Vertical gardening in apartments

To give originality to the interior of the apartment, the idea of ​​vertical gardening is increasingly being used. Indoor plants decorate the home, creating a cozy atmosphere. To admire the beauty of fresh flowers, it is important to correctly create their harmonious combination with the interior.

Vertical gardening, firstly, saves space, and secondly, it's just beautiful

Features of vertical landscaping of the apartment

The creation of a vertical garden with the appropriate means and thoughtful selection of plants can be entrusted to professionals or constructed with your own hands.

A vertical garden is a wall-mounted structure with living plants.

The green composition on the wall is made out in special vertical devices and structures. It completely unloads horizontal surfaces and often becomes the embodiment of an interesting design idea. Often formed phytoncide plants that have a healing effect on the body.

The popularity of the flower arrangement is explained by its features:

• a living partition organically zones the room;
• Saves space in the apartment;
• improves microclimate;
• traps dust;
• It looks beautiful;
• cools the room in hot time due to evaporation of moisture by leaves;
• reduces noise load (leaves absorb and reflect sound waves).

The vertical garden in the apartment helps hide bumps on the wall, mask communications and revitalize the space. Any room in the apartment is suitable for its placement. The main thing is to choose the optimal type of plants, taking into account the requirements for their content (lighting, temperature and watering).

Living plants on a rack made of roughly processed boards - a suitable loft-style interior solution

The choice of plants for vertical gardening apartments

The selection of plants for landscaping the apartment, unlike the design of the external walls, is simple. In this case, there are no temperature differences, it is enough to organize regular watering.

To organize a vertical garden, almost any free space in the apartment is suitable, you just need to choose plants taking into account growing requirements

The best representatives for a vertical garden are considered to be climbing and weaving plants (cisus thrombolous, common ivy, philodendron, golden scindapsus). For growing in pots, the most relevant representatives of the flora are not reaching a high height (hypoesthesistoliferous, arrowroot).

Shade-loving ivy is placed immediately in a permanent place, it is not recommended to change the location of the plant later

Golden scindapsus is distinguished by decorative bright green leaves with yellow stripes or spots

Fans of exotic should pay attention to the tropical plants of the Bromeliad family. Among the brightest representatives of gusmania and echmea, striped. Thick green fern will fit perfectly into any room of the apartment. There are many representatives of this group: paronychia, adiantum, nephrolepis, etc.

Flowering room guzmania will not leave anyone indifferent

Ferns look great both separately and in a group with other plants.

If the structure is large-scale, massive plants, such as dracaena or crotons, are suitable.

Crotons are often chosen due to the high decorativeness of their leaves.

One of the factors affecting the choice of plants is the functional purpose of the room.

Plants for vertical gardening of individual rooms in the apartment:

• For the hallway. The main problem of such a room is poor lighting and drafts. Since the size of the hall is quite large, it is possible to design large plants that are not demanding of daylight.
  

  For the hallway, you should choose the most shade-tolerant plants or arrange additional illumination

• For the living room. A spacious living room provides many opportunities for translating ideas on landscaping. Since the living room is the largest and brightest room, the choice of plants is unlimited. You can create mixed compositions consisting of large and small plants. Curly representatives of the flora will be appropriate.
  

  Fitostena in the living room, made in an ecological style

• For the bedroom. Most often it is not large and has one window. It is better to give preference to small plants adapted to low light conditions. To create a pleasant microclimate, the wall can be decorated with plants that produce phytoncides (orchid, tradescantia, aglaonema).
  

  Green moss panel in a contemporary style bedroom

• For kitchen. When choosing vegetation in the kitchen, the microclimate of this room should be taken into account. For a room with high humidity and temperature extremes capricious and exotic plants, demanding on the conditions of detention, will not work. Unpretentious species that adapt to different climatic conditions (balsam, geranium, cyclamen, begonia) will take root perfectly.
  

  Live panel with herbs - both beautiful and healthy

A wall of living plants can be created even in the bathroom with free space

Options for decorating the apartment using vertical landscaping

Vertical gardening in the apartment involves several ways to design a vertical garden. A whole wall and individual paintings from fresh flowers look aesthetically pleasing. Cascading distribution of vegetation is also widespread.

For a “live” composition of a small size, you can allocate space above the sofa in the living room

Option for modular placement of paintings from green plants

The original idea of ​​placing flower pots on shelves in the form of honeycombs

Making a living picture, it is important to consider the combination of plants in color, size and texture of the leaves. Most popular options:

• the use of monoculture;
• arrangement of plants diagonally or in horizontal rows;
• creating a geometric composition with a protruding central part and undersized stands located at the edges;
• using a chaotic scheme diluted with flowering specimens.

Mobile screen with climbing plants

The green wall of plants in the apartment differs in the way the flora is planted. The most common are:

• Phyto pictures and phytopanno. Presented as a single decorative module, manufactured in different sizes. The design is based on a frame or mesh (for filling the soil) and plywood.
• Carpet gardening. More difficult option. It is a large fabric canvas or curtain with placed cell pockets. They planted decorative plantings.
• Modular design. The module may be a basket having slots on the sides.To create a composition, a plantation is planted in each container, after which they are formed into a single whole.
• Traditional whatnot. Mobile version of the design with placed pots. Mounted along the wall.

The device of various systems of vertical gardening

For the formation of custom design provides many special designs. In addition to horizontal products, there are phytomodules in the form of a pyramid, cube, stele. Many designs are transportable, which allows you to easily change their location. You can make your own model by previewing the video master class.

Stages of creating phytowalls from an old wooden pallet

The use of ready-made phytomodules greatly simplifies the care of vegetation. They have an automatic irrigation system. They are compact, have a shallow depth (not more than 20 cm), which does not clutter up the space.

Wooden stairs for flowers, gilded flowerpots for hanging planters, hanging mini-terrariums and a hanging rack are also relevant.

Simple hanging system for plants in ordinary pots

How to make lighting plants in the apartment

A wall of fresh flowers can not do without competent lighting. Light is a vital factor for plants. With the help of additional lighting, not only the normal development of plants is ensured, but also the beauty of the vertical garden is emphasized. The design of the greenery looks originally LED backlight.

The use of LED lamps to illuminate plants saves the cost of paying electricity bills

If the design is not placed in the lighted room itself, this shortcoming can be filled with phytolamps. If you connect them to a timer, the light will come in automatically. The backlight should work at least 12 hours a day. Depending on the type of construction, lighting fixtures are installed in the module, mounted on the walls or ceiling. Experienced specialists will advise on how to make the lighting of the green wall of plants in the apartment.

The most original compositions are obtained from plants with colorful leaves.

Tips and tricks for decorating an apartment using vertical landscaping

In order for a vertical garden of living plants to please a healthy and beautiful appearance for a long time, you need to listen to the advice of specialists:

• The location of the garden. Choosing the location of the structure plays a key role. Lighting conditions, room humidity, drafts and air circulation should be considered. The correct selection of plants will simplify the care of them, and a lively composition will delight a healthy and magnificent appearance.
• Type of soil. Vertical gardening is carried out on the basis of soil and hydroponics. In the first case, the choice of plants is rich, since the main nutrients come from the natural environment. The second option provides for the selection of more unpretentious vegetation. Most often, hydroponics is represented by expanded clay and moss.

Vertical gardening can be chosen absolutely for any style of interior

The size of the green composition depends on the size of the room and your taste

Conclusion

Vertical gardening is one of the options for the original design of the interior of a living room. Wall decoration in this way favorably emphasizes both the entire room and its individual zones.

Video: Do-it-yourself phytocart from an ordinary frame

Photo: Options for vertical landscaping of an apartment