Devon Haines - Vertical Gardening--A Step-by-Step Guide to Container Gardening with Original Ideas for Your Green Project

VERTICAL GARDENING

A Step-by-Step Guide to Container Gardening with Original Ideas for Your Green Project

Devon Haines

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About the book

G ardening is a very well known pastime for people around the world. It gives us a reason for being, for going on regardless of anything that may happen in our lives. I grew up in the countryside, so since I was a little girl, I always enjoyed the landscapes, the greatness of the nature, and the natural resources that we may use in order to make a better living. I kept on changing countries, all through big gardens, small apartments and other confined areas until, recently, I made a place of my own. Lucky for me, now I have my own vertical garden in a big backyard.

Even though I now have all the space I need, I will always remember the days that I was confined in a small apartment and the sheer pleasure that came with harvesting my first small balcony crops. It was amazing, and it is also the reason that I started vertical gardening. Its the most efficient way of enriching your life and home with useful benefits while utilizing the smallest and most unlikely places available.

I will lead you on a journey that will help you discover the meaning of a healthy, self-organized life. We will start with understanding the meaning and the benefits of vertical gardening. We will proceed with traditional or original ideas for creating the appropriate structure for you, the best advice in choosing the location of your garden, the best choice of plants for you, the soil required, the irrigation system, the right supports, and methods to overcome pests in your vertical garden. You should consider that this is the easiest way to grow plants (fruits, vegetables, or flowers) with less effort, less weeds, and for less money.

I hope you enjoy our journey and that my own experience helps you eventually get to relish your dream garden. Even if I come up with certain already used ideas, dont forget to bring your own creative spark to it, as your garden should be the most gratifying, self-reliant DIY project of your life.

What is vertical gardening?

V ertical gardening is not a new concept in the world. Since the beginning of time, plants have been a considerable part of our lives. The Babylonian gardens are the best example, even if they are still considered to be purely legendary. Yet no one can contest their usefulness, since they were structured on different levels, which is where the vertical in this plant growing method comes from. We must also think of the Mediterranean way of vertically growing plants, for the only purpose of growing food or providing shade in smaller areas, or the classic English cottages covered in ivy or other climbing plants.

T HE GERMANS ALSO CERTIFIED the benefits of vertical gardening in our homes due to its ability to retain heat during the winter and cool buildings during the summer. The French gave the entire world the invention of the espaliers. They are mostly used for bearing fruit trees, but in modern days, we can actually use them for all sorts of plants. In the 1980s, a French botanist, Patrick Blanc, inspired by his travels in Asia, introduced to us his trademark hydroponic system, which became known worldwide and was the most impressive natural way of design. In the 1990s, some researchers from Canada enhanced the power of this growing system and, since then, vertical gardening continued changing and evolving.

Vertical gardening has certainly become the best way to take advantage of small spaces, use fewer materials, and work efficiently. It is also a very popular DIY project. Its not only about design and beautiful things surrounding us; its also about a practical way of growing food.