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[quote=Anonymous]Stay away from Home Depot.  My personal favorite is Benhke's Nursery in Greenbelt and Potomac.

Take pictures of your yard to show to nursery staff.  Know how many hours of sun a day you get in different parts of your yard before you go.

Check out gardening books and websites to get an idea of what looks you like.  Fine Gardening online has some great container ideas.

You can plant a couple of pots with pansies and other cool-weather things now, and then trade out the plants for warm-weather annuals once the pansies start looking bad in the heat.

I would just do some containers this spring and get to know your yard--what plants are there already, what kind of soil you have, how much sun you get where, what plants you like, if you want to grow vegetables or not, etc.

Be prepared to water your containers almost every day, unless it rains that day, and twice a day during the hottest days.  Geraniums and vinca are the most drought-tolerant common annuals.  Raised beds are harder to get set up because you have to get the landscaping timber or whatever in place, but they don't require such frequent watering.

Gardener's Supply Co. sells containers and raised bed kits, so you could look on their website to get a better idea of what your options are.[/quote]

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