You don't need a garden for relaxing after-work gardening; instead, a small balcony is enough for your own flowering oasis. Such a flower bed fits comfortably into any balcony box. If that's too boring for you, you can also use modern balcony bed shapes such as a small raised bed or a vertical pot garden. The following article will tell you what you need to pay attention to so that your area is green and blooming.
How can I create a flower bed on my balcony?
A flower bed on the balcony can be designed with balcony boxes, raised beds, discarded items such as bathtubs, laundry baskets or zinc buckets, bakery, fruit or wine boxes, vertical beds with plant ladders, wall shelves or Euro pallets. Consider the size of the balcony and orientation for the right plant selection.
Planning
But before every design and planting, there must first be a precise analysis: the size of the balcony and its orientation have a significant influence on the choice of plants.
Balcony size
Measure your balcony carefully and think about where a larger planter, a plant ladder or a hanging basket can easily be placed without you having to snake around it or constantly trip over it. A concrete plan can now also be drawn up as to where the balcony furniture will be located and exactly how much space there is for buckets and boxes. This is important to know because some plants require a lot of space - and would not feel comfortable being squeezed into a small terracotta pot.
Orientation and location
Furthermore, the orientation of the balcony determines the choice of plants:
- South balcony: The sun is blazing here at midday and it can also get very hot. Choose heat-tolerant and sun-loving plants.
- West balcony: sunny and often windy, ideal for sun worshipers
- Eastern balcony: often partially shaded with a few hours of sunshine, choose plants for partial shade
- North balcony: rather dark and cool, choose moisture-resistant shade plants
The most beautiful ideas for a flower bed on the balcony
Aside from the usual balcony boxes and hanging baskets, you can also design a flower bed on the balcony in one of the following ways:
- Raised beds: There are special raised beds (€39.00 on Amazon) (usually made of plastic) for the balcony, which can be wonderfully planted with colorful flowers.
- Bathtubs, laundry baskets, zinc buckets, etc.: such discarded objects are ideal for planting, but be sure to line them with waterproof foil
- Baker's, fruit or wine crates: can be planted as mini raised beds
- vertical flower bed: use a ladder or plant ladder to attach plant pots to it
- Wall shelves or wine boxes mounted as shelves: can also be used wonderfully as vertical flower beds
- Euro pallets: these can be set up and filled with flower boxes, great for hanging species
Tip
Water storage boxes are a great way to ensure that the flowers are supplied even during a longer absence - for example on vacation.
