Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Home and garden owners in the country and city alike are the type of people who’d love to see their garden in bloom, even the tiny patches of land they may have because a garden in bloom is a thing of beauty and refreshes weary spirits anytime of the day. Even otherwise, a well-kept garden is a thing of pride for the owner and also gives home owners something to tend to with their own hands and watch it flower before their eyes, so they have the satisfaction of having grown something with their own hands right before them, which is very fulfilling.

If you are limitations of space and live in a small city apartment, you need not get disheartened as even you can ingeniously use small spaces to create garden-area, such as planter boxes, window-sill boxes, potted plants in the space you usually reserve for storing BBQ items or even the narrow confine of a corridor space used for stacking the bicycle. Hanging overhead pots and indoor plants is another good idea for bringing in some greenery into your home, especially when you are strapped for space.

Not only is it relaxing to have a soothing green space filled with lovely plants and flowers outside, but even the inner sanctuary can be much brightened up and used to reflect nature’s beauty by using container plants for growing greens.

Many city dwellers keen to utilize the balance of organic food have taken to growing their own veggies in a small kitchen garden area and easily grow tomatoes, herbs and flowers using simple, gardening tips for daily tending.

Balconies are especially good spaces, whether long and narrow or short and wide, for growing shrubs, trees and plants of different heights if only the ends and corners are trimmed properly, regularly. One can create interesting points of décor around the area where potted plants are kept, such as using bright, colored flowering plants in a semi-circular arrangement, split-level pot arrangements or even placing colored stones and rockery designs around it.

The other way to show off bright and beautiful colors is to set-off the shades with mirrored back-ground, pieces of colored glass and beads to reflect the colors of the flowering plants or simply placing them on a window sill that can also be viewed from inside the house.

If you live in a cold place, then it is only wise to move plants indoors or line the containers with foam to protect them from the chilly climate. City gardeners need to be especially wary of frost and excessive rain when wanting their apartment blooms to stay that way. Hibiscus blooms are pretty, tall flowers that grow to a good 3-4 feet in height while the miniature Alberta white spruce has lovely gray-green dense needles that beautifully offset these bright flowers, so are a good addition for a beginner gardener.

You can also have the pretty, light-colored sweet potato vine growing over a pot end over darker plants and remember to water the plants daily besides checking for their balance of soil and sun.