to stand & stare

gardening while doing next to nothing

ANDREW TIMOTHY O’BRIEN

Fresh and gently radical... a manifesto for a new way of looking at your garden, perfect for this moment in time, and very appealing indeed
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Illustrated garden frame overlay with wildflowers and trees, featuring the book title 'To Stand and Stare' by Andrew Timothy O'Brien.

To celebrate the launch of the paperback edition of my book, To Stand and Stare, I’d love for you to share a moment of you enjoying the stillness of your garden on your Instagram stories. If you’d like to join in, I’ve created a transparent frame to tie everything together – it works just like the digital stickers you’ll be used to using.

Here’s a quick step by step guide:

  1. Save the frame image on this link to your Camera Roll

  2. Create a new Story as you would normally, and take a photo of yourself in your garden, standing and staring!

  3. Tap the Stickers icon (smiley square) and select the ‘Photo’ tool

  4. Select the frame and pinch/zoom it to fit the screen.

  5. Post it with #ToStandAndStare on Thursday 12 February from 10:30am and tag @andrewtimothyob and @DKLiving.

It literally puts you and your garden inside the book cover!

I’d love to see your ‘standing and staring’ moment if you fancy sharing.

Thanks so much!

Andrew Timothy x

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