Category : Container Gardens

potted citrus and fruit tress

Potted Fruit Trees for Small Yards

potted citrus and fruit tress

I’m a huge fan of gardening and I’m a huge fan of eating, that’s why I created an edible landscape at home. You can’t walk two feet in my yard without being able to snag some kind of fruit, herb…

22 Comments / 5292 View / September 22, 2009

Memorial Day Container Gardens!

Memorial Day Container Gardens!

phormium-pot

I am posting photos of some of my container gardens and favorite plants  in honor of our war veterans on Memorial Day. These pots are bright, bold and strong,  like our military heros!      One of my favorite "dry…

9 Comments / 1496 View / May 25, 2009

Tova Martin’s “The New Terrarium” Book

Tova Martin’s “The New Terrarium” Book

tovah

Tova Martin is a well known garden writer, lecturer, horticulturalist and a prominent personality in the gardening world.               Great credentials but what impresses me most about Tova is that she gets her hands…

9 Comments / 464 View / May 17, 2009

onion rack planter from Dollar Tree store

Edible Gardening Containers From Dollar Store!

onion rack planter from Dollar Tree store

  My presentation on the “Beautiful Edible Garden” at  Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival was a hit last week in Florida! After a detailed 45-minute presentation, my audiences stuck around for another 30 minutes or so to take photos…

10 Comments / 2087 View / April 8, 2009

A Garden Vignette for the Winter Patio

A Garden Vignette for the Winter Patio

So it’s cold outside, yea, yea we know.  You may not feel like spending time outdoors in the garden, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t create a pretty container garden vignette for your patio to enjoy from indoors. You…

5 Comments / 1133 View / February 23, 2009

Lechuza Self Watering Containers

Lechuza “Self Watering” Plant Containers!

Lechuza Self Watering Containers

  The Lechuza, "Self Watering" Plant containers were a hit at the Independent Garden Center Show, Chicago.   Garden Center TV: Post #5   The reason why I have failed with some of my container plants is because of improper watering….

9 Comments / 1304 View / November 6, 2008

apartment balcony garden

The “Hanging Gardens” of a Desperate Apartment Dweller!

apartment balcony garden

  Garden in Santa Monica, California I’ve heard people say, “I can’t have a garden because I live in an apartment with no patio or balcony.” Ok, here is the proof that when there is a will, there is a way to…

6 Comments / 973 View / June 9, 2008

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