Container Gardening Complete

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Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete
Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete

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VERTICAL AND

HANGING PLANTERS

Vertical gardens and hanging planters are a great

way to grow up or down, instead of out. They save

space, cover unused, empty walls, and add more

growing area to almost any site. And a strategically

placed, free-standing vertical planter can increase

privacy, reduce noise, and provide shade for seating

areas—not to mention its good looks.

There are hundreds of ways to grow vertically,

each with its own merits and faults. Vertical

planters are easily made from recycled or

repurposed items such as wood pallets, plastic

water jugs, picture frames, rain gutters, old

buckets, hanging shoe organizers, plastic or metal

pipes, and scrap lumber, to name just a few.

There are also scores of commercially made

vertical planting systems, including free-standing

planter “walls,” wheeled, mobile gardens with

multiple tiers, and fabric pouches to hang on a

wall, fence, or other vertical structure.

Hanging planters are another effective way

to save space and garner more room for your

plants to grow. Hanging baskets and other types

of hanging wall planters can be used to grow

food or ornamentals, fill unused vertical space,

or add a splash of color to an area otherwise

devoid of interest.

There are many ways to build a vertical planter out of a

repurposed household item. This planter is made from

pouches of chicken wire lined with moss and mounted in

an old picture frame.

A moss-lined wall planter flanks the front door and

welcomes visitors with a combination of shade-loving

foliage plants, including rex begonias, ivy, golden

arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum ‘Maria

Allusion’), and a staghorn fern (Platycerium spp.).

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Vertical planters such as this herb-filled pallet garden,

are a great way to save space and add more growing

area to almost any site.

Empty birdcages make great hanging planters. This

one hosts a small potted vine and hangs next to a

frequently used walkway.

This wall planter at the Naples Botanic Garden in Florida is made from fabric pouches installed on a wood and wire

frame. Filled with tropicals, herbs, and flowering annuals, a vertical planter like this one can increase privacy, reduce

noise, and shade nearby seating areas.

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