A guide to turning your home into an indoor garden full of plants
Plants add a lively touch to home decor, helping to improve the mood of the inhabitants and adding elegance to the interior spaces. However, if you don’t want to settle for a tub of plants in one corner and another on the coffee table, and want to turn a room into an indoor garden, or choose a large group of plants and coordinate their presence with each other, here’s a guide.
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9 Indoor Garden Design Ideas
Various live plants in pots on a ladder, near a wall, in a cozy room at home
If you live in an apartment that doesn’t have an outdoor space suitable for growing plants, or even want to grow plants year-round, there are many ways to turn your home into a lush indoor garden. The idea of growing plants in indoor spaces has become more popular in recent years, as any part of the house can be improved by distributing a collection of live plants, and even growing edible vegetables, such as lettuce and herbs: Lettuce and herbs.
Bring the natural green color into your home by taking inspiration from these indoor garden ideas.
Unused home space
A living room with a relaxing nook, with an array of plants
Any unused space in your home can be transformed into an indoor sanctuary. Add a lounge chair, plants of different sizes and colors.
Decorating the bathroom
The home’s bathroom is decorated with lots of plants
Decorating a bathroom with a collection of indoor plants is a beautiful and unexpected way to give the space a luxurious look. In this context, it’s a good idea to take care of your bathroom decor by adding stylish touches, such as: Oversized soft rugs and towels, as well as tropical plants, such as: Alocasia, Calathea, Dracaena, Monstera, and Pothos, which thrive in a humid bathroom environment.
Alocasia lives in a humid home environment
Home Office Care
With more and more people working remotely (from home) and spending more time in home offices, the latter can be made more attractive, improving workers’ moods and increasing their productivity. For the home workspace, look for space-saving plants that can be placed on desktops, shelves, and shelves…
Inner corridor
A boring hallway can become a captivating space by decorating it with live plants; the latter are distributed and become the center of attention, along with art on the walls and other decorative touches. In the hallway, bring different types of plants of different shapes, sizes, colors, and leaves, and choose matching pots for them.
Coffee table
Decorate your coffee tables with an array of plants with interesting flowers and leaves. Calla leaves are a favorite, as are caladium leaves, and it’s important to use matching containers to standardize the display.
Harmonious style
When displaying indoor plants, choose them in harmony with your furniture and accessories, in terms of color and style, for a cohesive look. For example: For a more subdued look, choose plants in a pale green color scheme. For a bolder color scheme, choose plants with flowers and leaves in more vibrant colors.
Green wall
A wall in the house covered with different types of plants
A small space can be utilized by displaying plants on an entire wall in a way that covers it. In this regard, you can look for trellised plants that hang on the side of hanging pots.
Plant jars
A small garden of succulents and cacti; some live in glass containers
It is possible to design a way of distributing plants, in jars or glass containers, in such a way that the latter provide a growing environment for varieties that prefer high humidity, such as: succulents, philodendrons, polkas… Display a large jar as a centerpiece on a dining room table, or group smaller containers on a sideboard.
Small samples
On side tables, kitchen window sills, narrow shelves, and other places with limited space, miniature samples in small decorative pots take their place. Suggestions include: Terrariums, herb seedlings, or cuttings from mature houseplants.
The pros and cons of an indoor home garden
Indoor garden
The benefits of indoor gardening are many, although it is more difficult, compared to growing plants in an outdoor garden, where the sun’s rays are plentiful and there is space for the plants to spread, although the most prominent reason for growing plants indoors is necessity; while homeowners dream of spacious gardens attached to their residences, most live in narrow houses or apartments, but this is not an obstacle to show gardening skills.
There are a large number of plants that can be placed in a small space, using hanging baskets, shelves, and wall-mounted containers for this purpose…
One of the advantages of indoor gardening is protecting plants from pests; while outdoor plants fall prey to anything and everything, indoor gardens provide very effective protection. The same goes for weed seeds, soil, or airborne diseases.
Indoor gardens may not be completely free of pests and diseases, but you have much more control over what can get into them. Similar to the control you have over plant pests and diseases, your indoor garden will be less susceptible to the whims of Mother Nature; especially if the growing season is too wet, too dry, too hot, or too cold.
The downside of indoor gardening, on the other hand, is that if you have a pet living under your roof, they may destroy your plants by chewing on the leaves or using the plant’s soil as a litter box.
In addition, many plants are toxic to cats and dogs, which greatly limits the plants you can grow in your home and where you can place them. Insects attack indoor plants, especially aphids, whiteflies, and mealybugs, but fortunately these insects can be kept at bay. Plant diseases can also spread if environmental conditions are not favorable, such as: Poor air circulation, over-watering, high humidity, etc. – all of which are difficult to control in an indoor environment.
When growing plants indoors, it can be difficult to meet all of their environmental needs and maintain them, as space, light, temperature, and humidity must be considered. These considerations will make growing certain plants in your home impossible, or make them high-maintenance.
It may negatively impact your wallet as some additional items, such as additional nutrient solutions, growth lights, and fans, may be necessary to enhance the environment: nutrient solutions, growth lights, and fans, may be necessary to enhance the environment.
However, with the pros and cons above, it’s clear that the benefits of growing plants indoors are great, but keep in mind that not all plants are suitable for growing indoors, without additional amenities.