Choosing Plants For Balcony Garden

Choosing Garden Plants

 
Choosing plants like choosing a pot, you can choose plants that match your balcony condition. Plants do not have a leafy green, but you can choose the vegetables, flowers or even herbs. Important factors to consider are:

Sun Exposure

Height Plants
Spread of plants
Distance of plants

Do not forget, provide the type of soil with water content to suit individual needs.

Make A Beautiful Garden Balcony

Gardening is one hobby that can refresh the mind. However, do not imagine a house or large land if you like a hobby. Gardening is not a hobby for people who have homes and large tracts of land. In order for your life more colorful, it never hurts to make a small garden in one corner of your residence such as: balconies, terraces and even the windows.

Balcony Garden Plan / Design

The balcony design is kept clean and uncluttered with minimal furnishings and a collection of neatly planted boxes and containers.

 Tips for Creating a Garden Balcony
1. Divide your space into two functional areas - one area to sit, relax or eat, other regions and developing a planting zone. Determine seating area with mats or carpets (if like, you can complete with folding table and two folding chairs). Mark the developing zone with pot, and set aside an area for storage of gardening tools.

2. Use potted plants at various heights, shapes and sizes for visual interest.

3. Choose bright colors with flowers and greenery.

4. Plant saucer with wheels allows you to easily move and change the pots to make sure all planters plants get sunlight.

Reforming the balcony apartments with simple and natural style

Balcony garden

Living in apartments is very profitable and practical. The main reason is the location of the apartments are close to the workplace. In addition, the comfort and security of the facilities already provided by the manager's apartment.With a little creativity, you can conjure up an apartment balcony into a beautiful vegetable garden. You only need to provide a container or potted plants for the planting. The advantage to use pot are: practical (easy to arrange, just move the pots in accordance with the wishes) and water-saving, because with this pot system, the water used will be far more efficient than if planted directly into the ground.

Here are some practical ways to create a vegetable garden on the balcony.1. Choose the type of plants that require easy maintenance, such as tomato, cucumber, pepper, lettuce, green beans or spinach. Use a little creativity you, then these plants can be planted in pots and arranged to decorate your apartment balcony.2. Calculate the size of container plants, because the size of the container plants depending on the type of crop to be planted. For example, tomatoes need a container measuring 18 inches, while the pepper match the pot small.3. To accelerate the irrigation system in the pot, before planting medium is paved, more used to give small stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot.4. As a soil fertilizer, mix compost in growing media, because plants also require nutrients for growth and development.5. As with plants, you still have to make watering plants every day and put in place appropriate to their needs. For example, tomatoes need a place that is always exposed to sun exposure, while spinach and lettuce is better placed in a slightly shady. Make sure the plants on the balcony you get direct sun irradiate at least 6 hours a day.6. Use tralis and balcony railing as a place to propagate and support your plants, like tomatoes, cucumbers or green beans. Not only calm, your vegetable plants will increasingly look beautiful decorating your apartment balcony.With a little creativity, imagination and time you have, then you can change your apartment balcony into the shade, comfortable and refreshing.

Pathways around the Garden

History of The Pathways

In the days of ancient Britain, the path functions as a circulation path for directing movement of a person leading to the house after passing through the fence. The path is needed because the area surrounding the home page (often like a small forest) can cause a guest to get lost.

Besides English, the path is also used in Japanese gardens ( called "Tobi Ishi"). Tobi-Ishi is the typical style of the gardens at "drinking tea house" for guests who will enter the "drinking tea house", do not set foot on moss-covered garden area. In addition, the path is also a symbol of artificial elements blend with nature. The path is generally compiled straight into interesting accent among Japanese garden composition which tends to monotony because of the influence of Zen.

 
Pathways Function

 Functions path is to limit the area of the park with one another (at the time of England). If you have a very wide area, people can make a few theme parks in one page. For example, a kitchen garden, rose garden and fountain area or water fountain. Between the different theme parks, separated by walkways. The function of this pathway to replace the fence or wall by the use of fences or walls as composition elements can ruin a whole garden. The presence of fences and walls will make the park look fragmented and feel cramped.In addition, the path functions as a circulation path that allows one to reach all parts of the park, without having to trample grass or soil and can improve the aesthetics of the park.For a small garden, does not provide any path.

Current Pathways

 Today very few people who have extensive pages. Most only have a narrow area. Now, the path function only to improve park aesthetics. The path can be an interesting accent in the middle of a verdant expanse of grass or a group of colorful flowers. It also serves as a footrest, especially when watering the plants.

