Simple Steps to Designing a Container Garden

Designing a container garden may be the solution if you just don’t have the room for a flower garden, or if you want to decorate a small space, like an entryway.

Container gardening is impressive for limited spaces. Container garden designs can be used indoors or outdoors, and they can contain flowers, plants, or even a herb garden. Container gardens are easy to control and it is simple to change the selection of flowers or plants each season if you like variety.

Step by Step Instructions for Container Garden Design

• Step 1: Picking a Container

Before you get too far into selecting plants, it is best to find containers that fit the space that you have to store the container garden.

You can use pots, containers, planters, barrels, or something like an antique wagon.

Regardless of the type of container that you choose, you must make sure that it has holes for drainage. If you choose a decorator pot, you can actually set a plastic pot with drainage inside of it.

• Step 2: Choosing the Soil

Remember,soil is the foundation, just like it is with flower gardens. For container gardens, a good potting soil mix is recommended, rather than garden soil.

• Step 3: Selecting Your Plants or Flowers

When choosing plants, be sure to consider their spacing requirement as well as their care necessities. When planted in a container, the plants need to have similar needs for sunlight, water and plant food.

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