Container gardening offers an exciting opportunity to have a wide variety of plants in dazzling combinations for your Midwest yard. This inspiring book is packed with easy solutions and exciting ideas for creating and maintaining planters for your garden space. Filled with more than 500 recommended plants and designs ranging from traditional to cutting edge, it will stir your imagination to be bold and brave, making your container gardens the talk of the neighborhood.

DON WILLIAMSON has turned his passion for gardening into his life's work. His background is in landscaping, golf course construction and management, and in the design and construction of formal landscape settings. With a degree in Applied Horticultural Technology and professional certificates in Turf Management, he has written and co-written several gardening books.

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MARIANNE BINETTI writes a syndicated gardening column that reaches over a million readers. Her lighthearted and fun approach to gardening also appeals to TV and radio audiences. Marianne has a degree in Horticulture from Washington State University and lectures extensively to gardening groups.

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