My name is Wema Mojar from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. We have an abandoned pool that had become an eyesore, so I turned it into a classic small space garden using old pots, some garbage bags, and other inexpensive materials.
I started most of the vegetables from seedlings that I grew in my mini-greenhouse. I combined flowers, foliage, and veggies in different containers, and they turned out fantastic!
Magenta petunias (Petunia hybrida, annual), purple verbenas (Verbena hybrid, annual) and orange nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus, annual) provide lots of color and beauty, with productive veggies growing behind them.
Every space is filled with plants, and Wema shows you don’t need to spend a lot of money on a garden like this. A little twine and a few holes transformed these plastic pots into hanging baskets.
And the vegetables are happy too! This tomato plant is certainly thriving. Many vegetables will do great grown in containers, making all sorts of spaces potential gardens.
Developing tomatoes are thriving in their container home.
Massing lots of containers together is a great way to give the look of an in-ground garden bed on a slab of concrete.
Almost anything can be used as a plant container as long as it will hold soil and you can put drainage holes in it. These green beans are thriving in a garbage bag!
Nasturtiums are beautiful, and they produce edible flowers and foliage that can be added to salads.
More happy plants, two of them growing in the most convenient container imaginable—a bag of potting mix!
Delicious, nutritious greens as far as the eye can see.
Here’s a final reminder that you don’t need expensive pots or plants to transform a space into a beautiful, productive garden.
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