Maximizing Small Garden Spaces. Original photographs and presentation by Susan Bell

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1 Maximizing Small Garden Spaces Original photographs and presentation by Susan Bell

2 Maximizing Small Garden Spaces SMALL SPACES Townhouse Courtyard Deck Balcony Hell strip CONTAINERS How to plant and maintain VERTICAL PLANTING Using vines, verticals, espalier, artwork

3 Maximizing townhouse garden Spring Bulbs

4 Summer flowers Why annuals? I want a different look every year and it is more fun

5 Driveway hell strip Perennial herbs and sun lovers like the heat and dryness created by paved surfaces

6 No planting beds? Utilize any sunny spot with containers

7 Fall planning decides my spring color scheme

8 Fall lettuce for the shady deck

9 Harmonize beds and pots Hot color palette

10 Intention: Relaxation on a 7 W x 15 L Deck (in open shade) View from inside

11 Use saucers, plant trolleys or trivets so deck dries Be careful not to drip on your neighbors!

12 Seasonal outdoor decorating with fall gourds, pumpkins and Easter bunnies

13 Indoor plants outside for summer (they love it) Setcreasea pallida, Purple Heart Chlorophytum comosum, Spider Plant

14 Veggies and herbs grown in partial shade on deck Ready to harvest Red Sails Lettuce, Bright Lights Swiss Chard, Golden Oregano and Pansies

15 Before Back underdeck area planted with dwarf Cityline Vienna Hydrangea macrophylla for low windows

16 Shady back yard near creek Hosta need deer spray

17 Fine Gardening magazine Entrance alcove with containers and accessories

18 Trellis for vertical interest Clematis vines

19 Espalier and artwork also solution for tight spaces Proverbialhomemaker.com

20 Principle of proportion: using the right scale Sliding glass doors lead to courtyard, so this space viewed from living room

21 B a l c o n i e s Tomato Challenge

22 Part two Container choices Terra cotta dry out too easily, breakage Moss lined hayracks - dry out too easily, liner has to be replaced Ceramic beautiful colors, however heavy, have to go inside in winter Metal - heavy and usually low volume Concrete no one is going to take it off your porch Whiskey barrel - hard to move even before it is loaded with soil Fiberstone or fiberglass * Plastic * Foam * Self Watering *

23 Think out of the box

24 Movable feast Place containers wherever you need a burst of color

Watering and Drainage --1-3 drainage holes --no stones --newspaper to cover --saucers empty often

25 Watering and Drainage drainage holes --no stones --newspaper to cover --saucers empty often --trivet keep deck dry --trolleys --3 watering wand --water breaker --rain doesn t count --don t wet foliage

26 Recycling gives local compost

27 Soilless mixture with moisture control and timed release fertilizer

28 Fertilizers: critical for containers, amend beds with compost prior to planting

29 Read the plant labels when purchasing Name Description Sun, Partial Sun or Shade? Does it like it wet or dry? How big does it get? How far apart do I plant? When does it bloom? Need fertilizer? Etc.

30 Examine the root structure and color, plant at same level as in pot. Don t compact soil, leave 1 inch space for watering

31 Element of change grow or die examine remove diseased growth deadhead thin/cut back spray/pick bugs

32 Add flowers to draw pollinators

33 Beneficial insect types: pollinator predator parasite

34 Feeding birds and providing nesting (even on a deck!) Kevin Shea

35 Eureka! Hayrack a pre-made nest

36 G r o w It E a t It Rosalind Creasy, Taylor s Guide to Garden Design

37 Plant supports yield from single cherry to

38 Growing sweet potatoes in containers No digging! 5 gallon container with 1 slip yielded 5 pounds by Robin Ritterhoff

39 Require: Cross pollinator (two varieties) Patience as they fruit on 2 year old wood Blueberries Thornless Blackberries Double duty

For more information see Container vegetable gardening including size

40 Maximize your space and design for what you love Edibles * Cut flowers * Natives * Wildlife * Fragrance * Relaxation * etc. For more information see Container vegetable gardening including size pots required by type of vegetable, etc. Go to

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