{"id":2804,"date":"2019-09-11T00:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-60\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:58:08","slug":"resources-on-container-gardening","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/resources-on-container-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"resources on container gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I am going to create container plantings for some customers, and I wonder if you know the best source (book) for combining plants in containers. Also, where might I take a class in container planting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/index.shtml\">The Miller Library<\/a> has a large number of books in its <a href=\"http:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/#\">online catalog<\/a> on container planting, but here are a few which may be helpful to you:<\/p>\n<p><i>Container Gardens by Number<\/i> by Bob Purnell (Reader\\&#8217;s Digest, 2004)<\/p>\n<p><i>Contain Yourself<\/i> by Kerstin Ouellet (Ball Publishing, 2003)<\/p>\n<p><i>The Complete Book of Container Gardening<\/i> edited by Alan Toogood (Quarto Publishing, 1991)<\/p>\n<p><i>The Book of Container Gardening<\/i> by Malcolm Hillier (Simon &amp; Schuster, 1991)<\/p>\n<p><i>A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Complete Container Gardening<\/i> compiled by Ideas into Print (Whitecap Books, 1997)<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/resources\/booklists_data\/containers.pdf\">booklist<\/a> will give you an idea of the selection of books on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/botanicgardens.uw.edu\/education\/adults\/\">UW Botanic Gardens<\/a> occasionally offers classes on container planting,<br \/>\nas does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletilth.org\/\">Seattle Tilth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some local nurseries occasionally offer classes. One example is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swansonsnursery.com\/\">Swanson&#8217;s Nursery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am going to create container plantings for some customers, and I wonder if you know the best source (book) for combining plants in containers. Also, where might I take a class in container planting? &nbsp; The Miller Library has a large number of books in its online catalog on container planting, but here are a few which may be helpful to you: Container Gardens by Number by Bob Purnell (Reader\\&#8217;s Digest, 2004) Contain Yourself by Kerstin Ouellet (Ball Publishing,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/resources-on-container-gardening\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">resources on container gardening<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[247,712],"class_list":["post-2804","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-container-gardening","keyword-continuing-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}