Hey, remember our chat the other day about Living Walls and vertical gardens? Well, here is a DIY option: A pallet garden. This is what Fern, over at Life On The Balcony did. The list of materials: a pallet 2 large bags of potting soil 16 flats (six packs each) of flowers […]
Trip To Garden Center
Still on flowers and gardening today… Camera in tow, we took a trip to a local nursery this week. Needless to say, took way too many pictures while wishing I had enough space for an actual garden. Dear Sweet Basil, this is our third attempt at a relationship. Can we please get along this time? […]
Reader’s Request: Window Boxes
At last, “April Showers” seem to have arrived. Let’s see about getting those “May Flowers” now, shall we? Window boxes are great way to add some of that curb appeal you’re always hearing about to your home. They brighten things up on the outside and bring plant life from the bottom […]
Rooted {planter round up}
I’ve come across some cool planters recently while researching things for the blog. I wanted to share some of these with you. A couple (like the Urbio above) are not even in stores yet, but still, great concepts. Above: Insitu hanging planter stand Air plant wall tile from Pigeon Toe Above: Wallter […]
Wonder Wall
Botanist and designer Patrick Blanc is known for creating vertical gardens, or Living Walls as they are known. His concept is simple, which makes it all the more brilliant: in natural settings where water is available all year long (e.g. the tropics), plant life can be found growing vertically and without soil. With some […]