Gardening enables us to grow our own food, yes, but it can also simply add beauty to our homes. Here are a few favorite posts from 2011 on innovative and/or small space gardening techniques and inspiration, including a few favorite spaces from our Small, Cool Outdoors contest:

TOP ROW
• 1 Paulo's Connecticut Cottage Garden
• 2 A Recycled Plastic Bottle Vertical Garden
• 3 Garden Envy: 10 Inspiring Gardens
• 4 Andrea's Mini Urban Farm
• 5 A Space Saving Vertical Salad Garden

MIDDLE ROW
• 6 A DIY Freestanding Vertical Garden
• 7 Chris and Corrina's Secret Garden
• 8 Replacing Concrete with a Garden
• 9 Rachel's Nautical Rooftop Garden
• 10 Recycled Wine Bottle Garden Border

BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Green Garden Design Trends From the Chelsea Flower Show
• 12 Live Screen Self-Watering Garden
• 13 Found: Hanging Trellis Herb Garden
• 14 Alejandro's Handsome Garden
• 15 DIY Idea: Raised Garden Beds

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Welcome to Re-Nest's Best of 2011 roundup! From December 19 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.

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