When I first started planting flowers in containers, I did everything wrong. I packed the pot with dirt, not understanding that my flowers needed to breathe just like me. I put flowers that were pretty, and not appropriate in the planter. I purchased the wrong planters sometimes at the advise of a staff person at a nursery. I bought and spent a lot of mula on stuff that didn’t work.

Then I went back to the fundamentals. I began to read, and research myself. I talked with people. I mean if I went past a house that had beautiful flowers, I stopped my car, got out and walked up to the door or person and engaged them in a conversation. I asked a simple question, “What type of flower, is that?”. I have been filled with so much knowledge that it turned the flicker for flowers I felt into a deep appreciation for their beauty.

I now know the names of may flowers, and their preferred habitat. I am in no way an expert, but one day soon I will be. I want to have the most beautiful containers in my town. I have created container arrangements for my neighbors, church, anyone who asks.  What’s in my container garden is love, creativity, beauty, and after hard work, much joy.

Gardener