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Inspiration for Small Container Gardening from the NW Flower & Garden Show

Small container gardening is a great way to make your yard look great. It is about the only kind of gardening I do any more. It takes less time and less money than making your whole yard a botanical garden, yet can add pizzaz and sophisication to your home. See if these photos don’t inspire you to try something a little different this year. These are not my ideas, I took pictures at the NW Flower & Garden show that was last month at the Seattle Convention Center. It is SPRING. Enjoy it! For a list of all the Artist/Gardeners that participated in this small container exhibit click http://www.gardenshow.com/seattle/highlights/containers.asp If you are not into “do it yourself” they can help you.

Notice a lot of these don’t have many flowers, but have used different textures, foliage and unique containers, even garbage cans.

If you are really creative, you might come up with something like making a fish out of CD disks!

Try combining sculpture or perhaps a old garden bench. Use a variety of sizes of containers and plants. Experiment.