Container Plans & Ideas

Have an awe-inspiring autumn with these colorful fall container-garden creations.

Strawberry jars are perfect vessels for a variety of tabletop gardens. See six variations on a theme.

Enhance the beauty of your deck, balcony, and patio with our easy-to-plant container-garden plans.

Grow a gorgeous centerpiece! These creative ideas are ideal for patios and decks.

A kitchen garden in miniature! A container packed with your favorite veggies is the easy way to raise edibles.

Plant an attractive hypertufa trough garden to create a whimsical mini garden landscape.

Geraniums have blending abilities! Pair them with a variety of different flowers for fast containers.

Use a vintage bread box (or any other old tin or wooden box) to create moveable feasts of color.

An old chair becomes a rustic structural plant stand. Try our chair planter.

Set aside your terra-cotta pots and look deeper in the basement or attic for creative containers.

Enjoy a lush and leafy container garden that thrives in shady spots. See our recipes.

Think outside the box when it comes to containers. If you can put soil in it, you can grow a plant.

Early spring is the perfect time to pot some fresh container gardens. Pansies, kales, and more.

Our easy plant-by-numbers guide will help you create a colorful custom container garden.

Have a little fun! Try these clever container gardens indoors and out.

Hanging baskets overflowing with flowers are such a welcome sight on porches. See our recipes.

Use outdoor crafts paints and easy instructions to transform common pots to look like lead, copper, or stone.

Who needs flowers when you have such gorgeous foliage options to choose from?

Herbs and vegetables at your fingertips! That’s what you get when you pot edibles for your patio.

Celebrate the opening of gardening season with these fresh spring containers.

Get inspired by 25 of the most beautiful container gardens (and plant lists).

Container plants dry out quicker than gardens, so choose heat-loving plants.

Add colorful container gardens to your landscape for splashes of color and style.

Make a living wreath of easy-care succulents. Use it as a centerpiece or hang it on a wall.

Easy-to-make container recipes give you a custom look for your patio containers.

Clip fresh greens right onto your plate when you grow salad gardens in a container. Delicious and healthful!

Succulents are drought-tolerant so they make ideal container planters for sunny, dry locations.

Flower and foliage filled planters are living gardens. See how to use them stylishly in your yard and garden.

You can lure butterflies to your deck or patio with these easy planting recipes. Hello, Mr. Monarch!

Add a holiday flourish to entryways, decks, and patios with these gorgeous containers.

Welcome guests to your home and garden with luscious containers overflowing with color.

Frame stylish living wall art with an old frame and a collection of textural succulents.

You can cast your own concrete planters with these easy steps.

Are you looking for more gardening space? Look up and embrace vertical gardening opportunities.

Make a frost-tolerant living wreath to perk up your front door this fall.

Enjoy the view with this a flower-packed, traditional-style window box.

Plant-by-numbers! Creating a gorgeous sunny window box is easier than ever.

Brighten a shady spot with a window box filled with shade-loving plants. Plant-by-number makes it easy.

Just step outside and clip the edible leaves of this flavorful box of savory herbs.

How can you deck out a window box? See three different ways to pack it full of color.

Get inspiration for your own window box! Here are three beautiful options to customize to your home’s exterior.

Whip up your own window box with these easy building instructions.

Build. Hang. Plant. See how to make a large custom window box to improve the view.

This easy project transforms plain terra-cotta flowerpots into boldly striped containers.

Faux-stone hypertufa containers are easy to make and much lighter than real stone.

Transform an off-the-shelf plastic urn into a lead-look-alike with simple paint techniques.

Create a narrow planter alongside a deck rail for instant color.

Make a mobile planter to add color where you need it. Easy building instructions.

Channel your inner artist by painting terra-cotta pots with cool leaf designs.

Think small! Plant a miniature fairy garden in a birdbath or on a edged table top.

The recipe for a stylish container? Mix up hypertufa and make your own custom pots.

Recycle broken ceramic pieces into a colorful mosaic flowerpot with these easy steps.

Grow snippable herbs on your patio table in these stylish garden pots you make yourself.

Transform a birdhouse into a creative container packed with blooms.

Cool, custom-built topiary! Build it yourself using materials from your garden center.

A finial-topped tomato cage makes a traditional planter out of a simple pot.

Create a fairy habitat! A vintage wheelbarrow gets a new life as a miniature fairy garden.