Container Gardens for 2008

By Michelle Fabio

If you’re thinking about gardening this year but don’t think you have enough open green space or even time, you’re not alone—and nurseries are working hard to help you out by developing more and more plants and vegetables suitable for container gardening.

Container gardens are the latest trend according to Bruce Butterfield, research director for the National Gardening Association in South Burlington, Vermont as “’[p]eople are using their patios and balconies rather than get their hands dirty in the ground.”

Moreover, as lifetime gardeners age, Read the rest of this entry »