Do It Yourself Gardening/Landscaping Idea

I came across a great idea for gardening in small places.  It also is a great idea for adding to your backyard and landscaping in a very interesting way.  Here is a picture that showcases beautiful gardening using cinder blocks built into a wall.

 

 

A few tips/ideas:

- notice that the plants in the pictures are succulents.  Cinder blocks have a tendency to absorb water and also get very hot, which means that you have to keep whatever you plant in them a lot.  If you go with succulents, you don't have to water them as often.

- to seal the bottom of the cinder block, you can use ceramic tiles.  It not only can be used as a seal for the bottom holes on the cinder blocks, but you can also do some decorating with them.

- you can make the design your own.  No two walls should be the same!

- it not only saves space, but it is a really beautiful landscaping idea.

- no pet trampling!

- do it yourself!  You don't have to pay anyone to make this for you AND you get to use your own creativity.  Include family/friends/loved ones and make it a project!

 

I'm sure there are more, but I just thought this idea was wonderful and wanted to share with the community.  Do any of this kind of planting already?  I'd love to see more pictures and hear your ideas/successes/failures so that we can all learn more about it.

 

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