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Terrace Garden |
You own a home but don't have enough space for a backyard or patio garden. If you are a lover of beautiful flowers and want to live close to the freshness of green plants, then its time to think beyond the usual line of gardening concept. Terrace gardening is one such idea that help you develop your own garden with whatever space you have at your home's terrace or balcony. For a perfect terrace garden design you may hire a professional gardener, however with right approach and little effort you can help yourself and get going on your own. The following paragraphs give you an insight into the making of an ideal terrace garden for your home.
At first, you need to examine the space you can conveniently spare for the development of your garden. Take into account the size, surrounding areas, how much sunlight it receives during a full sunny day, number of drain pipes, whether you need to screen some portion and several other things. You will also have to consider over the amount of money you are going to spend for the purpose. Depending upon these factors, you will be able to decide what other features, such as rocks, water bodies, furniture, gazebo etc you can include to make your garden more attractive.
For a terrace garden, drainage is the most important consideration, without which all your endeavors will turn into a fiasco. Make sure your terrace has sufficient drainage chambers and all of them are connected properly to the main drainage pipe. In no case, water is allowed collect in the terrace area otherwise, the structure of your building may get damaged. If the surface has a slope, get it leveled before you start plantation.
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Now, you are ready to start plantation work but before that you need to waterproof your terrace. Lay burnt bricks uniformly on the surface and then a wire mesh to prevent soil get inside them. Next, lay a thick layer of soil over the bricks and wire mesh. The soil should be light in weight and contain manure and peat moss. Soil rite or peat moss may be an ideal solution for terrace garden in this regard.
The last but not the least step is the selection of appropriate plants for terrace gardening. Since plants with tap root systems can damage the structure of your building, you must choose from plants with fibrous root systems. Some of the plants that you might consider for the purpose include money plants, palms, herbs, sun flowers, roses, orchids and a few other flowering plants.
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