Your Backyard Garden

If you live in an Apartment or Condominium or Townhouse where the back yard is a balcony or small patio/cement slab area then you can qualify to become a Patio Gardener.

Patio Gardening is basically making a transition from an indoor and outdoor environment by placing your plants in outdoor living areas.

You can do this simply by using some window boxes on your balcony or they can become much more elaborate by installing trellised vines to enclose a porch or wooden patio fenced areas.  You can also use hanging baskets and other containers filled to a wide variety of perennial and annual flowers to bring your garden atmosphere to your smaller patio spaces.

Less  Space?  Use More Color & Variety

Regardless of the amount of space on your balcony or patio those small areas can be arranged to become a wonderfully lush environment that will give you peace, pleasure and a sense of relaxation.  All it takes is for you to carefully choose the plants ( including your favorite vegetables, herbs and even fruit trees) that you like and pot them in containers of all shapes and sizes. Perhaps you’ve longed to have a garden, but your city apartment offers minimal possibilities. Even the smallest balcony can become a peaceful oasis with the addition of carefully chosen and well-placed plants. Also, many vegetables, fruits, and herbs thrive in containers.

Patio Plants Provide Privacy

A great idea is to pot some of your favorite plants in your front yard or plants that you enjoy generally and put them where you can see them on a daily basis such as your patio and balcony and window areas.

By arranging your plants around your home you create a sense of intimacy and privacy.  The plants help psychologically to reduce your stress levels, and help insulate you from the noisy environment in the streets of our busy cities.

The use of vines and trellises around your balconies and patio fencing will help insure that your garden world will protect you from the outside world and give you that added sense of security and joy that comes only from seeing your favorite plants thrive in and about your home.