Building an urban garden brings perks of living in the country to the city. While there isn’t much outdoor area when you live in the city to build a luscious garden, there are ways to start your own urban garden.
Here are some tips on how to start your own urban garden and add some nature to your concrete jungle.
Decide What You Want to Grow
Before you can start building your urban garden, you have to decide what you want to grow. This will determine where you should place your urban garden and the supplies you’ll need.
If you decide you’d like an herb garden, then you can make a small urban garden right in your windowsill. Growing vegetables like tomatoes, zucchinis, and lettuce will require much more space and larger pots. While flowers, depending on which kind you’d like to grow, can usually stay in a medium-sized pot.
Get Containers
One of the best things about building an urban garden is that you can buy decorative containers to keep your plants in. This can be a traditional terracotta pot or you can get creative and use stained wooden boxes or funky glass bowls. It all depends on your plants too.
A tip on buying containers: get a larger container. This will hold more water, therefore you do not have to water your plants as often.
Lots of Sunlight
Before you even decide you want to build an urban garden, determine where you get the most sunlight during the day. This may be through a window, on a back patio, or on your roof deck. As you probably know, sunlight is crucial when it comes to gardening.
If you do not have a space that gets hours of sunlight a day, research plants that do not require a lot of sunlight. This is great if you live in an apartment and do not have any outdoor space.
Read Up on Gardening
To have a luscious and beautiful urban garden, you’ll have to do some research on how to take care of your plants and the best methods to caring for them. You may even find useful tricks, like which plants and be in the same pot and easy ways to ensure that your plants are watered.
Get Creative
Building an urban garden requires you to get a little creative with the placement of your garden and which plants you can grow. If you don’t have a lot of surface area for your urban garden, you may want to consider building a vertical garden. Or you could layer your pots with steps. The possibilities are endless!
Community Garden
Sometimes it’s impossible to have an urban garden of your own. This can be caused by the layout of your home, lack of sunlight, or other factors. Don’t worry, you can still plant fresh vegetables and beautiful flowers in a community garden.
One of the best things about living in a city is being around people and building a safe and close-knit community.
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