Container Gardens

Updated 1/2024

This class provides information about the basics of designing, selecting plants and pots, and caring for container gardens for season-long satisfaction, no matter where you grow..

This class topic is part of the Horticulture Skills priority of the Master Gardener program. 

If you enjoyed this class, please join us for another. Current and upcoming classes are posted on our website. 

Class Handouts

• Slide Presentation (Slide print-out)

• Participant Class Handout

Related Handouts

• Container Gardening Basics (University of Missouri)

• Veggies for Containers (U of MN Extension)

• Container Gardens (Colorado State University Extension)

• Container Gardening (Oklahoma Cooperative Extension)

• Gardening in Small Spaces (University of Kentucky)

• Reducing Heat Stress to Container-grown Plants (University of Kentucky)

• Miniature Gardens (U of MN Master Gardener Volunteer Program - Stearns County)

Online Resources

PRO-TIP: Google “site:edu container garden” (or site:gov) for research-based advice 

• The Art of Container Gardening (Penn State Extension)

• Building Successful Containers (U of IL Extension)

• Seven Tips for Container Gardens that Thrill, Fill and Spill (Utah State University)

• Container Gardens (Texas A&M)

• Get the right container for your veggies! (U of MN Extension)

• How to grow vegetables, flowers, and herbs in containers (U of MN Extension)

• Raised bed gardens (U of MN Extension)

• Fertilizing and Watering Container Plants (U of MN Extension)

• Gardening in small spaces (U of MN Extension)

• Landscape Design (U of MN Extension)

• Yard and Garden (U of MN Extension)

• Ask A Master Gardener (U of MN Extension)

Videos

• Gardening 101 Series | How to Deadhead Flowers (Rogers Gardens) – As seen in class presentation

• Deadheading Annual Flowers Demonstration (Caan Floral and Greenhouses)e & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers