Container Gardening Basics

If you don't have the large yard (or the large aspirations) to grow a garden, consider container gardening. Many plants grow in pots just as well as they do in the ground. And you're not limited to flowers—vegetables can be grown in containers, too.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Gardening Guide to the Florida Keys: Consider Container Gardening
• Grow Cool Season Crops in Containers
• Minigardening
• School Gardens: Container Gardening
• Solutions: Container Gardening

UF/IFAS Publications

• Container Gardens for Outdoor Spaces
• Create Colorful Pots of Color for Winter (PDF)
• Growing Fruit Crops in Containers
• If You Prefer Container Gardening, Consider Succulents (PDF)
• Minigardening: Growing Vegetable in Containers
• Outdoor Containers Offer Great Gardening Opportunities (PDF)
• Plants and Youth: Creating Dish Gardens and Windowsill Desert and Water Gardens
• Tips for Great Container Gardens (PDF)

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Courtyards
• More on Container Gardening

Other Sites

• Common Container Gardening Problems--University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension (PDF)
• Container and Raised Bed Gardening--Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Container Garden: Vegetables--Arizona Master Gardening Program
• Container Gardening--Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
• Container Gardening Blog
• Container Gardening Can Dress Up Your Landscape--eXtension.org
• Container Gardens--Colorado State University Extension
• Herb Container Gardens--University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension (PDF)
• Successful Container Gardens--University of Illinois Extension
• Watering Plant Containers--Washington State University Extension