Today is a very special day at Anarchy headquarters. School’s out for summer, I’m teaching a gardening class at Whole Foods, Long Beach and my little blog turns one.

A lot happens in a year. I went from being a full time accountant to not being one. I was featured in the OC Weekly, District Weekly, Al Borde, and got the cover of Palacio de Long Beach magazine. I made my first TV appearance on E! Entertainment’s That Morning Show; Martha Stewart meets the Sex Pistols! I became a contributing writer to Long Beach Magazine. The beloved Wrigley Village Community Garden took root and August passed me by – no posts. I co-sponsored the first ever Patchwork Indie Arts & Crafts Festival in Long Beach. I found Iggy Kilmister in a pond and I was accepted to the Los Angeles County Master Gardener Program.

Thank you readers for bearing with me – Often my posts are about events I am attending or about the hell that I am raising.

To show my appreciation there will be week-long giveaways!

First up, delicious Gardener’s Scrubbing Soap in Basil Poppy Seed by Botanical Interests. This soap smells heavenly! I crave pesto and want to run in a poppy field all at the same time.

More to love: The paper it’s wrapped in is made with both post-consumer pulp (recycled) and pre-consumer pulp from FSC-certified sustainable forestry practices. The mill that produces the paper is run entirely on wind-generated power and it’s cruelty-free; NO animal testing!

Enter to win and you’ll not only get the soap but you’ll also receive the basil and poppy seed packets featured!

Leave a comment – Tell me what you want to see more of or less; I can take it! I’ll choose a winner at random in one week. Good luck and come back tomorrow for another giveaway!