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Maximizing Small Garden Spaces
Original photographs and presentation by Susan Bell
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Maximizing Small Garden SpacesSMALL SPACES
• Townhouse
• Courtyard
• Deck
• Balcony
• Hell strip
CONTAINERS
How to plant and maintain
VERTICAL PLANTING
Using vines, verticals, espalier, artwork
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Maximizing townhouse garden
Spring Bulbs
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Summerflowers
Why annuals?
I want a different look
every year and it is
more fun
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Driveway hell strip
Perennial herbs and sun lovers like
the heat and dryness created by
paved surfaces
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No planting beds?
Utilize any sunny spot
with containers
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Fall planning decides my spring color
scheme
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Fall lettuce for the shady deck
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Harmonize beds and pots
Hot colorpalette
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Intention: Relaxation on a 7’W x 15’L Deck (in open shade)
View from inside
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Use saucers, plant trolleys
or trivets so deck dries
Be careful not to drip on your
neighbors!
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Seasonal outdoor decoratingwith fall gourds, pumpkins
and Easter bunnies
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Indoor plants outside for summer
(they love it)
Setcreasea pallida, Purple Heart Chlorophytum comosum, Spider Plant
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Veggies and herbs grown in partial shade on deck
Ready to harvest‘Red Sails’ Lettuce,
‘Bright Lights’ Swiss Chard,
Golden Oregano and Pansies
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Back underdeck area planted with dwarf
Cityline ‘Vienna’Hydrangea macrophylla
for low windows
Before
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Shady back yard near creek
Hosta need deer spray
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Entrance alcove with containers and accessories
Fine Gardening magazine
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Trellis for vertical interest
Clematis vines
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Espalier and artwork also solution for tight spaces
Proverbialhomemaker.com
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Principle of proportion: using the right scale
Sliding glass doors lead to courtyard, so this space
viewed from living room
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Balconies Tomato Challenge
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Part two – Container choices
• Terra cotta – dry out too easily, breakage
• Moss lined hayracks - dry out too easily, liner has to be replaced
• Ceramic – beautiful colors, however heavy, have to go inside in winter
• Metal - heavy and usually low volume
• Concrete – no one is going to take it off your porch
• Whiskey barrel - hard to move even before it is loaded with soil
• Fiberstone or fiberglass *
• Plastic *
• Foam *
• Self Watering *
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Think “out of the box”
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Movable feast
Place containers
wherever you need a burst
of color
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Watering and Drainage--1-3 drainage holes
--no stones--newspaper to cover--saucers – empty often--trivet – keep deck dry --trolleys --3’ watering wand --water breaker--rain doesn’t count--don’t wet foliage
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Recycling giveslocal compost
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Soilless mixture with
moisture control and
timed release fertilizer
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Fertilizers: critical for containers, amend beds with compost prior to planting
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Read the plant labels when purchasing
NameDescriptionSun, Partial Sun or Shade?Does it like it wet or dry?How big does it get?How far apart do I plant?When does it bloom?Need fertilizer?Etc.
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Examine the root structure and color, plant at same level as in
pot. Don’t compact soil, leave 1 inch space for watering
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Element of change – grow or die
examine
remove diseasedgrowth
deadhead
thin/cut back
spray/pick bugs
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Add flowers to draw pollinators
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Beneficial insect types:pollinatorpredatorparasite
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Feeding birds and providing nesting (even on a deck!) Kevin Shea
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Eureka! Hayrack a pre-made nest
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Grow
It
Eat
It Rosalind Creasy, Taylor’s Guide to Garden Design
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Plant supports yield from single cherry to
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Growing sweet potatoes
in containers
No digging!
5 gallon container with 1 slip yielded 5 pounds
by Robin Ritterhoff
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Require: Cross pollinator (two varieties)Patience as they fruit on 2 year old wood
ThornlessBlackberries
Blueberries
Double duty
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Maximize your space and design for what you love
Edibles * Cut flowers * Natives * Wildlife * Fragrance * Relaxation * etc.
For more information see “Container vegetable gardening” including size pots required by type of vegetable, etc.
Go to www.ohioline.osu.edu/kyg-fact/1000/1647.html