Since half of my back garden is spread with gravel that can’t be dug or really even have furniture on it, I’ve planted in pots—a great solution for renters like my husband and me.  Wilko have lovely yellow green plastic pots—some quite large for small prices; they thankfully will deliver them—and the compost and seeds to put in, for a small fee. It’s a good job since the big pots are wider than a bus seat and inhaling to hold a pot completely within the confines of the seat to let someone pass can be daunting!

Last year I added pots one or two at a time and grouped them mostly in threes with varying sizes but this year, I want something more exciting, something that shows off the flowers more.  Cheers to the gardener who got permission to remove the seriously ugly, rotted out shed—now I have more room for flowers. Above is a before photo of my container garden.