Don’t you just love the sight of flowers and food growing upwards?
After sharing with you Five Gorgeous Vertical Gardening Beds last year I wanted to offer you some more vertical gardening inspiration.
Why is vertical gardening so great?
For one it adds beauty and architecture to your garden. By adding height and layers your garden has that extra ‘oomph’ of beauty and function. Because you’re making use of space upwards, you’re also maximizing your garden space and gaining increased yields.
For example, cucumbers grow upwards and trellises are often used to grow cucumbers vertically.
As we’re planning our new homestead, I’m really trying to visualize the future and I love imagining pergolas or archways full of berries, flowers, and wine grapes.
Some vertical gardening means you’re building temporary structures to grow upwards for the season like pole beans tunnels or teepees. Other times vertical gardening is building permanent structures like a metal trellis, pergola or cattle panel archways.
Vertical Garden Design Ideas
Choosing plants for arches and pergolas from HGTV
Weed em and Reap has step by step instructions on how to build this trellis
An Oregon Cottage shows you how to build a cucumber trellis
David Camp build this amazing trellis from pvc pipes!
Gardenista shows you how to build a bean tunnel
Gorgeous and sturdy trellis from Learning and Yearning
Wouldn’t kids love this pole bean house?
A Piece of the Rainbow shows you how to build a DIY arbor
I hope you enjoyed these wonderful vertical gardening ideas and it inspired you to create your own.
Hi, just wanted to say that this is a great idea. I was wondering if you think it would work for a grape arbor