Balcony building: garden-like balcony beauty how to start?

For those of us who love nature and flowers but do not have a big garden, the balcony may be the most healing place at home.

And the creation of the balcony garden is undoubtedly the design that we are most interested in. Is it the excitement of beating chicken blood to be able to create our own warm, plant-wrapped balcony garden?

So how to create a beautiful and practical balcony garden to enjoy a comfortable and cozy little life?

We provide the following scheme for your reference.

Step 1

-determine the use and form of the balcony-

A small balcony can be a mini garden, a lounge, a snack bar, or even a pet park, but you need to plan the main use of the balcony before determining the type of balcony garden.

If your home only has a small balcony, then it is recommended to give priority to practical, simple paving + potted plants + lightweight outdoor furniture, is the best match.

Drying clothes, laundry, taking a nap, ensuring daylighting. Don't underestimate the role of the balcony.

And for some families with more than one balcony and a larger area, you can create a landscape balcony based on viewing according to the preferences of the host.

Tips

In fact, for most households, it is recommended to choose a practical balcony. Next, let's talk about the specific methods of building a small balcony garden.

Step 2

-the choice of pavement-

When it comes to paving, you may think it's a big project-don't worry, it's not a necessary step, but if the original pavement on your balcony is boring, you can consider using spliced plastic or anticorrosive wood flooring.

Plastic wood floor and anticorrosive wood floor are relatively lightweight, rich in color and texture, and convenient for installation. You only need to search for keywords on Taobao to find rich materials, and the price is about 200 yuan to 300 yuan per month. Considering that the average family balcony area is not too large, the cost of paving can be reduced to a very low level, but the effect after laying can be very ideal.

With a paved balcony, you can tread barefoot, or put some cushions and pillows. No matter whether the outdoor floor is laid or not, after cleaning, you can put some carpets on the balcony, which is not only beautiful, but also adds an outdoor rest space.

Tips

It should be noted that the carpet placed outdoors should choose a thicker texture and smooth surface style-in the words of my mother, it is resistant to dirt and not easy to damage. Now the more popular hemp cotton carpet or seaweed carpet is a good choice.

Step 3

-Choice of outdoor furniture-

Balcony furniture in addition to beautiful, but also should follow the principle of lightweight, easy to clean. Lightweight small tables and chairs can instantly turn the balcony into a lounge, and it can also be moved conveniently, put away, and make room when needed.

We can also make full use of the three-dimensional space of the balcony and place shelves, bookshelves and even small tables here.

Step 4

-selection of green plants and floral apparatus-

Since it is a "balcony garden", plants are of course the highlight. Considering the area and functionality of the family balcony, Xiao Y recommends that people use container gardens to arrange plants-in popular terms, they use a certain number of flowerpots to grow plants, not flower ponds.

As the carrier of plants, the flower apparatus is not colorful and grotesque. In order to make the whole more beautiful and coordinated, Xiao Y suggests that we choose flowerpots with similar color and texture and scattered high and low. Recently, more popular cement flowerpots, rough pottery flowerpots, or groups of black and white flowerpots are a good choice.

A potted combination of high and low.

Although the balcony is small, there is a lot of three-dimensional space. In addition to flower racks and shelves, balcony walls and railings can also be used. Such wall-hanging flowerpots and flower racks can be found in a larger flower market, or in a treasure search for keywords "wall-mounted flowerpots" and "multi-layer flower racks". The price is very close to the people.

Tips

A plant suitable for growing on a balcony:

Large and medium-sized: spring feather, tortoise back bamboo, Indian rubber, brandy, bergamot, African jasmine, paradise bird, Phoenix tail bamboo …...

Small: gardenia, jasmine, four seasons begonia, pineapple, asparagus, aloe, green pineapple.

Vines, hanging plants: ivy, lipstick, steel grass, pineapple, morning glory, Fujimoto rose, honeysuckle …...

Note: although most of the ornamental small succulent plants are drought-resistant, they are not resistant to exposure, so they should not be placed on the balcony for a long time.

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