Small space gardening – Ideas to grow plants in apartments, patio and small areas

If you are living in an apartment or have a small yard and yearn to garden and grow your own produce, you may get frustrated that you can’t do it. But fret not, don’t let limited outdoor space or a tiny backyard bog you down and prevent you from trying out your green thumb.

Small Space Gardening
Small Space Gardening


Container gardening and knowing what to grow is the answer to growing it all when you are crunched and limited in space. Hopefully, these tips will motivate you in setting up your very own garden that you have always wanted.

For setting up an herb garden, all you would need is a sunny window sill area or porch that receives some sun. Many herb plants thrive well in small containers with minimal sunlight. For example, you can grow plants like mint, cilantro, parsley, etc. they only need a few hours of sunlight to grow and thrive.

Cilantro growing in aluminum tray
Cilantro growing in aluminum tray

Cilantro growing in small container
Cilantro growing in small container

Set up your vertical garden in a vertical shelving unit. Not only does it save space it also helps keep unwanted pests and critters away from your plants. The shelving unit can be easily bought at any utility store in your area like Amazon, Home Depot or Lowes or you can find some good ones at yard or garage sales. You can grow a variety of plants in individual small to medium containers in each tier of the unit.  Most of the containers pictured here are around 12 inches by 8 inches and 6 inches deep. You can buy these at your local garden store or at a dollar store, Walmart or Ikea. Another advantage of container gardening is that you can experiment and move the containers or shelving unit around if you feel one plant variety requires more sunlight than the other. Here are some great plants that you can grow in containers and which are very productive.

Onion harvest from shelving unit

Onion harvest from shelving unit
Onion harvest from shelving unit

Bush Beans in small containers
Bush Beans in small containers

Cilantro growing in container
Cilantro growing in small space

White Radish harvest from container
White Radish harvest from container

Turnip harvest
Turnip harvest

In this video you will find all these tips neatly presented so you can watch and follow.



Hope you found these tips useful. “The tiniest garden is often the loveliest” – Vita Sackville West.

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