Build a vertical garden yourself

Which plants for the vertical garden?

If you want to have less work, you should choose plants for your vertical garden that require little water, e.g. B. Succulents. However, these grow very slowly, so that there will be no densely overgrown green wall. But if that is your goal, consider using larger plants that will quickly cover up gaps, such as. B. Ferns. Climbing plants are also excellent. Flowering perennials and herbs are often used outdoors, while green lilies and ferns come into play indoors. An edible vertical garden z. B. to lay out with vegetables or fruit. here more on this.

Ideas for alternative vertical gardens

A vertical garden doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Often, self-made solutions look much more attractive. Here are a few ideas on how you can easily create a vertical garden yourself:

• Cut holes in a long PVC pipe, fill them with soil, place them vertically and place plants in the openings. (explained below)
• Stack flower pots of different sizes on top of each other to create a kind of staircase.
• Put plants in cans and glasses and hang them on the wall.
• Cut the PVC pipes lengthways and plant them. (explained below)
• Plant the shoe rack.
• Plant plant bags or shoe bags.
• Place flower pots with hanging plants on a ladder.
• Create a vertical garden from a Euro pallet. here you can find the instructions for this.

Vertical garden made of PVC pipe

In this guide we explain how to make a vertical garden out of a single PVC pipe by cutting openings in this pipe and planting them. The PVC pipe is placed vertically.

Tool and material list

• PVC pipe
• Flex
• Hot air dryer
• Earth
• plants
• Yardstick
• Edding for marking
• glass bottle

Measure

Depending on the length, you can make six or more incisions in your PVC pipe, which you can then plant. With a 0.5 meter long pipe, six openings can be cut.
Measure 15cm from the edge and mark this with a marker on both opposite sides of the pipe.

Cut

Saws At the marked point on both opposite sides, an approx. 10 cm wide strip.

Heat and bulge

Heat the area around the strip until you can bend the PVC. Then insert the glass bottle into the slot and dent the PVC outwards. Repeat the process on the other side.

Next cuts

Then mark the next interface - not directly above the previous interfaces but between them so that the openings are offset. Repeat the process of heating and denting.
Mark the last two 15cm higher - again offset - heat and bulge.

Now fill your PVC pipe with soil and place plants in the openings.