Meanwhile, expect to see a lot of container gardens this year, and brown lawns.

It's my first container garden, and it raises a lot of questions.

This type of preparation will keep the container garden thriving through the year.

Each participant can design a container garden to take home.

A word or two on soil for these container gardens.

In fact, you don't even need to have a yard to create a beautiful container garden.

Because of this, container gardens are also a great option for areas that have very poor soil.

Almost daily watering would be necessary for some of these container gardens to survive.

The container garden's appeal should be evident a day or two after putting it all together.

In putting together a container garden, leaf textures are also important.