Books and Products

Contain Yourself -- 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens

By Kerstin P. Ouellet. Published by Ball Publishing, ISBN 1-883052-33-5, $24.95.

"Contain Yourself" features 101 refreshing new container garden ideas and covers an array of the most beautiful ornamental grasses, perennials, and annuals ever put in window boxes, baskets, pots, and urns. With a focus on design principles, this book offers plant combinations that go beyond the ordinary, and suggests surprising combinations using a range of different containers.

Clear and straightforward advice on the various themes of design (color, texture, proportion, shape) and profiles of 80 plants that are container-appropriate make Contain Yourself a valuable resource for growers and gardeners. The book offers a "cookbook of recipes" to help make selecting plants and placement easier. More than 90 recipes are included, each containing a color photo of the finished container, and a diagram showing plant placement.

Plant personality profiles that detail all a gardener would need to know about the plants and how they fit together, as well as care clues to get the most of an arrangement are also included in Contain Yourself. Glorious photography and practical text combine to make this book both beautiful and useful. Contain Yourself is a wonderful title for anyone interested in container gardening.

Here's what critics have to say:

"The arrangements are lush, beautiful and imaginative. What's more, they can be used by both beginners (who can follow the designs exactly) and more experienced gardeners (who can tweak the designs to suit themselves), making this a wonderful addition to most gardening collections." -- Library Journal

"Frustrated container gardeners, rejoice!" Ouellet offers not just one, but one-hundred-and-one foolproof recipes for successfully creating stunning container gardens to rival any seen in nurseries or coveted on the neighbor's deck." -- Booklist

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Contain Yourself is great for retailers and garden centers to carry in their stores. Resale discounts available. Please contact us for details.

The EuroAmerican Container Garden Cookbook

By Kerstin P. Ouellet. Published by Ball Publishing, ISBN 1-883052-25-4, $49.95.

At long last -- a container garden book for the professional grower! Whether you are wholesaler or you offer your plants for retail, your container garden program will achieve new success by following the tips and "recipes" found in "The EuroAmerican Container Garden Cookbook." Find all the information you need, including design considerations, production techniques and parameters, including container selection, media, nutrition, light, pest and disease control, shipping, and even scheduling. 60 "recipes" for hanging baskets, planters and window boxes feature full-color photos, diagrams showing how to arrange the plants, and more.

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Greeting Cards

Greeting Cards featuring pictures from the book are available in two designs. The cards are blank inside and feature the combinations on pages 102 and 222 of the book. $2.25 each or six for $12, envelopes included. Click here for ordering information.

Presentation Materials

Now you can give professional container garden presentations yourself using beautiful photography from Contain Yourself when you purchase our slide set. It consists of 30 slides, some of which are group shots, giving you 35 container garden designs to talk about, enough for a 45-60 minute presentation! The set is available for $100, an incredible value for professional photography! To order, click here. We also offer a PowerPoint presentation for sale for $120. Please contact us for more information, or click here for ordering information.

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