May’s Monthly Challenge Theme

May’s Monthly Challenge Theme is…
All Things Garden

Ready to get out in the sunshine and get out in your garden? 

... enter something that relates to gardens, plants,

herbs, or insects

In The Garden 1: The Garden

By Edward Dowden

PAST the town's clamour is a garden full 

Of loneness and old greenery; at noon 

When birds are hush'd, save one dim cushat's croon, 

A ripen'd silence hangs beneath the cool 

Great branches; basking roses dream and drop 

A petal, and dream still; and summer's boon 

Of mellow grasses, to be levell'd soon 

By a dew-drenched scythe, will hardly stop 

At the uprunning mounds of chestnut trees. 

Still let me muse in this rich haunt by day, 

And know all night in dusky placidness 

It lies beneath the summer, while great ease 

Broods in the leaves, and every light wind's stress 

Lifts a faint odour down the verdurous way. 

What sounds do you hear in your garden?
The melodic tweeting of small birds?

Male House Finch

Photograph by Sue8261

What do you smell in your garden?
The sweet scent of lavender?

Culinary Lavender

by Layla

What do you see in your garden?
Soft and fluffy rabbits? 

Bunny Rabbit Digital Stamp

by DOGonmylapDESIGN

Here's HOW TO ENTER:

If you are an EFA member & would like to submit an entry, please convo our Challenge Blog Leader, Jess of jessicalynneart, with the following information:

1. PROViDE the link to an item in your shop that fits the theme or has been created for the theme.

2. EXPLAiN how you think the item fits the monthly Challenge theme

3. TELL US a bit about your work/donations/volunteer work with animals or animal charities

4. TiTLE your convo with the name of the MONTH and the word CHALLENGE, for example: MAY CHALLENGE.

Two more important steps:

5. TAG your Etsy listing with the monthly Challenge theme tag (this month = teamefagarden) see the Themes-at-a-glance list for other tags. Be sure to ALSO keep your regular team tag in place, either 'team efa' or 'team efa cotm'

6. Renew your listing !

Remember, when we've received sixteen qualifying entries... these will be featured in a Treasury and in our Challenge Competition, where the winner will get a free etsy mini 1x1 advertising slot on EFA's Challenge blog the following month.

Challenge entries are also promoted on Etsy Teams, EFA's Yahoo Groups, Twitter and Facebook... so get your entries in asap... we only have a few more spaces available !

Looking forward to seeing your garden entries
on the Challenge Blog...

Heather of thebluewindmill

Mo Challenge Leader