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Versatile Container Gardening Ideas – After being buried under snow for weeks, my Seattle garden is finally green again—with splashes of yellow, blue, pink, and white as spring-blooming perennials and shrubs wake up. It is so exciting to see colors! It’s inevitable that some things look worse after winter – especially some of my containers, but rather than look up at these winter-weary pots for two months, I’ve decided to give them a mini-makeover, but do it on a budget.

That doesn’t mean compromising on design or quality. It simply means working with versatile elements that can be reworked into my summer designs or transplanted into the landscape.

Versatile Container Gardening Ideas

Colorful foliage and flowers that get better every year – a wise investment for spring containers. Spring show at Terra Nova Nurseries Inc., Canby, Oregon

Types Of Planters For Your Garden

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Pollinator-friendly Garden Design – Garden designs don’t have to be complicated, expensive or time consuming. Pollinators have simple needs: a year-round supply of pesticide-free food and water, and bare ground or wood for nesting. For questions about which plants are best, see my Top 10 Lists. Your garden will delight you and your family with new discoveries every day!

This simple 10×13 garden design includes drought and heat tolerant plants that bloom and provide food most of the year, and are usually available locally.

Pollinator-friendly Garden Design

Use an area (ie, 15×3) with good exposure to the southeast that is protected from winds. Look for underutilized areas of your property such as along the driveway, side of the house, back fence or ditch. For those without a small garden area, adapt the design for use on roof gardens, porches, and windows.

Tour A Rooted Garden Pollinator Garden — Rooted Garden