Simple instructions and fine photographs for building terra cotta, masonry, metal and wood containers. Tips for applying patina, and decorating with metal leafed scallop shells, or imitating the forms of classical architecture using rustic materials a la Humphrey Repton's pine cones and bark. The use of containers in vertical planting -- I am still working on the screening effects of a banded wood trellis supporting a pleached linden underplanted with ivy, in containers with seasonal florals -- petunias, verbena. {You get the idea?}