Usually, people who live in apartments often have a few tiny plants hanging around in pots on windowsills or after magically finding some floor space, but decide against bigger plants or more than a few that might take up too much space. However, a little space is all that you need to have an amazing well-nurtured garden in your home.
You may not be able to have a complete garden without a patio or backyard, or even large plants, but there are many ways you can have your own flourishing mini garden. With just a wall, rack, greenhouse, and many other pieces, you can have a mini decorative garden in your own home.
Indoor Gardens for Apartments
Need some inspiration for indoor gardens for apartments? Many people wonder how to have a garden in an apartment and think it’s impossible, but it’s not when you have the right knowhow. Here are some specific ideas on how to make it work.
Invest in a Windowsill Greenhouse
A greenhouse in an apartment is a real possibility, even though the two ideas may seem at odds with each other. Furniture and décor stores such as IKEA sell tiny terrarium greenhouses to house some of the tiniest plants. You could even find out how to make your own.
However, it’s crucial to make sure the terrarium isn’t covered by curtains or obstructed by furniture. Greenhouses thrive through light, so placing yours in a window that gets good sunlight is important for your plants’ growth! Gardening for apartments, just like any other form of gardening, works in partnership with the elements.
Make Your Own Vertical Garden
All you need for a vertical garden is a wooden or steel mesh rack, a few mason jars or plant pots, and nails or Command™ strips to hang the structure that will hold the plants. Getting plants for an apartment involves picking ones that will grow well indoors. However, as long as you have the right setup, a surprising number of plants fit the bill. You can even use this to have a vegetable garden for an apartment. Indoor apartment vegetable gardening never looked so good!
Decorate it with candles or paint your wood rack to give a really rustic feel to your vertical garden.
Hanging Garden
A good way to have a greenhouse for an apartment balcony is a garment rack to hang your potted plants in a corner. This can work both indoor and outdoor, so if you don’t have balcony space, it still works—but if you do, this is a great way to spruce up your balcony with some natural greenery! Just make sure you buy plant pots with wire hangers to complete this look.
Fish Bowl Terrarium
Have an old fish bowl that your poor goldfish didn’t last in? Don’t throw it out! Instead, make your own affordable fishbowl terrarium equipped with soil, rocks and your favorite plants to make a nice garden that takes up little space and makes gardening in an apartment easy. Instead of just taking up space on your windowsill, place them anywhere you can such as a nightstand or end table.
Bottle Gardens
If you have old glass bottles, you can make your own glass bottle windowsill garden. All you have to do is cut the bottle and place mesh, string, soil—and, of course, the plant—in the neck of the bottle. Then, you place the neck of the bottle in plastic cups filled with water so the plant can drink when necessary!
Find Your Creative Apartment Garden Idea
When living in a small space, it is important to understand how to use what is available to you. You don’t have to have a huge yard with acres of space to have a garden—in fact, an apartment garden is very doable even with minimal space, either indoors or outdoors on a balcony. To learn more about how to make your own apartment garden, type “apartment garden ideas DIY” on Pinterest.