I'm moving to Florida next fall. I know that's a long way away, but I'm a planner and I can't stop thinking about it. Anyway, I love to work in the garden, but I'm moving into an apartment because that's all I can afford. How can I work both in? I mean, I can't plant a garden in the apartment complex. Any ideas?
2007-07-27 07:14:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If you'll have a sunny balcony or large window, you could do a "hanging" garden. There are lots of plants and some fruits and veggies that will grow from hanging baskets.
2007-07-27 07:23:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aside from container gardening on the balcony:
Are community plots available in the town? These are public land gardens in which each person gets a small plot for their own use.
Is there a horticultural society? Societys often maintain public gardens with volunteers. Or is there a Botanical Garden or Arboretum that needs volunteer gardeners? If there is a local museum or historical home it may also have a public garden maintained by volunteers?
Finally, put up a notice at the seniors centre, volunteering to help a seniors maintain a garden. You may well find a retired gardener with failing joints and a large garden looking for assistance.
2007-07-27 14:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by Judy B 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Do they have pea patches, community gardens or allotments in the area you are going to? There you would have your own space beside others with like interests and a lot of knowledge about the soil and climate you are new to.
Look up the local garden club and find out what botanical garden they volunteer in. Many clubs are curators to a space within a botanical garden relating to their specialty or generally provide manpower to preserve a local garden of renown. Volunteers here at Dunn gardens or Bellevue Botanical gardens work under the guidance of the head gardener where we hear the garden gossip about all the new plants and who is breeding the best cultivars.
Get involved with the Garden Conservancy's program. I was a coordinator for my county one year recruiting local gardeners of note. They open their gardens one day a year to the public to raise funds to preserve the great gardens in each region. This let me meet gardeners and see their spaces. Then on Open Day I was a greeter collecting entry tickets so I met many more gardeners than through the clubs I belong to.
Almost every area has specialty clubs catering to specific areas of interest; roses, fuschia, iris, bulbs, or native plants.
2007-07-27 15:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the person in charge for a small plot of land to make your garden in. You will probably have to pay rent, though.
2007-07-27 14:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by <3<3<3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Gurneys.com and check out their indoor gardens.
2007-07-27 14:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
House plants, or if you have a deck and front porch just get lots of pots and plant plants their.
2007-07-27 14:17:50 · answer #6 · answered by beyondthelimit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if the apartment has a balcony you can still have tomatoes and peppers
2007-07-27 15:23:07 · answer #7 · answered by john s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