Green walls, also known as “vertical gardens,” are a practice that dfrom a few years ago They began to become popular in Europe and Latin America. This was due to the need to provide green areas to public spaces in cities; But now it is also common to see them in office buildings, shops and hotels, as well as in houses, apartments and rooftops.
Green walls are not only a way to green cities, but also an effective way to sustainably mitigate the environmental crisis. And at home they not only beautify the interiors and exteriors of our home, but they can also house everything from plants and to crops of edible plants useful for your kitchen. These beautiful gardens are good for erosion, humidity and temperature control, an effect that becomes stronger the more green walls there are in homes.
So if you have an empty wall or fence you can take advantage of it in a way you may not have thought of. Therefore, here we leave you three ideas so that you can make the most of the walls of your home, in an easy and cheap way, and turn your house into a small natural and sustainable niche.
Everything you will need is sold in specialized gardening stores, home stores, and hardware stores. Choose the plants taking into account what space they will be in, whether they will have sun or shade, and do not hesitate to ask staff from specialized stores for guidance on this matter.
minimalist wall
You will need to:
Grid Wire Woven
Pot rings
Inverted “S” Hooks
Hook screws to hold fabric
Drill
To do it, you just have to measure your fabric and place the hooks with screws on the wall with the help of the drill, so that you can hang the structure on the wall.
Ready! Now you just have to place the plants of your choice, which are not very heavy.
Tip: You can add a touch of color with colored rope tied to the ends of a square, which can also help you see how much your plants grow. Or decorate with paintings or other figures that you can also hang.
Wall of recycled bottles
You will need to
Two liter soda bottles, empty and clean
Scissors
Fine wire or rope
Metal gaskets (you can get them at hardware stores)
hook screws
Drill
Land
Cut rectangles along the bottles and make two parallel holes on each side for the thread or wire to pass through. Make sure the bottom holes are a little larger than the metal joints so you can jam them in the holes and ensure the bottles don’t slip.
Remember to make a small hole in the middle of the bottle so that the plants can throw away what they don’t consume.
Then place the screws with hooks on the wall using your drill, at the height you want your new recycled ones to hang, and wrap around them the rope or wire from which they will hang.
Tip: Paint the bottle caps so that the brand is not visible and you give a touch of color to your green wall.
Platform-Pot rack
These pallets can be purchased new directly from manufacturers, or bought used in warehouses in markets and supermarkets.
Additionally you will need:
Large hook screws
Pot rings
Inverted “S” Hooks
Drill
sandpaper
Painting You only need to sand the pallets you want to install (depending on the width of your wall), and paint the color of your choice. The wooden boards of the platform will serve as fasteners so you can place the hooks between them and hang the pots with their respective rings.
You can hang the pallets on the wall with thick hook screws and hooks. Or you can just recharge them, which gives it a more casual touch.
You can also place, with a drill and screws, a piece of wood behind the platform, so that you can fill it with soil and sow the seeds of the plants that you want to stand out inside. Just make sure they are all plants with the same needs for water and light or shade.
Tip: You could plant a series of lettuces, which would also serve your kitchen and look spectacular.
Don’t hesitate to put these tips into practice to make your own green wall and to make your home comforting and sustainable.
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