Pots in the Garden: Expert Design & Planting Techniques

by Ray Rogers and Richard W. Hartlage

No longer a technique just for apartment dwellers or novice gardeners, the use of ornamental containers on decks, patios, terraces, and in the garden itself can save time, space, and money, while offering experienced home gardeners unique creative challenges, site flexibility, and experimental fun. Author and award-winning horticulturist Ray Rogers takes you on an engaging exploration into basic design principles as well as how to create focal points,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881928348
• ISBN13: 9780881928341
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book for Planning Color Choices In Garden

If you've ever wondered how to choose colors of flowers and plants for eye-catching arrangements of containers on your patio, balcony or garden this book is for you. Rogers shows you how to make colorful arrangements without having to hire a professional designer. Rogers makes you think through the process of container gardening before you start for the most impact. His coverage of using spot color to accent home features and smart use of space is well done. Rogers understands gardeners may have to work with space or time limitations and he addresses those concerns realistically. This is a great reference with many beautiful color photos you can copy for your own home.

A great reference book for selecting the right plants and right pots for your garden

Container plantings are ideal for projects with limited planting areas. I have used pots in landscaping for multiple-million-dollar homes, churches, and sites where deep-root plantings are not feasible. The key of container plantings is to choose not only the right plants, but also the right pots for the right locations. "Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting" is a great reference book for selecting the right plants and right pots for your garden. It includes 3 parts. Part One is about element of design (color, line and repetition, form and mass, space and placement, texture, focal points and the appeal of emptiness); Part Two discusses "bring it all together," including designs that work, other sensory elements, expert container techniques, and choosing a pot; Part Three explores plant groups for containers, including annuals, aquatics, bulbs, cacti and other succulents, climbers and trailers, perennials, tropicals, and trees and shrubs. "Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting" has 248 pages and 240 interior color photos. It is a great reference book for selecting the right plants and right pots for your garden. Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "Planting Design Illustrated," "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture

Pure inspiration

Yet another really fine book from Timber Press. I'll spend long, dark winter evenings wandering through these pages, absorbing the wisdom of the writers and generating ideas for next spring. Gorgeous photographs, too.

Gorgeous book and inspired arrangements

I purchased several gardening books together and this one was the highlight. Not only beautifully photographed but full of interesting suggestions and writing. My husband and I were able to immediately use some of the arrangements as inspiration for a new bed in our garden. Turned out beautifully!

Enjoyed it all

The book is an excellent reference source. Photos are beautiful. Numbering the pictures with the description very helpful. Lovely coffee table book. I have told other gardeners to seek the book out.