Vertical Garden
Vertical Garden
Have you ever wondered, if you could own your mini garden under your nose?
Well here is your answer, its “Vertical Garden”. The vertical garden is making your own garden vertically high above the ground within a small area. Unlike the conventional gardening, vertical gardening can be created in a very limited area while using the vertical height extensively to give out maximum gross area of plantation. It will require very small area in your home or work place to plant your favorite flower or vegetables.
Vertical garden is a great alternative for gardeners who don't have a lot of horizontal space or want to do something different, vertical gardens are also an eco-friendly way of turning a boring wall or a balcony from drab to fab. You can also make an edible wall in your home — a vertical garden of spinach, amaranth, coriander and all kinds of herbs with shallow roots that grows locally.
Why Vertical Garden??
Vertical gardens take up less space, are easier to harvest, and easier to maintain. But there is more to this and following reasons are why you should go for vertical gardening.
Great for small areas.
The most obvious reason people choose to build a vertical garden is due to their limited growing space. Since you are encouraging your garden to grow up and not out, it is ideal for smaller spaces, such as apartments or homes with little or no yards. It can even be used in as small of a place as a cubicle or bathroom. Thanks to vertical gardening, you can grow a lot more in a smaller space.
Vertical gardening is a great opportunity for those who want to maximize their growing space. Vertical gardens can be put on indoor or outdoor walls, on fences or even on free standing structures to create new spaces to grow and make good use of spaces that are unusable for traditional gardening techniques.
Variety of Materials
Vertical gardens can be fashioned out of existing structures or materials as well as new constructions. Even Old pots, buckets, mason jars, old furniture and even recycled materials like two-liter bottles are great for this technique. Vertical gardening can also be designed with strategically stacked crates and planting boxes to create walls of plants.
Variety of Plants
Vertical garden not only uses any kinds of materials to build, many varieties of plants can be grown too. Flowers like Lily of the Nile, Lily of the Valley, Lavender, Geranium can be grown. Many edibles like Lettuce, Spinach, Onions, Garlic, almost any herb can be grown in vertical garden.
Enhances the Beauty of Your Home
Vertical gardening is a distinctive way to define a space. Because of its versatility in both materials and plants, it is an ideal way to create an impact in almost any area. It can be used to separate areas in a yard and make individual spaces. You can use it to add character to an outdoor space or use it inside as a statement piece.
Improve your own health.
Growing your own vegetables with lots of care and effort keeps you engaged and the manual work you get involved into the gardening will have positive health benefits, and the vegetables and herbs are grown in your own controlled environment and hence safer and fresh which is a great reason for you to go vertical gardening. The plants grown inside your home will have great impact on the air that you breath, this plants gives out fresh air and will reduce the temperature inside your home greatly benefitting your health and over all comfort of living in a green, cleaner and fresh environment.
Great values.
Having a vertical garden in your backyard or in kitchen or any place inside your house will be of great value to your children. They will learn the value of labour and the importance of growing green and clean environment in their home as well the place around them which will have great impact in their life in this ever-challenging environmental crises.
There is more interest than ever in gardening in general and it is no wonder why vertical gardening is gaining popularity. With all of these reasons to start a vertical garden, it might be time for you to give it a try.
Some of the common ways of vertical garden:
