Vertical Gardening: Green ideas for small gardens, balconies and patios

by Martin Staffler

Overview

With low-cost and sustainable DIY projects, this practical guide helps gardeners to make use of small spaces by growing upwards.

Vertical gardening offers great opportunities to grow flowers, vegetables, succulents and herbs, particularly for those with a balcony, patio or compact garden. It can also be a fantastic way to showcase creative and sustainable design choices, whether you've got wood, terracotta pots, burlap sacks, fabric or even plastic bottles.

From privacy screens to foldable storage, this helpful guide includes step-by-step DIY projects, plant care tips and tricks, and practical information on the special challenges that come with planting in a compact garden, including advice on pests, drainage and plants suited for gardens with limited light.

Beautifully illustrated throughout with aspirational photography and useful diagrams, Vertical Gardening celebrates the versatility of growing up in a small or awkward space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781399413183
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	95 MB
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About the Author

Martin Staffler is a writer, wildlife photographer and qualified landscape gardener. In 2014, he was a finalist in the European garden photography awards. Today he lives in Stuttgart with his family, where he works as a freelance photographer and garden journalist, and an editor of German gardening magazine Gartenpraxis.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Happy plants all round
Air and root space
Watering and fertiliser
Materials and fixtures
Care during the year
Overwintering
Pests
Projects
A pretty palette
Eyecatching
Hanging planters
Privacy screens
Pretty decorations
Mini greenhouses
Creatively recycling
Bottle party
Tetra Pak&co.
Foldable storage
Fun planters
Bag gardeners
Strawberry baskets
Herb burlap sacks
More planting containers
Wall mural
Kokedamas
Tomato upside down
Rope climber
Gooseberry trellis
Gabion baskets
Swiss cheese plant
Perennials plants
Succulents
Vegetables
Herbs
Fruit
Index
Acknowledgements