You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lample.

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

Show.

Today we're talking about gardening and containers and container gardening design.

Now you likely know that I spend a lot of time in my vegetable garden, or in one of my

five large landscape beds, adding native plants or printials, or always planting something

new into the ground, but what you may not know about me is that I'm a sucker for a great

looking container.

I rarely talk about this, but I have many here on the garden farm on my deck and patio

area, and in several places around the landscape beds.

So the point is, whether you've got an extensive garden area, or just a postage stamp size balcony,

making gardening containers just about anywhere, in fact no garden is too big, or too small

for containers to be included in your overall design, and they will absolutely improve the

look of any space.

And while some container techniques are similar to gardening in the landscape, there are several

key differences for success.

So that's what I wanted to talk about today, and I have just the right person for this conversation.

This week's guest is Karen Chapman.

She's a sought after expert in the world of container gardening and design, and today

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