Container Gardening - For the Kitchen

By Gary Ford

At Blue Moon Gardens, Mary Wilhite, left, and Sharon Smithwork together in creating container herbs.

One utilitarian container is seated into the more decorativeclay pot.

A "bouquet" of herbs fill the pot.

Scent and taste are contained in this one display ofcoriander, rosemary, and thyme. That's sage in the foreground.

Lemon balm has been used since Middle Ages as a calmingherb.

Thyme, a Mediterranean native, grows well indoors.

A garden of several herbs may flourish in one container.