vertical gardens

Upright growing spaces

Vertical gardens are plants grown on upright surfaces rather than in traditional horizontal beds—walls, trellises, stacked containers, or specially designed panels.

They maximize growing space in urban environments where ground area is limited: The restaurant's vertical garden supplies fresh herbs year-round.

Also called living walls or green walls when covering building facades.

Opposites
spatial orientation

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Elevated soil enclosures for planting

setting/context

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Gardens in rural areas

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agricultural tradition

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Pre-industrial food production methods

field crops

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G