Apartment Balcony Garden

 Indeed the apartment has a number of advantages and disadvantages when compared with ordinary residential homes. In a dwelling, the presence of a park would be one of the important elements.

The park makes the dwellings seem more beautiful and beautiful. In addition, plants can also help increase oxygen intake as well as absorb a variety of air pollution. But for the people who live in the apartment is it possible to build a garden on the dwelling?

With a very limited area or even in some types of units are not equipped with additional areas, making the park in the apartment unit can be said almost impossible. But with a little effort and creativity, you can cultivate the area of ​​available land into a simple and beautiful little garden. So where is the right area to create a park in the apartment?

The only area that is possible to use as a garden is the balcony section. This section works like a terrace. Usually the balcony has an area of ​​about 1.5 meters to 2 meters. With the existing area, indeed you can not if you want to plant woody plants or trees that are usually planted on a large area.
But you can take advantage of the balcony area into a small garden that looks interesting. The trick is to place the plants - plants in the pot. For media planting, choose a lightweight media such as Styrofoam, rockwool, husk or even dried coconut shells to plant a variety of ornamental plants on the balcony.

After that, choose the type of plant to be planted in the park. Preferably the selected plants are easy to care for which is quite watered regularly. Some types of ornamental plants are good and easy maintenance, among others, Mandevilla, Morning Glory, and tears of cats or curtain creeper.

Types of plants that grow vertically or propagate are very effective to help ward off dust pollution. Not only that, by planting vines, you can also save space so that the remaining land can be utilized to place other plants placed in pots.

Finally, to help beautify the look of the garden in your apartment, do not forget to decorate the tiny garden with artwork or interesting art objects. Also add lighting or lighting in the form of spot light lights. The lights can be used to highlight certain plants in the garden so it will look more attractive at night.

In the ways above, the garden in a small apartment will look attractive and beautiful despite being on a limited land without using a grass cover, Good luck!