How about freeing the floor space on your balcony or in a small garden, and considering lifting your plants to grow on walls, vertically? Being short of space makes you want to find alternative solutions to your situation. A tight space can feel gloomy without green plants and a balcony with plenty of containers can be too full and does not leave any chance for you to move around or place the furniture.

Plants give the surroundings much-needed freshness and better air quality when looked after they improve the looks of any environment. Many people in cities are now starting the rewarding process of growing fruits and vegetable on their windows or balconies to supplement their food sources.

It can seem that once you have started growing vertically, you become more creative and enthusiastic about the art. It is even possible to produce a more considerable amount of plants than if you were using the floor space only.

Make sure the wall you are using is sturdy enough to carry the weight of the frame and can resist the moist from the plants. Sometimes you may need to protect the wall and treat it to be waterproof before installing any plants on it.

If you are living in your own house, using metal rails with suitable holders installed around your home to grow plants can be an exciting idea. Not everyone has got their walls covered with fresh food growing food boxes! Some people take the approach further and produce all their lettuce and herbs this way. It seems to be a great way to protect the plants from the occasional cold as well.

Growing on your house walls saves your groud garden space and makes the plants less vulnerable to kids or animals running over them if they were in pots or on the ground soil.

The simplest way of decorating your balcony when using vertical space is by using shallow-rooted plants. For example, “air plants” can easily attach themselves without the need of using soil. The other way to decorate a wall with easy-care succulents is to provide a mosaic-like wall. For this purpose, you could find small pots, jars or bottles and fix them onto the wall panel or a frame. Make sure the frame is deep enough to allow succulents to sit comfortably in the soil and that the structure is well secured.

The vertical garden offers countless opportunities for the creative gardener. If you can’t use your wall space, try to grow your plants on shelves or place a group of small tables on different levels so that your arrangement looks interesting.