Your Next Skill: Container Gardening
Find resources for learning how to create container gardens. Below are several different resources--books, an ebook, and NC gardening website--which may help you learn container gardening.
Container Gardening for All Seasons
More than a collection of inspiring container gardening photographs, Container Gardening for All Seasons provides a shopping list of materials and a helpful planting diagram for each of the more than 100 container options. Designed like a recipe book, the book offers even the most novice gardeners a no-fail, easy-to-follow instruction format for each container. Gardeners can choose the recipes by season that fit the sun and shade conditions of their landscape. Author Barbara Wise includes all you need to know to plan, plant, grow and maintain a container garden. Fabulous colorful fall and winter container choices are also included.
Format: e-Book - 2012
https://e-inc.overdrive.com/e-inc-wayne/content/media/1010034
Container Gardening Complete: creative projects for growing vegetables and flowers in small spaces
The ideal book for urban gardeners, indoor gardeners, and vegetable gardeners, Container Gardening Complete is a thorough visual guide that will get you growing quickly! Whether you are growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers on an apartment balcony; creating a small vegetable garden for personal use; or decorating steps and walkways, this hard working book is your go-to resource. The methods described in this book are foolproof and easy to follow, with step-by-step directions and photographs, scalable projects for differing needs, and many great ideas for upscaled containers from things you have around your home. You'll get to know the ins and outs of gardening in a small space, from the importance of drainage, irrigation, and other watering concerns to ornamental combinations of plants, and the very best vegetables, fruits, and nonedibles for container gardening.
Format: Book - 2017
P. Allen Smith’s Container Gardens: 60 Container Recipes to Accent Your Garden
Presents a detailed guide to the art of container gardening, with instructions presented in a recipe format for creating unique containers designed to enhance the beauty of a home garden.
Format: Book - 2005
Container Gardens: Over 200 Fresh Ideas for Indoor and Outdoor Plantings
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.
Format: Book - 2017
Wayne County Gardening, NC Cooperative Extension
Wayne County Gardening Starts Here!
We are a place for Wayne County, NC residents to receive reliable and relevant gardening information.
Format: Website