Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens

I've purchased a number of container gardening books and this if far and above my favorite! The authors style is "comfortable" yet informative and the actual diagrams for the planting layouts are exactly what I was looking for. If you're just starting on container gardening this is the book for you. If you're an expert you will still get some grand ideas to make your own.

This is a delightful gardening book. It is easy to read and understand. The ideas will definitely keep my container garden looking great year after year. A keeper!

I'm not one of those gardeners who can spout off the botanical names of the plants. I just like things to look good. But I also like to do it myself, so when I found Contain Yourself, I thought "Maybe I can find some ideas for the planters and window boxes around my house." Because admit it, it you're like me, you depend too much on geraniums for the sunny spots and impatients for the shady ones. Kerstin's book shows me what to do with all those cool new plants I've been seeing in the garden shops. My new favorites? Wave petunia, verbena, bidens, helichrysum and chalibrachoa (I'llhave to check my spelling on this one). It looks like a miniature petunia. The authors designs look great all summer long and even now - my neighbors are coming to ME for advice! I tell them to buy the book - I gave one to my sister!

This book is an excellent reference for plant enthusiasts.It begins by teaching how to design container gardens.A strength of the presentation is that each garden varietyis depicted in full color. The author emphasizes the importanceof drainage in maintaining a container garden. Comparativeprofiles are depicted for a variety of plants. i.e. Geranium,fountain grass and a host of wonderful garden varietiesThis book would be very helpful for amateur gardeners orpersons seeking to design a garden for the first time.Both the descriptions and full-color pictures are very helpfulin replicating the plant varieties shown.

This book helped me to stretch my creative boundaries and put together the most unusual pots on my street. I have several pots around my front walk and back patio, and I'd grown tired of the same old plants I'd been using for years. When I found Contain Yourself, I knew I was in for a pot revolution. There are 101 "recipes" for pots, hanging baskets, and window boxes, with planting diagrams and care instructions. The recipes use plants I'd not seen before and use combinations of flowers, texture, and height to achieve their beauty. If you want to make your house shine, get this book and try some of these recipes. You'll never go back to dracaena spikes and geraniums again.