Why Choose a Vertical Garden for Your Home
Not yet fulfilled the dream of a giant house with even larger gardens? Well, fear not because you can still start enjoying a little piece of green advancement and escape those bare walls. How? With a vertical garden: a new option for your home, which besides being very attractive, have very good intentions towards the care of the environment.
The idea of the vertical garden comes from the French botanist Patrick Blanc and has gradually become a growing trend, due its many benefits.
Among them is the fact that they are eco-friendly: they reduce the urban heat while improving air quality of all spaces, especially those in cities and towns. They also provide oxygen to the inhabitants, trap dust, noxious gases and filter noise pollution, reducing those irritating outdoor sounds.
Indoors, they also have the graceful quality to relieve stress because of their natural attractiveness. This is why many modern businesses are implementing vertical gardens. Did you know that vertical gardens also serve as thermo-acoustic insulation? So if your apartment walls are no better insulators than paper, the garden will contribute to you no longer hearing your neighbour’s every movement. Also in winter, the garden will help keep heat from escaping, so therefore they can be described as an all-round great addition to the house.
In short, a vertical garden takes care of the environment, makes your house more beautiful and is easy to maintain. What are you waiting for?
When installing one, keep in mind that it requires three elements. One of them is the metal structure, which can be considered the backbone of the garden. Also keep a support panel, which will give them stiffness and prevent the wall from falling over. And finally, it must have layer irrigation, which is what will keep the plants alive, allowing a distribution of water and nutrients.
Regarding the latter, if the garden is installed indoors, you will need to allow water to drain, so you have to think of a suitable system. The vast majority of people use special gutters. But if you are outdoors, there is no need as the water simply falls on the ground.
Don’t forget to choose plants that can grow in vertical gardens, as some have limitations. In this regard, you can ask for advice at a local nursery. A good idea is also to include colourful flowers, to give you the satisfaction of having your own slice of paradise. You can even grow herbs that add to your cooking such as oregano, thyme or parsley, for example.