Container Garden Design Tips

When designing a container garden plant a beautiful shrub or tree in a large unusual or artistic container and place it in a prominent spot in the container garden as a focal point.

Container garden design tips. Repurposed garden fountain container idea. Below are seven tips to get you started with container gardening. Plant a low growing plant on its base to create a more alluring effect or leave it alone for dramatic appeal.

Add pebbles to the bottom of the bowl. Make a container water garden with a large ceramic bowl. Create a container vegetable garden that gives you a bountiful harvest of fresh homegrown vegetables and herbs in limited space and also looks appealing and aesthetic.

Container gardening is ideal for growing a wide range of plants be it herbs veggies or even flowers. Grow climbers and vines. Support climbing vegetables and vines and direct them upward with the help of a trellis or a cage or by any other way.

It is a total myth that by adding gravel pot shards or stones to the bottom of your container garden you will increase drainage. Use a variety of water plants from greens to water lilies. Be careful to keep your garden from growing stagnant or the plants will die.

Use a portable filtration system to keep your plants in ideal shape. Gardening can be rewarding even for those with smaller spaces.