Last summer, I discovered a love for growing herbs and flowers. Despite having limited space, we had a porch container garden.  I’m not Martha Stewart, but I found it was a lot easier than I originally thought. As newbies to gardening, we went to our local Garden Center for guidance. This was the best course of action for us. I highly recommend this because your local Garden Center/Greenhouse has a wealth of knowledge about plants that grow best in your area. At our local Garden Center, they asked a few questions about the types of plants we wanted, how much maintenance we were willing to do, and the amount of sun that our porch got.  Ultimately, we grew basil, mint, thyme, sage, and rosemary for cooking. In addition, we had several varieties of dahlias.

Rob prepping pots for planting {photo from Author’s Personal Collection}

Dahlias {photo from Author’s Personal Collection}

Dahlias and Cooking Herbs {photo from Author’s Personal Collection}

Unfortunately, at the end of the fall, most of our plants died. Now that it’s spring time, we’re trying to plan this year’s summer garden. I’ve been looking around the web for inspiration. I wanted to share some of the beautiful and simple container gardens I’ve found.

From Apartment Therapy Los Angeles

From MarthaStewart.com

From Living Etc.

If you feel inspired, you can find tips on Garden Guides.com For our readers that are experienced “container gardeners”, care to share some tips?