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A Container Cottage Garden
You can have a cottage style garden even if you don´t have a cottage or garden space! Most cottage garden plants will flourish in containers and, unlike a garden planted in the ground, a container cottage garden can be rearranged whenever and however you like. Here´s how to create yours.

Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden
Hummingbirds are a joy to watch and beautiful in the garden. You can easily grow a garden to attract and nourish these beautiful birds in almost any climate. Here are some design ideas using easy-to grow container plants for your container garden.

Autumn Flowers for Containers
As the weather starts to cool, your summer containers may be looking a little aged. Don´t despair! There are still plants available to give your garden a burst of color. Many choices go well with other autumn decorations, like pumpkins and dried corn. Here are some great autumn planting ideas.

Container Design Ideas – Blue and Purple Annuals
Blues and Purples are especially calming colors and may be exactly what you want for a certain area of your garden. Here are several design ideas for hanging baskets, containers, and groupings using ten easy-to-grow purple and blue annual flowers.

Container Design Ideas – Red and Pink Annuals
Red and Pink are vibrant colors for your containers and signify passion and love. Here are several design ideas for hanging baskets, containers, and groupings using ten easy-to-grow red and pink annual flowers.

Container Design Ideas – Yellow and Orange Annuals
Yellow and orange are vibrant colors for your containers and brighten up any area. Here are several design ideas for hanging baskets, containers, and groupings using twelve easy-to-grow yellow and orange annual flowers.

Container Gardening for Windy Areas
If your garden area, patio, or deck gets frequent winds, don't despair; there are many ways to soften or block the wind, and many plants that are up to the task. Here are some tips and suggested plants for creating a beautiful container garden sanctuary in a windy location.

Create a Butterfly Habitat Garden
Watching butterflies flit around your garden is wonderful and awe inspiring. Butterflies are attracted to many types of flowers easily grown in containers, and many easily grown plants are food for their young. Here is a list of flowers and plants so you can create a complete butterfly habitat.

Create a Water Container Garden
When we think of water gardens, we often think of large, exotic pools fed by waterfalls and filled with koi, surrounded by lush growth. But you can have your own water garden in a small space: on a porch or balcony, or even a tabletop. Here are steps for making your own container water garden.

Decorative Winter Container Gardens
The growing season may be over, but that doesn´t mean you have to do without the beauty of a container garden for the winter! Several wonderful arrangements can be made for the winter that will withstand frost and even a light snow, and deep cold if kept protected. Here´s how!

Halloween and Thanksgiving Decorating with Containers
With the coming of Fall a lot of your containers will start to look ragged. You can easily dress them up for decorating your porch or entry by adding a few fall flowers, autumn bouquets of silk or plastic, and harvest vegetables. Here are some ways to turn your dying plants into Autumn Wonders!

Make a Home for a Garden Toad
Toads are wonderful visitors to have to your garden – they can eat over 100 slugs, sowbugs, grasshoppers, earwigs and other garden pests a day. Here is how to build an inviting home to encourage a toad to stay in your garden and help with the pest control!