A few years ago, my friend Laura Altvater (of Mostly Medicinals) put together this great edible container handout for Portland Nursery. It has some really imaginative themed combinations, as well as a container idea for a shady situation, and one for hot and dry.
I’ve had this lying around for a while, not wanting to toss it, but not knowing quite what to do with it either. So yesterday I decided to scan it and put it out as an inspirational morsel for folks who are gearing up for Spring planting. Click the images below, or download it as a .pdf (1.5 mb) here. Check out another great post about mixed containers here.
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Tags: apartment gardening, container gardening, downloads, growing stuff, handouts
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