VERTICAL GREENING IN THE INTERIOR APARTMENTS phytopictures and phytopanels

Content

• Features of vertical gardening
• Selection of plants
• Designs
  • Ready phytomodules
  • Homemade fixtures
  • Succulents or moss panel

In search of new facets of the original interior of the apartment, designers actively apply the idea of ​​vertical gardening. The discussion of this method is devoted to the headings of television programs that reveal the secrets of modern housing landscaping, it is enjoyed by designers of prestigious restaurants and large offices.

FEATURES OF VERTICAL GREENING

Throughout its existence, man unwittingly stretches to nature - the cradle of the civilized world. The desire to retire and enjoy the beauty of the surrounding nature has become feasible without going outside the village. Due to the rapid spread of the idea of ​​vertical gardening of the interior, a private apartment can become an oasis in the middle of the stone desert of the city. The popularity of vertical compositions is due to the following factors:

• saving space on the windowsills and the floor of the apartment;
• does not limit daylight penetration;
• can decorate the interior of the apartment anywhere, regardless of the location of the window;
• Vertical gardening in mobile phytomodules organically participates in room zoning;
• improvement of apartment microclimate due to saturation of air with oxygen and regular evaporation of moisture.

There are several ways to organize vertical gardening in the interior of an apartment:

• To create a landscape composition, a traditional bookcase is used, on which pots with your favorite plants are located;
• the purchase of ready-made vertical modules or their independent production allows you to create an extraordinary phyto wall in the interior, braided with greenery;
• forming a panel of succulents or moss, the design of which is suspended from the ceiling, wall or installed on a horizontal surface;
• There are also more sophisticated techniques for vertical gardening of the interior, which can not be organized without professional equipment and in-depth knowledge of phytodesign.

SELECTION OF PLANTS

Occupation of the vertical landscaping of the interior provides a careful approach when choosing plants. What quality characteristics indicate optimal compliance with the requirements for non-standard placement of greenery in the interior of the apartment:

• to ensure a stable position in an upright position the root system is developed, developed at a sufficient level;
• the length of the stem is short or curly like a vine;
• bushy arrangement of small-sized leaves.

Tip ! Flower growers who do not have enough experience in the field of vertical gardening, it is better to choose for the interior of the apartment the most unpretentious plantings that are not demanding to a lot of moisture.

According to florists, the following representatives of houseplants deserve special attention for vertical gardening:

• ampelous species that are able to grow rapidly and possess curly properties for masking the construction, philodendron, hoya, scinapsus;
• Amur grapes, hops, Chinese lemongrass and polypodium fern;
• Spathiphyllum having an aesthetic appearance during the flowering period and intermediate time, chlorophytum, fatcia, fittonia;
• in the absence of a sufficient amount of moisture or in an apartment with a hot climate, small succulents and low sansiveres will help to effectively decorate the interior.

Original vertical landscaping of the kitchen interior will be provided by spicy herbs and greens in the form of mint, cress, basil and small-leaved varieties of lettuce.

The interior of the apartment aesthetically look like whole walls decorated with vertical gardening, as well as individual living paintings or cascading flowers. When forming the picture take into account the combination of plants on the texture of leaves, color and size. Optimally, the absence of a pronounced stem, bushiness and about the same height. Vertical wall landscaping is carried out in different ways:

• monoculture can be used;
• arrange the plants in horizontal rows or diagonally;
• advantageously in the interior of the apartment looks geometric composition with a protruding central part and more stunted plantings at the edges;
• chaotic mess, periodically diluted with flowering specimens.

CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS

The demand for vertical gardening in the interior of the apartment contributes to the growth of proposals in the field of design. Companies specializing in phytodesign, offer a choice of many special designs for the formation of non-standard landscaping of the interior of the apartment. In addition to horizontal containers for planting, phytomodules can be in the form of a cube, stele, or pyramid. If we consider the content, then all systems are divided into two types: landscaping the interior of the apartment is formed in the traditional way through the use of land or using hydroponics. Both options have advantages and are not without drawbacks. The choice depends on the planned financial investments, time for maintenance and installation conditions.

The design of containers filled with soil, has a noticeable mass, but for vertical gardening, you can use a large number of plantations. Departure is not much different from the traditional, but the design is more cumbersome, it is not always acceptable for an apartment interior.

