Take your Garden Vertical
Do you want to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, or flowers this year? Are you short on space? The sky is the limit! Grow your garden up! Try your hand at vertical gardening.
Vertical gardening allows you to grow with less square footage. It can be done in any space that gets sufficient light for the flower, vegetable, herb, or fruit you want to grow. There are a number of ways to grow vertically. Many of the ideas that are listed here can be made from recycled materials. Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive. With a little ingenuity, elbow grease, and/or sweat equity, you can have beautiful and healthy food and flowers.
Each photo provides a link to the instructions for each project. If you undertake any of these projects yourself, we’d love to hear your story and see photos. Please post your projects in the comments section.
Create your own indoor herb garden by installing glass shelves in a window. Photo courtesy: Susty Life
Recycled Gutter Vertical Garden Project from Juneau Empire Hanging Gutter Garden via Apartment Therapy
Self draining Gutter Garden via Adventures in Creative Reuse and Urban Gardening
Succulents Vertical Garden Project from Refinery 29
Window Farm via NPR
DIY Garden Trellis Wall
Spice Rack Turned Garden via Vertical Gardener
Cinderblock vertical garden wall
Recycled Cans Mounted Onto a Wall via Ewa in the Garden
Hanging Plastic Bottle Garden via Vertical Gardener
Dana Staves says
February 15, 2013 at 10:42 amOoh, this is great! I’m about to move out of my house with backyard garden to an apartment with unknown garden possibilities. This gives me hope that we might be able to maintain a cool balcony garden.
Nicky says
February 20, 2013 at 10:46 pmDana, Good luck with the move. I found a multitude of indoor gardening ideas online too. You know the old saying, “Where there is a will, there’s a way.”
Dana Staves says
February 21, 2013 at 6:47 amSo true!
Homemaker Mom (@Homemakermom) says
February 16, 2013 at 3:39 pmI love unique garden ideas! Nice blog girl! Stopping by via Bloggy Moms Blog Hop today. Would love your visit at http://www.homemaker-mom.com
Nicky says
February 20, 2013 at 10:44 pmThanks so much for stopping by. I’ll be sure to check your site out.
Jessica says
June 2, 2013 at 7:53 pmLove it! Those hanging strawberries are beautiful!
Pam says
June 10, 2013 at 2:47 amI am having trouble finding the link with instructions for the gutter strawberry garden. Can you help please?
Nicky says
June 10, 2013 at 8:20 amI believe the link no longer exists. It is a simple project though. The easiest way is
1. Drill small drainage holes at one end of the guttering.
2. Place the gutters at a slight angle so that the water will drain to those holes. You can elevate them like the picture shown of attach them to a wall of fence panel (my choice).
3. Fill gutters with a planting soil specifically for containers.
4. Plant your seeds or seedlings into the soil and water.
I hope that helps.
biggsis says
June 12, 2013 at 9:11 amThis is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Nicky says
June 13, 2013 at 9:18 amYou’re welcome. I’m happy you enjoyed it. Have you used any if the ideas yourself? I’d love to hear how they worked out for you.
ratcheting pruners says
July 24, 2013 at 8:21 amThe info on this site is hugely practical. I have been taught numerous suggestions.
Annabelle says
November 25, 2013 at 1:23 amAre you aware of whether its possible to find a circular table for twelve?
For a long time I’ve tried to find one on the internet however I can’t seem to
find any others than little dining tables
Amanda Gray says
March 3, 2017 at 4:44 pmHi, NICKY
Excellent experience!
Where I can found these trees? I will make a small garden in my home.
Thanks for share your experience!
Garry says
March 5, 2017 at 5:01 amI was intrigued by your overhead growing strawberrys.
It’s in the middle of the night fir me and didn’t register.
My friend that grows them at gtound level gave me a dozen for my Highschool Eternity bound best friend to share with a Widowed Neighbor.
I’m waiting to see if they came up.
We both ( the neighbor and I.) That the all died.
So I was dissapointed to not get to finish reading your post.