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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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It began with her great grandmothers, who passed down Indigenous plant remedies from Mexico until they landed in a container garden in El Monte, a largely Latinx city in the San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2021

Black cherry tomatoes are a great container garden tomato, easy to grow on patios or other small spaces, and are often found at farmers' markets.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2021

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

From Washington Post May 31, 2021

To get the most out of your container garden, create a grouping of flowering annuals and fragrant herbs in mixed sizes of pots, from tiny to oversized.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2021

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

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