Text copyright © 2002 by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey
Illustrations copyright © 2002 by Michael A. Hill
Cover photographs by Steve Cridland
Typesetting by Book Publishing Enterprises, Inc.

Design by Paul Hanson and Elizabeth Johnsboen

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eISBN 9780761166115

On the front cover: The authors hold some of the many vegetables that can happily be grown in containers. The large purple flowering plant at the far left is agapanthus; don’t eat it.

The containers Top (left to right): pansies, dianthus, lavender. Left (left to right): Bright Lights Swiss chard; lettuce mix; marjoram, oregano. Right (left to right): Cherry tomatoes, golden sage, sweet basil, peppers, red Swiss chard. Lower left (left to right): sweet savory; rosemary topiary; thyme, chives, marjoram, and rosemary; sweet bay. On the spine: Rosemary, marjoram, golden sage, Kent Beauty oregano.

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