Dress up the smallest of spaces using native plants in containers. Containers allow you to provide exactly the right soil, sun, and drainage conditions
for those picky natives that you’ve always wanted to grow. See how creative you can be recycling pots and combining different textures and colors for an ever-changing garden display.

Pete Veilleux is a master designer, nurseryman and photographer. He creates gardens using native plants for long-lasting landscapes that help people get the maximum use and pleasure from their patch of earth. He is the owner and propagator of East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery (www.eastbaywilds.com) in Oakland and a tireless advocate of native gardening.