Holiday Savings at The Green Goddess!

Here’s a step-by-step guide for how to do it.

1. Choose a Wall
   Start by choosing a wall. What plants you should choose will depend upon the wall you pick and how much sunlight it receives. However, if you’d like to try particular plants, then choose a wall that will provide the best growing conditions for them.
2. Build a Frame
   The basic structure of a vertical garden wall is a three-layer sandwich made of frame, plastic sheeting, and fabric. Build the whole setup before hanging it.
3. Attach the Plastic Sheeting
   Attach a sheet of plastic to the frame. The plastic acts as a backing for the fabric layer, plus keeps the water off the wall.
4. Attach the Fabric
   Attach the layer of fabric to the frame. This is the material in which your plants will live, and which will hold water for them. You’ll need two layers of fabric at least. Attach them directly to the frame with galvanized screws and stainless-steel staples as if you were stretching canvas across a frame.
5. Setup the Irrigation System
   To keep plants growing on a vertical surface, you’ll need an irrigation system that can provide moisture throughout the fabric layer.
6. Add Fertilizer Injector and Attach Irrigation System to Water Source
   To fertilize your wall, attach a fertilizer injector. with a simple irrigation valve that sends liquid fertilizer into the irrigation system. Then hook up the irrigation system and connect to your water source. You’ll need to filter the water with an irrigation water filter, which is cheap and available at most hardware stores.
7. Choose Your Plants
   As with any gardening, take into account sun, shade, humidity, wind, and cold when choosing plants that you’re going to leave outside all year.
8. Insert Plants
   To insert plants into the outer layer of fabric, use a razor blade to make a horizontal cut in the material. Get as much soil off the plant’s root ball as possible (to help stave off root rot), and insert it into a cut.
9. Plant Design
   Choose plants that will grow 2 to 3 feet out from the wall, and plant them at the top so they create shade underneath. Planting in vertical strips, with green shade plants in one strip and sun-loving flowers in another, is a good idea.