Gardening With Containers ― 20 Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener

Combining inspiration with practicality, Gardening with Containers offers 20 exciting projects, each simple enough to complete in a weekend.

Containers come in all sorts of materials, sizes, and shapes, and can be used to enhance any outdoor space, from a small terrace to a large garden. In this highly informative and superbly illustrated book, award-winning gardener George Carter explains how to make the most of them. Divided into four sections—on terra cotta, masonry, metal, and wood—it has step-by-step instructions and ideas for seasonal planting plans that make container gardening accessible to all. Among the imaginative projects are painted pots, a wirework hanging basket, a rustic window box, a trough with trellis screen, a wooden obelisk, and a painted galvanized washtub. The projects are complemented by a plant directory, information on care and maintenance of containers and plants, and an extensive list of resources.

George Carter, a gold medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, is internationally renowned for his garden design. His work appears at garden festivals and flower shows in Europe and the USA, as well as in magazines such as House & Garden, Gardens Illustrated, and The World of Interiors. He is the author of Herbs and the co-author with Richard Bird of the best-selling Projects for Small Gardens (both Ryland Peters & Small).