And in a rented house, you may have a big yard calling out to be landscaped. The only problem is, you don't own it, so you're not sure how far you can go. Whenever that's happened to me, I've turned to container gardening. I'd gather as many pots as I could find and fill them with everything from flowers to heirloom vegetables. But container gardening isn't limited to renters by any means.
Homeowners everywhere can reap practical and aesthetic benefits by growing their plants in pots.
I'll tell you more about those benefits in a minute. Then be sure to go to peek at our 12 container designs and check out a couple of the container gardens that were designed and planted by the Garden Gate staff last summer. In This Article 1. Living Boquet, Foliage Plants 3. Tropical Textures, Formal Accent 5.