Portable vertical gardening | DIY Garden Projects | Gardening Australia

Learn how to green up your own vertical space from an expert who has been beautifying empty walls near his flat for years.
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Landscaper Newton Bishop has taken on the task of caring for his block’s communal garden, even the brick ventilation vent for the underground carpark, which he has covered with bromeliads and tillandsias that can cope with the heat and exposure of this open setting.

On the shadier side of the vent are epiphytic ferns that are also adapted to living on the trunk of a tree, and so don’t need soil. The frames of living plants he makes are also useful in rental situations, as they can easily be removed and taken with you.

Newton hangs the plants on timber boards and shows Costa how to make one.


What you need

A frame of stiff metal mesh or steel reo to hold the finished board
Various pieces of flat timber;
A drill
Wire
Wirecutters and pliers
Epiphytic plants


What you do

Choose a suitable piece of timber to fit your chosen plant
Drill two holes in the top to hang it from.
Work out where the plant will sit on the finished board and drill two more holes around this for attaching the plant later on.
Cut two equal lengths of wire to act as hooks - the length will vary depending on the chosen timber and plant.
Insert these into the drilled holes and use the pliers to secure one end around the timber and bend the other end into a hook shape. Line up the hooks so that the plant hangs straight.
Using another length of wire, attach the plant onto the board.
Hang the plant on the frame, which can be positioned against any vertical surface.
Featured Plants
Basket Fern (Drynaria sp.)
Elkhorn (Platycerium sp.)
Filmed on Garigal Country, Sydney, NSW
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