Vertical gardens are an alternate source that generates a solution to the lack of green spaces in homes, this idea arises as a result of the growth of these cities which have spaces to cultivate a garden has become increasingly difficult.
Currently, urban development and the growth of large cities are moving green areas taking them to small places in cities. The houses are smaller and have few open spaces and there are homes without these spaces.
Vertical gardens can be grown on any wall that has solar lighting and provide visual appeal to different housing to which it is customary to see.
How to build a vertical garden?
There are many possibilities to grow a vertical garden, everything depends on location, weather conditions and tastes of people, and anyone can do it with basic knowledge of gardening in a wall of home.
- It should be considered to be devoid create a soil medium and therefore fertilization should be done directly to the root.
- You must be given treatment to the wall to grow by a special paint to prevent leaks and then be covered by geotextile, which retains moisture.
- Consideration should be given irrigation system, which can be through drip.
- You should select plants that get along with the prevailing climate in the season; they should not be very large.
- You can use all kinds of recyclable material to cultivate the garden, table’s cans, flowerpots and plastic bottles are an example.
- You can add climbing plants at the bottom of the wall to cover and fill clumps.
Being gardens that require little space, are ideal for homes with small terraces and easy maintenance, watering should be done frequently during the cooler hours of the day and should keep the plants with the necessary nutrients to be remaining full of life and splendid every day.
