10 Lovely DIY Planters To Build Your Balcony Garden
Lovely DIY Planters
Maintaining a garden around the house can be a very rewarding endeavor. It provides a serene ambiance for us to tune with mother nature. It helps us relax from the hectic city life. With modern development going on, a lot of us are living in apartments where keeping a garden is almost impossible. But, don’t be all down about that! Balcony may be a space but you can turn it into a wonderful garden. Let’s go through some great ideas in this list!
1. Vertical Clay Pots
Your display of plants also can be a privacy screen with this awesome idea! Placing your pots vertically is probably the best option when you have little space. Check out the source link below to see how they make this.
2. Wood Planter For The Wall
A rack is always a good option to when you have a small space. You can put your favorite potted plants on it. If the rack is too small, you can opt to install long and broader shelves on the walls of your balcony space. It works the same. But, the rack is hung by a single hook. So, it poses less damage to your wall. Follow the source link below for their tutorial.
3. Hanging Flower Box
Create more gardening space for yourself by installing a flower box that hangs outside the rail of you balcony! It’s a nice thing to see when you look out of your balcony. See how they make this possible by following the source link below.
4. Hanging Balcony Shelf
This is almost the same as hanging flower box but it has multiple levels of shelves. You can put a lot of your tiny planters on it. There’s custom holes on the shelf to hold to your pot firmly. You can just slot it in. It’s better this way so it won’t fall of the shelf. Since, herbs don’t grow that tall, it might be a good idea to grow them on this shelf. That way, they get enough sunshine to fully develop into wonderful vegetations that you can use in your kitchen.
5. Rain Gutter Planter
If you think the flower box is a bit too hard because there’s a lot of woodworking involved, then this is something less complicated. You can install rain gutter instead. It works the same!
6. Wall Garden
Here’s another amazing way to secure your planters. First, you need to cover the wall with pallet board. The pots will be secured on this board instead of your wall. After that, arrange your pots onto the board one by one to achieve your desired look.
7. Vertical Succulent Garden
This looks amazing! Isn’t it awesome how these plants can grow vertically without falling off? Well, I guess you have to check out the source link below for the tutorial and find out the secret behind it.
8. Cedar Wall Planter
This is a very unique kind of shelf. Well, it’s not really a shelf. You can use it in two ways. First, is to directly put soil in it and grow your plants. Second, is to slide your planters in it. Cedar wood is used because it is more resistant to rot. So, you can probably directly water your plants on this wood without problem.
9. PVC Pipe Succulent Garden
PVC is a cheap to buy and easily available in any hardware stores. They may not look that aesthetically pleasing at first. But remember, you can always coat it with metallic paint!
10. Wire Stand
Placing your wire stand outside the balcony is probably the easiest thing you can do to build a balcony garden. Just don’t fill it entirely with planters. Have some space for lighted candles as well. It really gives a romantic ambiance which is nice if you want to hang out with your partner at the balcony.
Hope the ideas here helped inspire you a bit on building your own garden. There’s lots of variations that comes into play when it comes to creating your own green sanctuary – plants of choice, balcony design and many more. It is up to you to decide how you will be making your garden!
