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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But over the decades she made it a home, planting a sprawling container garden of flowers, fruits and medicinal herbs to cure her family of stomach pains and colds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

“Unless you have an indoor greenhouse with ventilation, they won’t do well,” says Marta Caruso, container garden designer at the American Plant Landscape.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

She inspired me to create a produce container garden in my own smaller concrete patio across the country in Brooklyn, instead of using raised beds as I'd originally planned.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2021

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2014

It’s disappointing to experience the demise of a container garden because of lack of care and maintenance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2013

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