to solve problems. Mandalas are especially soothing, and Sensational Succulentshas ten.
Award-winning garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin authored Designing with Succulents, Succulent Container Gardens, and Succulents Simplified, all Timber Press bestsellers. Her goal is to enhance others' enjoyment and awareness of waterwise plants and gardens by showcasing the beauty and design potential of succulents via books, articles, newsletters, photos, videos, social media and more. Debra and husband Jeff live in the foothills north of San Diego. She grew up in Southern California on an avocado ranch, speaks conversational Spanish, and at age 18 graduated magna cum laude from USIU with a degree in English Literature. Her hobbies include thrifting, birding and watercolor painting. Debra's YouTube channel has had over 3,000,000 views.
Love your blog and would love to win this coloring book to color with my granddaughter.
Janice NelsonJune 6, 2016, 10:31 am
I want to win!
Janice NelsonJune 6, 2016, 10:31 am
I love your pictures.
JudyJune 6, 2016, 10:32 am
Beautiful! I’ve been growing and loving succulents n cacti since I was in my 20’s….many have come and many have gone…. I’m currently nurturing a new collection on the California Coast! The books are very nice…. <3?
BrendaJune 6, 2016, 10:32 am
Beautiful option. nice extension to creative gardening.
Diane FargenJune 6, 2016, 10:34 am
What fun! to be able to color my favorite plants. . I am enjoying adult coloring and this would be a great addition to my coloring group. and what a way to introduce you to this group of folks. (Church ladies). I would love to be able to do this one.
DJJune 6, 2016, 10:43 am
I love this coloring book! It’s so nice and I just love the graphics!
thanks for the chance to win! Greetings from the smoky mtns of east tn….SMILE
Lerryn A MezaJune 6, 2016, 11:57 am
Love coloring books & love succulents! What a wonderful combination!!!
Ginny TiedeJune 6, 2016, 12:13 pm
I’d love to win a copy for our artistic granddaughter who now live in Texas and has started gardening with native plants.
R. phillipsJune 6, 2016, 12:14 pm
I never realized how beautiful succulents could be until I saw your blog. The coloring book has captured their intriguing design to a “T”.
Kim BryceJune 6, 2016, 12:16 pm
So happy you’re in the coloring book craze like me Debra!
Nancy nygaardJune 6, 2016, 12:17 pm
Love your new coloring book & I give it 5 Stars
Enrique FigueroaJune 6, 2016, 12:20 pm
The succulent queen has a coloring book? Want! : )
Dyann MeschiJune 6, 2016, 12:28 pm
My two newest loves…succulents and adult coloring books! This is such a beauty of a coloring book, too. <3 <3 <3
Sue MingsJune 6, 2016, 12:34 pm
The original photos the drawings are based on are stunning. I think I’d have to invest in some better quality art supplies if I won this giveaway
Mary kalangesJune 6, 2016, 12:40 pm
Debra lee Baldwin has done it again. She has created a stunningly visual piece of art unlike any other project she Has authored. If you think creating gorgeous succulent containers is relaxing, try coloring your own masterpiece on for size! A job well done, Debra!
MY MOM HAS RECENTLY BECAME A BIG FAN OF THESE COLORING BOOKS. iF I WIN, I’M GOING TO re-gift THIS TO HER! tHANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY! BTW, LOVE THE SITE!
Christina GagnonJune 6, 2016, 1:15 pm
What a way to bring my two worlds of obsessions together. Love it! <3
DorothyJune 6, 2016, 1:39 pm
I would absolutely love to have one of these to share with my six year-old fellow plant lover!
Holly goodwinJune 6, 2016, 2:46 pm
Love adult coloring books!! And succulents! Your book looks awesome. Our instagram for our succs is our_MANY_SUCCULENTS, you should FOLLOW US IF YOU AREN’T ALREADY!! 🙂
Darcy MacPhersonJune 6, 2016, 2:50 pm
I have reviewed Debra’s books and enjoyed them immensely. What a great introduction to the world of succulents.
cblakeJune 6, 2016, 3:08 pm
Enjoyed the sample page now want the whole book!
Lee NoraJune 6, 2016, 3:08 pm
Hi Debra! Looking forward to coloring pictures, framing them and hanging them in my potting shed! Happy summer!
Holly GoodwinJune 6, 2016, 3:26 pm
I love adult coloring books & succulents! your book looks amazing!! If you don’t already follow our instagram our_many_succulents you should! 🙂
Thanks for the many ways you communicate. It was great to see you in San Diego. I appreciated the few minutes we had to catch up. Succulent socks are on the way. Your coloring book looks wonderful.
Robin TJune 6, 2016, 5:04 pm
Debra your new beautiful coloring book will fill the gap for additional relaxation. Something I definitely need in my busy life.
