Everyone likes the idea of having a garden at home. Flowerbeds and beautiful trees that are aesthetically pleasing to look at and which create comfort. A nicely made garden can help us reconnect with nature and feel good for ourselves even in the busiest urban environment.
Unfortunately, you might not have that much outdoor space at home, if any at all. This however should not stop you from having a bit of green in your house or apartment. With a little imagination and effort, you can have a perfectly good garden even in the center of the city. Here are some tips that will probably help you achieve that:
- First and foremost, you should clear off your home and garden of any unnecessary items, so that you can free enough space to commence your project. Gather the things that you do not need and have been meaning to get rid of for ages and actually do it. Call your local rubbish removal company to take them away to the nearest depot, or find another way to get rid of them. Once you have done that, you can begin working on making the garden of your dreams.
- When your garden is so narrow that you cannot imagine how you can utilize flowerbeds in it that will look good, remember that those do not have to spread across a large territory. Get some garden pallets and arrange them upright, so that you can both have beautifully arranged flowerbeds and enough space for walking freely.
- When you have limited space, you should utilize every inch available. The exterior walls of your home and the fence are perfect to hanging pots with flowers on them.
- In the interior of your home, you can create a beautiful hanging garden by planting flowers in small pots and baskets that can be hung from literally everywhere, including the ceiling.
- Window boxes are a true classic when it comes to gardening in limited space. What you have probably not thought about is that you can utilize both sides of a given window for the purpose by placing boxes on the outside as well as the inside.
- If you live in an apartment you would not have a garden, but what you most certainly do have is a balcony that can easily be turned into one. Just get a couple of narrow boxes that you can place comfortably around the edges of the balcony, so that you can both enjoy your flowers and use the space for other purposes.
One thing that you should not forget is that when you are operating in a small space and your plants are in small containers, you should attend to them more often. Containers of the mentioned dimensions cannot hold much water and the soil would need to be changed more often. But the effort you are going to put into it would be definitely worth the results you are going to achieve in the end.