The Balcony Gardener: Creative ideas for small spaces

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Gayle King shares video of Oprah Winfrey reading to her grandson Luca in a sweet 70th birthday tribute. I love designing small spaces because you can create an instant garden in a short space of time ready to enjoy– I’m really impatient, so having to wait for years for a garden to mature can be frustrating!

Tomatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in containers and will thrive as long as they have five to six hours of sunlight per day. I really enjoyed that process because it was nearer to the start of my career when I had no expectations.Check the weight loading of your balcony - this is usually calculated at around 70kg per m2 (dependent on age, construction etc. A specialist in designing small spaces, Isabelle Palmer, perhaps better known as ‘The Balcony Gardener’, has been designing city gardens around London since 2009. I found the different scented thymes, lemon verbena, rose scented geraniums, and mint to be well suited to baking heat and small space. If you can’t attach anything to the walls of your balcony, you can still make the most of the vertical space.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Even with the smallest of outdoor spaces, it is possible to create a beautiful garden, be it on a roof terrace, balcony or window sill. Last year’s high yield tumbling tomato bonanza was great for our summer salads, but there was barely room for me to sit with a cuppa without feeling like I was being attacked by fuzzy foliage. Jason Williams, 35, was working as a restaurant manager before the first lockdown in March 2020 and started gardening on his Manchester city centre balcony as a hobby to aid his mental health. Wood pallets turned on end, old book shelves, or tiered planters are all practical solutions for gardening up rather than out.