Gutter Rock Garden

How to design a rock garden.

Gutter rock garden.

Lettuces and mixed herb gutter garden. Our rain garden captures runoff from our house and landscape and channels the excess water into our rain garden. Rain water passes over the gutter downspout and down the rain chain. If you want a creative manner to show off your potted plant life or plant life locate an old wooden chair.

Rock garden feature utilizes water from downspout. Any debris such as leaves or small sticks that would have been trapped in your gutter will simply blow off of your roof. Build a simple stand to make a hanging gutter planter and fresh herb garden. Spice up your dinners with fresh herbs.

Use a mix of plants adapted to your area and to the different water depths. Paint it the use of bright. Since then i ve re designed the original using chain links. Feb 7 2013 you may have seen my first gutter garden featured a couple of years ago on apartment therapy.

Installation is fast and easy so you can quickly install these in a weekend. Gutter gardens are vertical so they take up virtually no floor space. If you ve a pergola in your garden already you can easily add this diy hanging rain gutter planter to your landscaping. Create the rain garden by building a berm in a low spot in the yard then build swales to channel runoff from the gutters and higher parts of the yard.

Planter plugged in gutters. Giant galvanized stock tank as a rain barrel. They keep plants safe from lots of pests. Instead of a downspout with a rain chain.

This means you can live in a very urban area and grow as many plants as your wall space can accommodate. A gutter garden made on a side of a garden shed or retreat made from pallets. Gutter gardens sustainably sustainably diy garden yard art when growing your own lawn yard art recycled and up cycled materials can be the right location to start. A gutter garden is perfect to add to the side of a fence.

Since then it s been featured in a couple of books magazines and other blogs. The water is then absorbed into the soil through the network of deep plant roots. Water will land directly on the plants under your roof but will be in a finer spray rather than hard drops so the plants will not be damaged. It doesn t take up a lot of space and it has the potential to add a enormous pop of color.

Cost saving pvc gutter garden.