Living in the city has a lot of perks, but it also comes with a downside if you have a green thumb. With small living spaces and even smaller backyards, gardening becomes nearly impossible. If you want to try your hands on landscaping, but do not have ample space to do so, an urban garden design will definitely help you out.
Gardening is a creative process, and with small lots in the city, you will certainly have plenty of challenges with your gardening designs. That being said, you don’t necessarily have to hire a landscaping designer to do the work for you. All you need to do is plan your garden designs by taking into consideration even the littlest spaces in your lot, so that you can maximize every inch in your backyard for your urban garden.
There are plenty of options that you can choose from if you’re truly bent on having a city garden. While planting herbs on pots is great, it simply takes too much space. An alternative is to use the vertical space you have walls usually work well and transform it into an eye-catching garden design.
Use an old canvas shoe organizer for planting herbs that you need in your kitchen. Simply hang the shoe organizer on the wall and dig up a hole for your aromatic plants and plant away. If you want to keep your wall clean, use wood planks to keep your handy garden off the wall.
Alternatively, you can use raised beds or above-ground boxes to house your vegetables and herbs. These are very easy to construct and won’t take up too much space in your yard. Or, if you want to access plants all in one go, a one-pot vegetable garden would be great too. Dig up holes for complementing plants, water them and wait for them to spring to life.
There are numerous other options that you can choose for your urban garden design. Use whatever gardening design works for you and make the most of every square inch of your yard.
About leslie
Im a huge fan of small garden design. Growing up in a little country town on the outskirts of Sydney, I learned a lot about how plants grow and how environments work together. After moving to the City I was intrigued at how you can get even the smallest space to turn into a garden if done right.
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