Vertical garden systems with irrigation systems from specialist retailers are quite expensive. Therefore, home gardeners often choose to build their own vertical garden. Below you will find out what you should pay attention to when creating vertical gardens.
What should you pay attention to when creating vertical gardens?
When creating a vertical garden, you should consider planning, location, irrigation system, plant selection and materials. The garden can be DIY or purchased and can be used both indoors and outdoors to create an edible or decorative garden space.
Planning the vertical garden
Before you start creating your vertical garden, you should be clear about the following questions:
- Should the vertical garden hang or stand and is the wall behind it load-bearing?
- Where should the vertical garden be set up or attached and what lighting conditions prevail here?
- Do you want a vertical garden with automatic irrigation system?
- Do you want an edible vertical garden or should it be purely decorative?
- Do you want to build your own vertical garden?
Built or bought?
If you want to create a professional vertical garden and don't want to worry about daily watering, you should use a ready-made system from a specialist retailer. Prices start at around €150 for small models and range up to several thousand euros for covering entire house walls. If you would rather do it yourself, you will find a simple variant here using a PVC pipe and in In this guide we explain how to build your vertical garden from pallets.
Indoor vertical gardens
For vertical indoor gardens, make sure that the containers are 100% tight so that neither the walls nor the floor get wet or dirty. Therefore, closed containers such as glasses or plastic bottles or containers are a good choice here. However, you should definitely not water your plants too much without drainage as excess water cannot drain away. The wall behind the wall garden should always be provided with waterproof protection, for example made of pond liner or a coat of waterproof paint.
Vertical outdoor gardens
Creating a vertical garden is a little easier outdoors. Not only do you have significantly more plants to choose from, you also don't have to be so careful about the density. Outdoor wall gardens are often used for growing fruits and vegetables. For example, herbs, strawberries, lettuce and other small vegetables thrive perfectly in the vertical garden on the balcony or terrace. You can find more information about the vertical garden on the balcony here.
