Container Gardens Archives · Nourish and Nestle https://nourishandnestle.com/in-the-garden/container-gardens/ Creative Living and Delicious Eating Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:57:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://nourishandnestle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Container Gardens Archives · Nourish and Nestle https://nourishandnestle.com/in-the-garden/container-gardens/ 32 32 Container Gardening Basics: Thrillers, Fillers and Spillers https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:54:08 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=5387 This post discusses the basics of Container Gardening, including a discussion of Thrillers, Fillers, and Spillers. We also detail specific plants that fill each role in a container garden. With spring fully here and summer not too far off, my mind is churning with everything garden-related. I’m planting my vegetable garden and pondering what plants...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening/feed/ 20 Tricks to Fill a Large Planter https://nourishandnestle.com/tricks-to-fill-a-large-planter/ https://nourishandnestle.com/tricks-to-fill-a-large-planter/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:27:21 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=41018 This post shares a variety of materials, tips, and tricks to fill a large planter or pot, other than dirt! Because most of these fillers are items you most likely have lying about, these suggestions are also the cheapest way to fill planters! If you know me, you know I love a planter filled to...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/tricks-to-fill-a-large-planter/feed/ 2 Fall Container Gardens and Window Boxes #2 https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-gardens-and-window-boxes-2/ https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-gardens-and-window-boxes-2/#respond Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:22:24 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=43164 Six more Fall Container Garden and Window Box ideas to inspire you and help you bring autumn to your landscape. These ‘recipes’ follow the five that were published earlier. The previous post also included some general tips for successful fall containers; make sure you pop back to see them. You can see all my Container...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-gardens-and-window-boxes-2/feed/ 0 Fall Container Garden Ideas & Tips #1 https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden-ideas-tips/ https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden-ideas-tips/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:12:29 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=42644 Use these five Fall Container Garden Ideas & the eight tips for planting successful and thriving container gardens to bring some autumn charm to your landscape. As I’ve mentioned before, I collect container garden ideas like others collect recipes. I’ll snap pics of planters I like and then take inspiration from the plant combination to...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden-ideas-tips/feed/ 1 Container Garden Inspiration and Recipes #4 https://nourishandnestle.com/container-garden-inspiration-and-recipes-4/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-garden-inspiration-and-recipes-4/#respond Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:53:12 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=38525 More window box and container garden inspiration and recipes to get your creative juices flowing as you plan your garden this spring and summer. This is the fifth post in our ongoing Container Garden series. If you’d like to go back for some of the other ideas and suggestions, you can start with the Container...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/container-garden-inspiration-and-recipes-4/feed/ 0 Living Centerpiece with Orchids and Ferns https://nourishandnestle.com/living-centerpiece-with-orchids-and-ferns/ https://nourishandnestle.com/living-centerpiece-with-orchids-and-ferns/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:43:47 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=29432 How to make a living centerpiece with Orchids and Ferns for a long-lasting tabletop garden. In recent years, I have grown to appreciate Orchids. If you chose one correctly, you could have flowers for months! I purchase one every six months for long-lasting flowers on my mantel. In addition to the orchids on our mantel,...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/living-centerpiece-with-orchids-and-ferns/feed/ 14 Container Gardening Ideas & Recipes #3 https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening-ideas-recipes/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening-ideas-recipes/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:46:31 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=21005  It’s Spring! Which means that we are busy figuring out our container gardens for the Spring and Summer, and possibly even into the Fall. This is the third installment of Container Garden Ideas and Container Garden Recipes; I just can’t help myself! When I see a planter that contains an assortment of plants that work...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardening-ideas-recipes/feed/ 6 Spring Container Garden Idea https://nourishandnestle.com/spring-container-garden-idea/ https://nourishandnestle.com/spring-container-garden-idea/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:40:34 +0000 https://www.nourishandnestle.com/?p=15484 Idea for Spring Container Garden, plant combinations plus handy guidance on the Lowe’s plant tags and spring container planting ideas. You may have your doubts, but I do believe that Spring is really just around the corner.  I know…some of you are reading this with snow on the ground or snow in the forecast and...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/spring-container-garden-idea/feed/ 9 Fall Container Garden and Front Porch https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden/ https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:36:37 +0000 https://www.nourishandnestle.com/?p=13091 Fall Container Garden and Front Porch Ideas using Grocery Store Produce, Vegetables and Herbs I do love a front porch. Especially a big, expansive front porch that invites you to sit and enjoy the world passing. I might not have a ‘big, expansive front porch’, but I do have a small to medium-sized front porch....

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/fall-container-garden/feed/ 18 Container Garden Ideas: Inspiration and Recipes #2 https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-inspiration-recipes-2/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-inspiration-recipes-2/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:53:27 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=10641 More lovely container garden ideas, inspiration and recipes. Lovely container garden images and plant combinations from thriller plants to spiller plants and filler plants and everything in between. Hello friends! It’s that time again! What time would that be, Lynn? Well silly, it’s time to get our Container Garden ideas on paper, planned and planted…of...

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