If the plants are planted in pockets, which are based on polymer felt, apply hydroponics. The roots, penetrating the felt, provide the plantations with a solid mount. The advantage of this method of vertical gardening lies in the ease of the design itself and installation work on its fastening, as well as the ease of planting plants.

Remark ! Planted in hydroponic flowers need regular fertilization, at least 1 time in 30 days.

READY FITOMODULES

Operation in the interior of the apartment ready phytomodules for vertical gardening greatly simplifies the care of plants. This is due to the proposed automatic irrigation system. They are very compact, the depth does not exceed 20 cm, therefore the usable area of ​​the apartment remains practically unchanged. Shops offer models of phytomodules for vertical gardening, made of plastic.

Sealed back side prevents dampness or mold on the wall. The design does not need additional hydrophobic layers. The vertical base is equipped with cells for planting flowers, they carried an automatic drip irrigation system. The equipment of the phytomodule for vertical gardening includes a motor for vertical water supply, a tank for its accumulation and a humidity sensor. The water supply schedule is set using the control panel. The built-in sensor reacts to the level of humidity and, if necessary, launches an automatic watering system, therefore the interior of the apartment will be decorated with healthy plants and water-saturated plants.

The sizes of phytomodules for vertical gardening are different. A small picture can be designed with a compact design of 30/30 cm, products 67/104 cm or 80/180 cm are suitable for wall composition, the thickness of such phyto modules varies within 15-17 cm. A significant drawback is the high cost of the product.

SELF-MODULAR DEVICES

Decorate the interior of the apartment can be a design for vertical gardening, made personally. The only difficulty is the lack of automatic watering. There are several interesting models for vertical gardening. The easiest way includes the following steps:

• Having departed from the wall 5 cm, at a distance of 50-70 cm from each other, two vertical supports, made of aluminum pipes or wooden bars, are fastened.
• From the floor to the ceiling, at an equidistant distance between the supports, transverse crossbars are fixed.
• On the finished structure, pots are fastened and lashing plants are planted, which will soon become the center of attention in the interior of the apartment.

Instead of crossbars and pots, polypropylene troughs can be fixed by equipping them with plugs at the edges. In the future, the design is filled with expanded clay, suitable soil and make out the flower arrangement.

Remark ! Such a module for vertical gardening provides moderate watering to prevent the flow of fluid.

For a small vertical wall gardening using felt, you will need:

• For the frame used PVC panel or board.
• Waterproofing film, preferably designed for greenhouses.
• Thin felt or other matter that is not amenable to rotting.
• Narrow container for collecting excess fluid during irrigation.
• Tools for joining materials (stapler, scissors).

Installation of the structure for vertical gardening of an apartment includes the following steps:

• fixing the film with a stapler to the frame;
• the formation of felt pockets, which can also be fixed on the frame with a stapler;
• at the last stage, the structure for vertical gardening of the interior is equipped with a reservoir for collecting liquid.
• Fastening to the wall is made by analogy with finished phytomodules, using screws and plastic dowels.

PANEL FROM SUCCULENTS OR MHA

An interesting variant of the interior design of the apartment with the help of vertical gardening is a panel of succulents. This will require the preparation of a shallow box of suitable sizes, at the bottom of which are glued pots with unpretentious plants, previously germinated in a horizontal position. The space between the containers is filled with decorative material; moss, burlap or straw can play its role. This is the easiest way to organize compact landscaping of the interior. Instead of pots, the box can be filled with sphagnum moss as a hydrophobic material, and a grid can be used to fix the plants.

To create an original element of an apartment interior, applying vertical gardening, the design issued by a moss will allow. To do this, it is mixed in a blender with a hydrophobic gel and water, after which the mixture is applied to a wooden surface with a brush.

It is important ! When choosing moss, consider its compatibility with the prepared base.

Caring for an extraordinary picture of moss is a regular weekly spraying water.

Proper organization of vertical gardening provides for the presence in the interior of the apartment competent lighting planted plants. Depending on the design, the lamps are mounted directly in the module, mounted on the ceiling or walls. For lighting vertical landscaping, it is preferable to use energy-saving fluorescent lamps.