container gardening

Pansy Viola tricolor sketchbook study with a focus on the flower colours

Brownstone house with back yard full of a diverse array of containers all of which are growing different edible food crops from herbs to fruit thorugh salads and vegetables.

Vegetable garden in a raised bed showing taller crop plants behind the shorter ones in the front including beans, borage, chives, and salad crops

Standard tree with supporting stake in a large flower pot container

Getting rid of old compost and replacing it with fresh new and organically rich compost to feed and nurture pot plants and container plants

Removing a shrub from a pot which is too small for it and planting it out in a larger container safely

Using a second plant pot to provide drainage and support for a pot plant

How to layer bulbs of different sizes which grow at different depths in a pot

Diagram showing how a cross support in a flower can can be used to keep a vertical support upright and so help keep the plant upright

Stone trough planted with a variety of ferns as a garden feature, cut to white

Lily of the valley growing in a large old terra cotta flower pot

Garden with plastic sheet on the grass catching the bamboo cuttings which are being taken off the potted plants with secateurs. Dead leaves piled up and blue sky behind