Vertical Gardens Indoors and Out

18 Nov 2011 1 Comment

by nadiaqh in Garden Design, Garden Projects, Living Healthy, organic gardening, Succulents, vegetable garden Tags: , , , , ,

The benefits of vertical gardens can be limitless. Indoors it can be the ultimate organic wallpaper, or a way to infuse more oxygen in a closed environment. Outdoors, a vertical wall adds more square footage for growing greens or simply creates a living wall. These are some of my favorite photos from the web and garden tours around San Diego. One of the most popular methods of creating vertical greenery on a wall is with : Woollypocket.com This web site has everything you need to get started on this project.

Vertical Garden - google image. Large and leafy plants give this patio "Life".

google images for vertical landscaping outdoors

beautiful indoor vertical spaces *google image*

aria ecoscpes vertical indoor garden ideas

wall planters * google image

Using unique containers for wall planters * photo from the San Diego Fair Garden Exhibit

succulent living wall * San Diego Fair Photo

I am continually inspired by plants and the unique ways that they can add to your life :)

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Green at the Fair

09 Jul 2010 4 Comments

by nadiaqh in Garden Design, Garden Projects, Photography Tags: , , , , ,

S.D.County Fair

Last weeks road trip was to the San Diego County Fair which takes place each year from June 11th to July 5th in Del Mar, CA. This year the landscape and garden exhibits were water wise and full of really interesting succulent displays. I enjoyed the creativity that went into each design and came home with new inspiration and ideas for future plantings.

One of my favorites was this simple Coca Cola carrier with mixed succulents and a glass coke bottle wedged in the middle and pouring out a ‘string of pearls’:

Coca Cola Case with Succulents

Another crowd favorite were the xeriscapes of ‘living walls’  filled with sedum, aeoniums and echeveria etc. clustered together to create patterns and texture on the palates:

Exhibit: Living Wall including Sedum rupestre, Trailing Rosemary, Salvia officinalis, Echeveria rosea, Purple Sage, Tricolor Sage and others.

A clever use of fountains filled with a nice assortment of succulents~

Fountain of Succulents

Succulents fill a fountain

3 Tier Plant Stand with a waterfall effect

Using the same concept as the living wall, this display (below/middle) is filled with garden herbs and vegetables~ A Vertical Garden:

Living Wall: Succulent Tower

Close up View of Succulent Tower

Vertical Garden: Living Wall San Diego County Fair (Lettuce, Tomato, Cilantro, Sage, Basil, Herbs)

My husband even won me a koala bear at the basketball game booth~

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