For the longest time I have wanted to start my own garden. Growing up in Michigan, my dad had a small garden in the backyard. He would grow horseradish, which took over a huge area, zucchini's, onions, and tomatoes (and I might be forgetting some other things). I remember having tomato 'fights' when my cousins would come to visit, and we would all wind up stained with tomato juice.....and my dad would be wondering where all his cherry tomatoes went...oops! When I lived in California, I was able to help with the family garden which was awesome. It was more of a vegetable garden, and yielded a huge amount of veggies. I remember making batch after batch of delicious zucchini bread and there was still always more to spare. Then I moved to NYC where it is impossible to have a garden, unless you have a penthouse apartment that includes a sprawling rooftop patio. Clearly, I was not living the high life so I was not able to have a garden. However, farmers markets are extremely popular in NYC in the summer/spring, so I was able to get lots of fresh seasonal produce that way. I would have loved to make this DIY Vertical Garden, though.
So now we are in our own house in Georgia, and it seems like we need a garden. I would love to have a huge garden, but our yard does not have the space for that. We have a townhome, and while the yard is plenty big for our liking, it is not big enough for a sprawling garden. However, it just hit me! Instead of building horizontally on the ground, why not build UP, against the fence?!?! Could this be done? I didn't know! I consulted some friends and pinterest and found it is indeed possible. I am going to be working on a couple of these ideas in the next few weeks, and hopefully can get my garden going!
Here are some inspiring garden idea's for small spaces:
DIY Garden Bed
This seems easy enough to build, and it wouldn't take up much space. If you have a lot of space you could build a larger design or several. Click here for instructions.
DIY Pallet Garden from Apartment Therapy
Recycling pallets are soooo popular right now! DIY Pallet Garden. Click here for instructions from Apartment Therapy.
DIY Standing Garden
This is another idea from apartment therapy. I like the look of this, but having a toddler I would worry that somehow it could get knocked over (although it may be unrealistic, I am a mom and I worry!). Click here for instructions.
Might be too hard for me....
This looks extremely difficult, but I still like it in terms of inspiration. I guess you would have to contact the London Garden Designers for more information.
Hanging Garden!
I absolutely LOVE this idea!! It would be perfect for herbs or smaller plants!!! I love the colors and it looks really easy with minimal supplies!! Score!! They use these things called 'Hang a Pot', which can be found here! They hold up to 100lbs, so you could even do larger pots!
Gutter Garden?!?!
This is sooo smart and simple! I love this idea and think it may be the big winner for this year!! I am definitely going to take some time to do this easy project in the next week or so. See instructions on the awesome blog, Living Grace.
What are you working on in terms of gardening for this spring and summer?
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Jill Cooper
Just don't bother with the hanging upside down tomato growing. I did that year before last and they were awful! Hard to water (you have to do it really slowly) and didn't produce much of anything. In fact I have about two or three unopened ones in my garage that I stocked up on if you want them LOL
Allyson
Good tip! I saw these at the store and I was very interested in trying them out...glad I didn't waste my time or money! Geez!
jewelsforall
I really like these ideas! We have an apartment with a balcony so some of these ideas would be perfect! Can't wait to see how yours turns out.
pamasaurus
I want to make a vertical garden now. We have some pallets that Daniel got from work that would work perfectly. Too bad we just dug up a corner of our yard and planted our first bunch of cold weather plants. Soon we'll have more stuffs to plant! We're going big this year 😉
now at home mom
I love all your ideas Allyson! 🙂 If you prepare something I hope you will share it with us! I would love to see what you create! The DIY pallet garden looks really good, I'm sure it must be difficult to do but I can see you doing it or the hanging garden! 🙂 at this moment, I haven't given any thoughts to gardening! (it's too cold around here!) 😉
Allyson
Thanks girl! I don't know, I think I have a black thumb when it comes to things like this! We shall see...
April @ Angel's Homestead
Love this! I'd like to invite you to link up to Saturday Spotlight @ Angels Homestead. The party runs from Saturday 12 am to Wednesday 12 midnight.
http://angelshomestead.com/saturday-spotlight-11/
Hope to see you there 🙂
April
heather f
These are so pretty! I am alwasy trying to figure out a way to extend my garden space.
charlestoncrafted
omg obsessed. I am so intent of some kind of herb garden on my screened in porch, but with the level of sun (low), so far all I've done is killed plants. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!
Allyson
Me too...I currently have a dead pot of basil on my porch...but who knew it was going to snow last week, right?! Ugh...we shall see how it turns out...idk!
Pinkoddy
This is a great post with Earth day coming up - just goes to show that you don't need a lot of space to grow things.
Yesenia
This looks so beautiful! I might have to see where I can fit this in the yard. I've wanted to visit/experience California for the longest time! I live in New Jersey where there are farmers markets all around too just not as big. Good luck and enjoying working on your garden. Even a little bit is always nice!
Peggy Hale
Great choice. They look so pretty. I have to plant at least 3 tomatoes every year. I love standing over the sink eating them like apples. lol Thanks for joining us this week at Transformed Tuesday.
Hugs,
Peggy~PJH Designs
Alexis @ We Like to Learn as We Go
I love gardening and these are great ideas when you live in an apartment like I do and don't have the space or even a yard to garden. Pinning this!