Vertical gardening garden with your own hands: wisdom from designers
Vertical gardening is one of the popular trends in contemporary landscape design. In our climate grows a sufficient amount of trudging, climbing, and hang-Downing plants, able to give and garden, and the house of unusual and attractive appearance, and the use of various structures and other devices allows you to do truly original things with ease selenaa any vertical surface.
Vertical gardening is a relatively new direction in landscape design in our country, but abroad this type of garden decor and the infield long been popular, and from there come to us new and interesting ideas that it is possible to apply the garden.
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Application methods of vertical gardening
Option #1 — selinene buildings
Vertical gardening houses are especially popular in the UK, where the already cozy cottages become even more attractive when one of the walls, and often the whole house covers a cascade of green ivy or wild grapes. These types of vines are best suited for vertical greening of buildings and in our climate. Plus, this green decor of the homes is in the fact that under the greenery, can hide flaws of the building.
Option #2 — creating a microclimate
If you use vertical gardening on a large scale, and not only as a decorative element, it really is possible to regulate the microclimate in the area in the warm season. The arches, galleries, gazebos, verandas, overgrown with twine plants, form shady nooks where you can hide from the summer heat and sun. Thus, it is not only beautiful decorative items, but functional design.
Decorative wall in pots there are many ampelnoe petunias and fuchsia, can become part of the zoning of the garden and a beautiful decorative element
The thick green curtain also reduces noise, so it’s nice to be in her comfortable shadows. Soil plots under green vertical designs are always more moist, the moisture is covered with the shadow of the earth evaporates slower in the end on the plot air in summer heat is more humid, with less dust.
Option #3 — zoning
Vertical gardening garden can be used to divide the garden into zones. For example, the area can be separated from the economic plot picturesque hedge, which can take many forms, if you show imagination.
To help gardeners today have designs vertical gardening, which are created as elements of decor for climbing plants. Metal and plastic mesh, lattice wood, elegant pergolas, screen – using one or two elements in the garden, you will be able to create a bright, expressive images. This picturesque wall of flowers and greenery will lend a special beauty to the garden and for the home create a cozy and comfortable environment.
What devices can be used?
Arched design
Arch – a common element in landscaping, but in the last few years the use of arches became popular. If the area is free space, you can not do the arbor, which is no surprise, and a gallery of several arches. A wonderful gallery of work from climbing roses, you can also use honeysuckle, clematis, and morning glory.
Several arches placed in a row one by one, visually expand the space. One of the best plants to decoration this design climbing roses
Gallery-a tunnel of rectangular structures creates the impression of a wild area, where a riot of colors of nature. In a small area will be enough to have 3-4 of these arches to create a place to stay
Hanging boxes, pots and containers
Now there are many interesting options for container gardening. Stacked containers or boxes can be original decoration of the walls of any buildings in the yard. Pots more suitable for the decoration of terraces, courtyard. They look good hanging plant-blooming plants – Petunia, pelargonium, begonia and others.
Interesting idea for small garden plants planted in a plastic pipe, cut in half. This fixture can be hung to the joists of the porch or the branches of a large tree. At the bottom you need to drill holes to drain moisture
Such improvisation with shelves it will be interesting to look at the wall of the house or other buildings
Decorative pergolas
Pergola is a decorative grille made of wood, designed specifically for the decoration of green plants that look beautiful on her background. Pergola goes well with arch, different designs, which is a combination of pergolas and arches are widely used in landscape garden design.
Climbing roses on a wooden background grid has already become a classic song. In its creation there is nothing difficult, and this place will be an ornament to any garden
Hedge
This is a classic element of the decor. Hedges can be a conventional fence, if it is decorated with wild vines, ornamental beans, morning glories or other vines and climbing plants. The role of hedges also play a trellis or screen. Is a lightweight, beautiful design, good pervious to rays of the sun. Screens and trellis are of sufficient strength and designed specifically to support climbing plants. Mounted in a certain place of the garden screen will be a perfect decorative element that can be used for zoning, will provide shade to relax.
The easiest way to create a living fence — using a fence as a support for climbing plants
Vertical flowerbed
We have vertical flower beds are still very rare, so having this on your site, you will give the garden a unique look as the look of the vertical beds is quite unusual. They are good for the fact that they take up very little space. To create flowerbeds, you can use the special containers for garden plants in tiers (usually three).
This form for vertical beds can be purchased in the store, the perfect plants for her — hang-Downing Petunia with rich, vibrant colors
For vertical beds, you can use different plants: ampeli, ferns, even vegetables, herbs and greens. In the latter case, you have a vertical garden.
For vertical landscaping walls used containers with soil, plants planted in rows, forming an interesting combination of different shapes and colors
Also, you can make a bed tower using boxes of different sizes without a bottom. Downstairs is the large and wide box, he put the box smaller, etc. In boxes filled with earth, and the plants should be planted in locations free from boxes. It is not necessary to use a ampeli and creepers, asters, majors, dahlias, marigolds, and many other amazing colors perfect for decoration of flower beds-tower.
But if space vegetable garden at the cottage is small, you can grow greens and herbs in a harness with pockets is located directly on the wall of a house or other building. It is possible to sew or buy in shop for shoes suspension, suspended it on a piece of pipe attached to the wall or cornice. The fabric should pass water, if the water goes bad through the fabric, make a small hole on the bottom. At the bottom you need to place the sump where the drain water after irrigation. Pockets filled with compost, then planted the seedlings, you can sow seeds.
The original solution for vertical gardening — garden wall created by using Shoe pendants
For vertical gardening with your own hands does not require special tools, effort and knowledge. And the lesson is very enjoyable for those who like to Tinker in the garden, in contact with nature. You can place your footage to your taste, choose plants that you like to learn how to care for them and their efforts to turn your garden into a pleasant, beautiful and original place to stay.