City Gardening

a gardening journal by Lorraine Flanigan

Archives for the ‘Containers Forever’ Category

Eye-Level Pots

By Lorraine • Jun 6th, 2009 • Category: Containers Forever, Style

Spotting trends at the Journees des Plantes at Chateau Courson, France is pretty darned easy. Making a fine first impression were Francis Arsene’s towering zinc planters, which lined both sides of the walkway to the entrance booth of the show. Working through his company, Arzinc, Arsene has used zinc to craft everything from furniture, lamps [...]



Potted Potager

By Lorraine • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Containers Forever

In small city gardens, it’s often a challenge to find enough space to grow all the ornamental plants you love, let alone veggies and herbs. And if you live in an apartment, it takes a certain dedication not only to find enough space to grow, but to surmount drying winds and scorching temperatures to bring [...]



A Cornucopia of Plants for Fall Containers

By Lorraine • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Containers Forever, Style

With fall in the air, all gardeners’ thoughts turn to autumn planters – right? Like opening the closet to examine the state of our fall wardrobes, planning a container of autumn plants signals the change of season from the fun, but toasty days of summer, to the energizingly crisp cool days of fall.
Each year it [...]