Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 15:Specialised Gardens

Vertical Garden

• Vertical garden is not common feature in Indian indoor gardens.
• It is made of wooden frame of 15 cm to 30 cm thickness. The broader faces are enclosed with wire netting whereas the two vertical sides ( i.e. thickness of the frame) and the bottom are covered with wooden flats.
• Vertical gardens are important because they
  • Require less space
  • Can be shifted from one place to another
  • Even used as an ornamental partition in the drawing room.
• Plants are planted on both sides of the frame.
• Plants suitable for vertical garden are
  • Dwarf flowering and foliage plants
  • Shallow rooted plants; requiring very little anchorage
  • Sun loving dwarf and trailing or flowering plants like Allysum, Pansy, Naustritium.
• A single vertical garden should not have a mixed planting like combination of shade loving and sun loving plants.