container gardening

Blending Surfaces in Small Space Gardening

by Jenny Peterson on January 10, 2012

in Garden Design,Videos

I’ve got an awesome short list of subcontractors, and I needed them for this little courtyard makeover! Although the area was small (about 300 square feet), we had a lot to accomplish in tight quarters. We started with a blank slate–it’s a sunny courtyard with saltillo tile flooring in one area and a small bare [...]

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Strawberry Fields Project

by Jenny Peterson on May 23, 2011

in Gardening Tips,Projects

Last month when I was at the Garden2Blog at P. Allen’s Smith’s place in Little Rock, AR, one of the event sponsors was Corona Tools, and they invited bloggers at the event to participate in their new project. The “Strawberry Fields for Everyone” project was created as a contest to show gardeners that however small [...]

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Citrus in Containers? You Bet!

by Jenny Peterson on January 11, 2010

in Gardening Tips

Container gardening has been growing in popularity in recent years, and the recent explosion of home vegetable/edible gardening is hard to ignore. I’ve been container gardening for my clients for almost 8 years now, and I have created many citrus-themed potted gardens during that time–here’s how I do it: Start With A Focal Plant: A [...]

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