Container Gardening


Grow Vegetables in Pots
by Dorling Kindersley Limited

Offers helpful hints and advice for growing vegetables, fruit and herbs in pots and planters for those living in small spaces and without access to a large yard or patio.
Bountiful Bonsai: Create Instant Indoor Container Gardens with Edible Fruits, Herbs and Flowers
by Richard W. Bender

An expert in the Japanese art of training plants to grow into beautiful sculptures provides instructions for making “instant bonsai” using common houseplants, herbs and fruit, to create artistic and beautifully-scented mini works of art. 
Small Garden Style: A Design Guide for Outdoor Rooms and Containers
by Isa Hendry Eaton

A graphic designer-turned gardener and a lifestyle writer demonstrate how to create inspired but compact outdoor living spaces that are both eco-friendly and stylish using succulents, grasses, colorful pots, fire pits, birdbaths, perfumed walls and more.
How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out
by Chantal Aida Gordon

The founders of The Horticult, a gardening and lifestyle site, shows both renters and homeowners how to create a window box—the most accessible garden for any skill level, space or quality of light—through 16 indoor and outdoor projects ranging from succulents to vegetables.
Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers
by Annette Goliti Gutierrez

This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric. The 23 step-by-step projects are affordable, and most importantly, gorgeous. They include new spins on old favorites, like the cinderblock garden and hanging planters made from enamelware bowls, along with never-before-seen ideas like a chimney flue planter and wall planters made from paint cans. Packed with color photographs and simple instruction, Potted will help you turn your outdoor space into a stylish oasis. 
Teeny Tiny Gardening
by Emma Hardy

Includes 35 full-color projects for small-space gardening, including mini eggshell gardens, a vertical garden of herbs planted on a stepladder, bathtub flower garden and more, including ideas for children's gardens.
Grow Your Own in Pots
by Kay Maguire

Discover the essential techniques to growing more than 60 vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers in containers. With this book you can use the best varieties and techniques to turn the tiniest space into a productive and attractive growing space. Follow 30 tried-and-tested 'recipes' to choose top-tasting combinations such as growing tomato with basil, vegetables that thrive in small spaces, and grow-your-own fruit salads. Discover the essential techniques that every container gardener needs to know, and use the crop directory to find out the best way to grow more than 60 vegetables, fruits, salads, herbs and edible flowers.
The One-Pot Gourmet Gardener: Delicious Container Recipes to Grow Together and Cook Together
by Cinead McTernan

Demonstrates how to grow all of the ingredients for a single dish in one stylish growing container, explaining the steps for growing and preparing 25 contemporary and classic recipes including Gazpacho, Summer Pudding and Pimms Jelly.
Container Theme Gardens: 42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants
by Nancy J Ondra

Demonstrates how to create designer container gardens using groups of five readily available plants carefully selected to be ideal growing companions, sharing recommendations for various preferences from a simple salad garden to a combination for attracting hummingbirds.
The Encyclopedia of Container Plants: More than 500 Outstanding Choices for Gardeners
by Ray Rogers

Container gardening is ideally suited to today’s lifestyles — it provides the excitement, versatility, and variety of in-the-ground gardening to those with limited space, time, and resources. Author Ray Rogers profiles more than 500 outstanding plants in 180 genera. Along with Rogers’s engaging descriptions, the entries include each plant’s height and spread; light, moisture, temperature, and soil requirements; ease and rate of growth; principal interest and design attributes; potential problems; and best method of propagation. Rob Cardillo’s stunning photographs add a wealth of visual inspiration.
The Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Flowers, Fruits, and Herbs from Containers
by Lizz Shepherd

Packed with new information, this revised book will provide every gardener with the necessary resources needed to grow crops that thrive in any conditions. Learn about how vegetables, flowers, and herbs grow naturally charts provide a detailed breakdown of how plants grow and what they need to grow effectively, from root space to water consumption. Learn the best single plant containers and two, three, and four plant combinations are provided to help you decide how to lay out your garden. The best container plants are listed in order along with the tools they need to survive. Container sizes, soil types, fertilizer, climate information, and pest prevention methods are all given as well.
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