Staff Picks
Container Gardening
- Megan M.
- Monday, April 22, 2019
Collection
Live in an apartment or lack space in your yard for a garden? Check out these books to get your container garden started.
Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Container Gardening
Published in 2010
Container Garden Idea Book
Published in 2011
Container Gardening
250 Design Ideas & Step-by-step Techniques
Published in 2009
"For people who dont have space or time for traditional gardening and who need expert advice on choosing and using plants and containers to create their own container garden, large or small. At long last, a smart and sensible gardening guide from the most trusted name in gardening. Compiled from the pages of Fine Gardening magazine, 'Container Gardening' will inspire readers with dramatic plant combinations as well as provide step-by-step techniques to plant and care for containers under all conditions, including regions with short growing periods. The experts at Fine Gardening will show even a beginning gardener how containers can create boundaries, direct traffic, break up wall space, and soften edges throughout the year."--From publisher description.
Container Gardens
Over 200 Fresh Ideas for Indoor and Outdoor Plantings
Published in 2017
Discover the basics of container gardening, and get ideas for every area of your home. There are suggestions for colorful mixes of flowers and foliage, perfect pots of monochromatic plant combinations and small scale-edibles, and even tips for choosing the best pots and potting mixes.
Tips for Container Gardening
300 Great Ideas for Growing Flowers, Vegetables & Herbs
Published in 2011
Succulent Container Gardens
Design Eye-catching Displays with 350 Easy-care Plants
Published in 2010
House Plants for Every Space
A Concise Guide to Selecting, Designing and Maintaining Plants in Any Indoor Space
Published in 2023
"Plants are like people--they feel at home in certain spaces and not in others. House Plants for Every Space explains how to select the right plants for your home or office depending on the available light, the design you want, the size of the space, and the amount of time you have to maintain your greenery. Authors Etsuhiro Mashita and Momoko Sato, collectively known as Green Interior, provide you with dozens of options for various types of spaces, then show you how to match your containers to the plants, how to arrange and display them to maximise their beauty, and how to keep the plants healthy so you won't lose them!"-- Provided by publisher.
The Container Gardener's Bible
A Step-by-step Guide to Growing in All Kinds of Containers, Conditions, and Locations
Published in 2009
Grow Your Own in Pots
With 30 Step-by-step Projects Using Vegetables, Fruit, and Herbs
Published in 2013
Edible Houseplants
Grow Your Own Citrus, Coffee, Vanilla, and 43 Other Tasty Tropical Plants
Published in 2023
"Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home"-- Provided by publisher.
Saving Container Plants
Overwintering Techniques for Keeping Tender Plants Alive Year After Year
Published in 2014
Container Theme Gardens
42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants
Published in 2016
Ondra shows you how to choose a container and a five-plant theme, and use them to create a beautiful combination for any season, situation, or taste. She shows you how to choose the color scheme, arrangement, and container that will fit your style.
How to Garden when You Rent
Published in 2022
Combines creative ideas with gardening expertise specifically tailored to renters who might only have a balcony or tiny yard to create a small, beautiful outdoor oasis without spending too much money, time, or effort.
Crops in Pots
How to Plan, Plant, and Grow Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Easy Care Containers
Published in 2007
Small-space Container Gardens
Transform Your Balcony, Porch, or Patio with Fruits, Flowers, Foliage & Herbs
Published in 2012
Containers
Essential Know-how and Expert Advice for Gardening Success
Published in 2021
"Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Containers has everything you need to know to choose and care for more than 80 different varieties, all specially chosen for their ability to thrive in containers. Brighten up a balcony with wall planters and hanging baskets, add year-round interest to a dull patio, and discover the right varieties for even the trickiest spot, including suntraps and shady corners. Stunning images provide plenty of inspiration and styling ideas, while expert tips help you make sure that your plants get the right care in order to thrive"-- Provided by publisher.
The Container Victory Garden
A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own Groceries
Published in 2023
"In her trademark warm and informative style, bestselling author and expert gardener Maggie Stuckey shares everything you need to know to succeed with container gardening: planning, gearing up, planting, nurturing, and harvesting"-- Provided by publisher.
Container Gardener's Handbook
Pots, Techniques, and Projects to Transform Any Space
Published in 2019
"BBC Gardeners' World presenter Frances Tophill provides forty-one step-by-step projects for creative and sustainable container gardens. She covers a range of different planting schemes and types of container, from urns and troughs to chimney stacks and hanging baskets. Frances offers expert advice on what to grow and how to grow it, from bonsai, bulbs, and bamboo to tumbling and creeping plants and flowers"--Page 4 of cover.
Container Gardening for All Seasons
Enjoy Year-round Color with 101 Designs
Published in 2012
Presents the basic principles of container gardening and provides designs and diagrams for plantings that are specific for each season of the year.