Enough of the snow and cold weather. We’re having a Spring Challenge!
It’s time to show off your green thumb and work on a garden project.

We have created a folder in the “files” section of Groups.io containing many of our previous landscaping and flower making tutorials, and garden related free projects, to help you out with this.

The rules are:

• Your project MUST include flowers and a water feature (this can be a pond, stream, fountain, or as simple as a bird bath filled with water).
• Your quarter inch scale project must be new and not one previously completed.
• The project can be part of a larger project, like a garden for a house, or it can be a separate project.
• Yes, the landscaping of your Sweet Rose Cottage can qualify, IF you include a water feature.
• This is intended to be a “small” challenge so no need to go overboard.

Once you complete your challenge project, a photo needs to be posted in the “2025 Spring Challenge Photos” photo album by April 30, 2025. And yes, your creation will qualify for OMB. Just post it in the appropriate month’s OMB folder too.

All qualifying entries will have a chance to win a randomly drawn prize!

So check out the resources in our groups.io files section (2025 Spring Challenge Tutorials folder) and start thinking Spring!