DeeJune 6, 2016, 5:05 pm
I just received my copy of your book last week from Amazon! I could always use another to give to a friend.
Barbara valentineJune 6, 2016, 5:41 pm
I have all your books and I love succulents. Also love coloring. Would love to win your succulent coloring book!
I honey. I just got my book. Those darn mail people bent it so I have books on it to straighten it out. I need to get the colored pencils and am excited to give it a try. If I win I will give it to my sister!
Amanda GallardoJune 6, 2016, 7:09 pm
I’d LOVE TO WIN! THIS BOOKS LOOKS SO AWESOME.
Carolyn RathbunJune 6, 2016, 7:20 pm
beautiful book love it
diane conejoJune 6, 2016, 7:54 pm
Debra, you got me started loving these plants! I too am an artist and a designer and I love to help my clients plan & plant their succulent gardens! it is a Creative obsession I enjoy! Never met a succulent I didn’t like!
Carol JordanJune 6, 2016, 8:05 pm
I love succulents and think a coloring book about them would be great. I just finished a big pot of succulents that will be at the corner of our garage facing south east so everyone will enjoy it. We also have several window boxes on our deck with succulents. They are so interesting.
janet RileyJune 6, 2016, 8:24 pm
I saw this book mentioned about a month ago. The original photos are beautiful but I am also inspired by the drawings and the coloring done by the artist. I’d love to try my hand at it.
BobbiJune 6, 2016, 9:04 pm
I love succulents, and I love coloring too!
Pam jaraJune 6, 2016, 9:15 pm
Fantastic book..meant for all the succulent gardeners that Debra has inspired!
SeahagJune 6, 2016, 9:47 pm
Looks like a GREAT STRESS Reducer!
MarianneJune 6, 2016, 9:56 pm
Ive got my markers ready!
Ann JankovskyJune 6, 2016, 10:21 pm
I love to color!!!!
PiperJune 6, 2016, 10:37 pm
Thank you for the giveaway! Also thank you again for sending me a list of must succulent sees when I went to San Diego a couple of years ago. 😉 you are truly our succulent queen!
Neysa BrooksJune 6, 2016, 11:15 pm
It would be so much fun to win your book. Coloring has always been fun for me, way before it became the in thing to do. It is a way to relieve stress. Loving Succulents as I do, it would be so much fun to be able to color them in my style. Thanks for the opportunity!
Does every comment count? Because if so, I will add 235 of them.
Jill CongerJune 7, 2016, 12:34 am
Looking forward to playing in this new wonderful coloring book!
Graciela Kaplan AranovichJune 7, 2016, 3:15 am
This books comes out at the right time: we love gardening our succulents AND coloring. Both engage the right si.de of the brain in creative and relaxing ways. Thank you, Debra Baldwin!!
I love succulents because they can look like they are from another world.
Michelle varillaJune 7, 2016, 5:08 pm
This is nice , while waiting for my babies to grow!!?
Carol WombleJune 7, 2016, 11:23 pm
Would love to win this book to share with my 95 year old Mom…would be perfect. Thanks for the opportunity!
Carol WombleJune 7, 2016, 11:27 pm
would love to win this book to share with my 95 year old Mom. Thanks for the opportunity.
Felicia TownsendJune 8, 2016, 12:35 am
Even if I don’t win I plan on buying a coloring book. You have me dreaming succulents in my sleep.
mike okumuraJune 8, 2016, 11:38 pm
hi, yes, thx for allowing us evry week to learn about your wonderful ideas on gardening all sorts off stuffs. the picts are breathtakingly beautiful. 1 may, literally spend hrs. and hrs. spending time reading, looking, and ingesting all your knowledge that’s imparted to us every week, and reviewing all the previous 1’s. i would’ve enjoyed poring over the great material even if i didn’t have an accident, truly. now, i’m limited to living my life either on my wheelchair[ i tend to get bedsores so not much time there], or on my hospital bed. over 6 yrs. ago, i had a farm mishap and now need 24/.7 care to be able to live. i have 8 caregivers rotate the times to care for me. since i’m poor, i can’t pay even $1/hr., so my pals care for me free. i barely can move and can’t write, but i could color a book, barely. but i’m persistent, very patient, and loving, so i’d really enjoy it. thx. aloha, unckle mike
Teresa willisJune 9, 2016, 10:36 am
Love to color, love to look at and plant succulents,now a place for both!
LinhJune 9, 2016, 4:07 pm
Love!
Maria OngJune 11, 2016, 11:27 am
I would love to frame these pages and have an entire collage of them in my home and garden – perhaps signed by you as well – that would be a real treat!
I love the idea of a succulent coloring book. I would love to win one! I am always coloring in my adult coloring books and this would make a nice addition to them!