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container garden

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noun

  1. a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors

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Tell us about your small-space container garden so we can share what you’ve learned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Want to know what to plant in your backyard or container garden?

From Washington Post • May 31, 2021

While I was eating dinner in Brooklyn, I shared with some good friends how my little backyard container garden was doing.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2019

SUN Introduction to container garden design, 11 a.m.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2014

Plants receive rainwater, slowing the flow, before the water is filtered and funneled down to a container garden on the lower roof for irrigation.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013