Planning

To be an element that is very interesting and add to the beauty of gardens, paths need to be planned properly. Include the laying and selection of shapes and building blocks of the path. Do not disturb the aesthetics of the trail laying of the park.As a benchmark, a path is usually made to connect the park with the pavement around the house, for example carpot or terrace. Take also, for the position of the path allows you to reach all parts of the park, especially when watering the plants. If you want to cross footing with grass, make sure that the distance between the footing and the other one is not too far or too close. Too far can cause people to slip and fall. While the distance is too close to make a foot less comfortable and, if deemed compositions look less good.

For shape, you can choose a geometric pattern or natural. Geometric pattern is represented by irregular angular shapes and laying stones over specific intervals. While many adopted the natural pattern of curved shapes and irregular curves.The following tips are worth trying: for ground motionless and parallel to the grass or ground on either side, dig the ground location of the path was about as deep as 10 cm. Later in the pits and sand mortar give 3 cm thick. After that a new footpath installed material.

Material

 To create a path generally use stone slabs, flat boulder mountain mounted separately or paving blocks with holes, where the holes moss and grass can be allowed to grow sticking to create unique ornaments. Brick, red brick or tile can also be selected, but take a rough texture that is not too slippery in the wet season, and needs to be brushed to avoid mildew.There are no restrictions in choosing the path of material you want to create. If you want you can also try to incorporate some type of material to create a harmonious combination.

Garden and pond in limited area

 Garden and pond in the House

 

Garden ornament in the home is useful for refreshing and soothing angle view of the house. However, if you do not have the vast land, do not worry, you still can enjoy the coolness and beauty of nature in your home with a limited area. Only, you can not add a variety of ornaments or choose plants that are very diverse.

This design is suitable to be placed in the living room or family room as well. Gurgling water can be enjoyed from the small garden in the house. For conditioning, can be added to potted plants. Besides the plants, can be equipped also with natural stones, and urns are beautiful. Although simple, this design can make significant changes in your home.

Open space in your home should not be left unattended. With few changes, you can move the beauty of the outdoor atmosphere. Like a fresh rural atmosphere, or even the quietness of the atmosphere of the mountains. Can treat the mind is tired after a day at the office.

Garden area between the Shade

Small garden between the Shade

 
If the condition of your home has a lot of shade, a bit difficult to arrange the park. However, it is not impossible. The first step that must be done is to analyze the park area. Then, note the direction of the wind and the introduction of the area throughout the year.
Sunrise and sunset shade resulted in the area around the house. At sunrise, the sun shade in the area make the area west of the building at sunset shade area in the eastern area of the building.
Creation angle was also obtained from the shadow shade that occurred from the location of certain buildings, fences, and large trees that shade will provide shade in the area under and surrounding areas.
Shade area is divided into:
1. Full shade, the area under a shady tree, beside a wall or fence, and do not get direct sunlight.
2. Refuge is open, ie open areas under direct sky but did not receive direct sunlight (light reflected objects).
3. Filtered shade, which is an area which is formed from a large tree branch that is not too shady. Sunrise can penetrating the sidelines of the branches / leaves.
4. Partial shade, which is the area to get 1-5 hours of sunlight a day.

Terrace size 2.5 mx2, 5m is effective, visible from access view into the living room, entrance gate, and a small pond beside the patio.

On the terrace there is a fish pond-sized 2mx0, 5m. There are accents of three small concrete block 10cmx10cmx20cm in the pool, which serves as a space filler composition. The fish pond is not too large to increase the quality turns out to be more comfortable space. Leisure terrace is also inseparable from the role of iron pergola covered with vines Thumbergia type sp. Plants create a shady terrace. The flowers also provide white accents that enhance the visual space.

There are also plants the iris, which become limiting and sweetening the edge of the terrace. Terrace form the all boxes to be more gentle with the presence of iris and rustic stone floors. Games stone pattern, between pedestrian and terrace, affects the formation of the impression transfer space; from the corridor to the terrace.

 

Garden area between the Shade

Small garden between the Shade

 
If the condition of your home has a lot of shade, a bit difficult to arrange the park. However, it is not impossible. The first step that must be done is to analyze the park area. Then, note the direction of the wind and the introduction of the area throughout the year.
Sunrise and sunset shade resulted in the area around the house. At sunrise, the sun shade in the area make the area west of the building at sunset shade area in the eastern area of the building.
Creation angle was also obtained from the shadow shade that occurred from the location of certain buildings, fences, and large trees that shade will provide shade in the area under and surrounding areas.
Shade area is divided into:
1. Full shade, the area under a shady tree, beside a wall or fence, and do not get direct sunlight.
2. Refuge is open, ie open areas under direct sky but did not receive direct sunlight (light reflected objects).
3. Filtered shade, which is an area which is formed from a large tree branch that is not too shady. Sunrise can penetrating the sidelines of the branches / leaves.
4. Partial shade, which is the area to get 1-5 hours of sunlight a day.