Container Gardening
You can enjoy plants around your home even if you don't have a lot of space. Growing plants in containers can be fun and easy.
For more information about plants that thrive inside or in small containers, see Houseplants and Indoor Gardens.
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- Container Gardening
- Container Nursery Weed Control
- Fabric-container-grown Trees
- Growing Fruit Crops in Containers
- Growth Media for Container Grown Ornamental Plants
- Hanging Baskets
- An Introduction to the Production of Containerized Vegetable Transplants
- Minigardening (Growing Vegetables in Containers)
- Nutrition and Fertilization of Palms in Containers
- Plants and Youth: Designing and Building a Terrarium
Other Sites & Publications
- Creating Your Dish Garden--University of Georgia
- Container and Raised-Bed Gardening (pdf)--Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Hanging Baskets and Window Boxes--Clemson Extension
- Houseplants--NC State University
- Terrariums--Clemson Extension
- Tips for Great Looking Container Gardens--University of Illinois Extension
- Return to Types of Gardens
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
- Gardening in a Minute
- Home Lawn Care--Turfgrass Science
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Landscape Plants
- Living Green
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- ProHort
- School Gardens
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map--U.S. National Arboretum
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- American Community Gardening Association
- American Horticultural Society
- Florida Native Plant Society
- International Society of Arboriculture
- International Society of Arboriculture (en español)
- International Society of Arboriculture, Florida Chapter
- National Garden Clubs
- North American Native Plant Society
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
