How to Create a Gorgeous Vertical Garden in 5 Easy Steps

Country Living

Do you have a blank outdoor wall or a bare fence you want to spruce up this summer? A vertical garden is the perfect-and easiest-way to add color to your backyard. And just in time for spring, Home Depot shared these five steps to creating this easy-to-assemble design with us.

Materials

-24" x 72" trellis

-eight 8" resin terra cotta pots

-8 S-hooks

-32-qt. bag of potting soil

-plants of your choice

-drill

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Instructions

Step 1: Lean the trellis against a wall at about a 10- to 15-degree angle.

Step 2: The pots shown here have rims, but if the ones you're using don't, it's easy to adjust them for this project. Just drill a 1/2″ hole from the top of each pot-this is where you'll insert the S-hooks. Add potting soil to the pots, filling each about halfway.

Step 3: Transfer your plants to the pots, and fill the edges with additional potting soil. Leave about 1/2″ of space from the top. Water the plants thoroughly.

Step 4: Slip an S-hook into the hole you drilled in each pot, and hang as desired on the trellis.

Step 5: Enjoy your new vertical garden!

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