Gardens are on the rise in the home design world becoming a statement piece in every household. Not only is green the Pantone color of the year, but adding luscious greenery to your home instantly adds character and tranquility to the space it inhabits. For some, having a garden may not be ideal, whether it’s a lack of space or the attention it requires, but there’s a new trend popping up that is ideal for any person whether you have a green thumb or not.
The vertical garden is perfect for those looking for a low-maintenance way to add color and texture to their indoor or outdoor space. It also expands your planting area without taking up floor space and creates beautiful living art that becomes the center of attention no matter the room it occupies.
Here’s why you should add a vertical garden to your home design plans.
1) Spruce Up the Neglected Parts of Your Yard
Instead of neglecting those hidden parts of your outdoor space, apply a delightful wall hanging filled with succulents, ferns, pothos, and red ivy. Calming green and purple neutrals create an introspective walkway you will want to visit.
2) Add Life to Your Office
Working in an office all day can become stale. Adding lush green plants will bring the calmness of nature to your workplace while energizing you by circulating the air that surrounds you. You will feel a little more at peace during those work days and have a great focal point when people come to visit.
3) Add Depth to Any Size Lot
If a fence surrounds your backyard, you may notice a feeling of restriction. Replacing the plain wall with lavish greenery tricks the brain, giving the appearance of a hillside, and instantly opens up your once closed off area. Try staggering the draping foliage and use a variety of shapes and sizes.
4) Create a Zen Place
Using soft greenery to accent areas such as your bathroom or reading room creates a Zen place where you can unwind after a long day. An excellent way to do this is by creating a backsplash made of soft green plants that highlight your bathtub or accent a free standing wall. If applying plants in a bathroom, the moisture that comes from shower and bath use will only care for the plants you choose. You will feel as if you are in a spa, relaxed as ever.
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5) Low-Maintenance Living Decor
Currently, one of the biggest plant trends is the use of air plants. Air plants don’t require water or soil; they gather all the nutrients they need from the surrounding air. These plants come in beautiful colors and fun shapes and sizes allowing you to create a real piece of living art!
6) Grow Your Food While Saving Space
A vertical garden is perfect for the at-home chef. There are a variety of edible plants and herbs you can grow without taking up too much space. You can create an assortment of edibles like spinach, radishes, Bok Choy, chives, cilantro, sage, and much more!
7) Create Your Own Hanging Art
A vertical garden doesn’t have to take up a lot of wall space. You can create mini versions to accent different places throughout your home. Using mainly succulents in these pieces makes it easy to care for these wall hangings.
A living wall filled with beautiful plants of all shapes and sizes can do wonders for any home space. It is a multifunctioning piece of art that provides beautiful aesthetic to your home while not taking up space. This home design trend will undoubtedly make your home stand out from the rest, in a good way.
