Vertical Garden Design

Vertical gardens are a mimicry of natural vertical surfaces that sustain abundant plant life despite having no soil. Vertical gardens supply the water and nutrients needed to plants that are at home on a vertical surface. Suited to the indoors or the outdoors, vertical gardens create a living work of art to your home.

Natural

Vertical garden designs that look natural use random plant placement. Different shades of leaves, flower colors and sizes of plants are all used in an unplanned order. The plants are left to grow as they will.

Stripes

Install different plants in horizontal or vertical stripes on the vertical garden. Use the shades of the foliage or the colors of the flowers to create the stripes. A vertical garden, unique in its own right, usually copies the randomness of nature. Adding an obvious design will make a vertical garden even more attractive.

Steps of Color

Starting at the bottom, top or a corner of a vertical garden, install plants that have light colored foliage or flowers. Moving away from the starting point, add plants that become increasingly dark in the shade of green of the leaves or the flowers. The point furthest away from the starting point should have the darkest greenery. This creates a wave of color that is pleasing to the eye.

Add a Shape

Choose one plant that grows to a short height in a dense manner, such as moss or low succulent plant. Create a shape with the plant, such as a circle or star. Install other plants around the shape in an unsystematic array. The shape will add surprise and whimsy to your vertical garden.

Vegetable Garden

Vegetables can be grown vertically as well. Tomatoes, spices and any vining plant, such as cucumber or beans, can be grown in a vertical garden.