13 Tips To Create A Decorative Container Vegetable Garden

1. Grow Ornamental Vegetables

Ornamental vegetables and herbs such as chard, lettuce, sorrel, kale, asparagus, tomato, sweet potato, taro, parsley, lemongrass, eggplant, cabbage can beautify your container vegetable garden.

2. Choose Beautiful Planters

Select decorative and colorful pots of different shapes and designs.

Also Read: Easy Container Vegetables for Balcony

3. Add Hanging Baskets

Vegetables in hanging baskets increase vertical interest. Add them! You can grow tomatoes, lettuce, parsley, mint, small pepper varieties, strawberries in them

4. Vertical Herb Garden

Grow herbs in tiered pots, vertically in hanging gutters, or in plant holders to utilize the unused space. Check out these hanging herb garden ideas here!

Also Read: Vertical Gardening Ideas for Urban Gardeners

5. Grow Flowers

Flowers can make your limited space vegetable garden more interesting. You can grow rose, calendula, pansy, nasturtium, and many more. All of these are edible flowers so you can eat them, too.

6. Vary the Height of Planters

This will create visual interest and make your container vegetable garden look less stagnant and boring. Choose pots of different heights; you can use the plant stands as well.

7. Add Ornaments or Garden Art

Garden art will make your space more cheery. Or, you can hang a bird feeder or water fountain there.

8. Plant Tags will Add Style

People already blame that vegetable gardens are boring. This is one way to make them a little more interesting. With plant tags, you’ll also be able to remember the names of vegetables you planted.

9. Pot Color Matters

Except for a few colorful vegetables, almost all the vegetable plants bring monochromatic colors. You can use bright colored planters to prevent the monotonous feel.

10. Try Quirky Planters

For the sake of uniqueness, give place to at least one quirky planter. Here’re a few ideas!

11. Give Importance to Texture

Play with the textures of the foliage of your vegetables. Mix them to increase aesthetic appeal. For example, onion, chives, and garlic have a grass-like appearance–you can grow them with parsley, tomato or cabbage.

12. Don’t Miss Climbing Vegetables

With proper support, you can easily grow climbing vegetables in pots. First, they use vertical space, and second, you can employ them to cover an ugly wall or enhance the privacy of your balcony.

13. Grow in Combination

You can grow vegetables and herbs with similar growing requirements together. You can also create container vegetable garden combinations according to plants that favor the growth of each other together if you believe in companion planting.

Also Read: Container Herb Garden Combinations

1. Grow Ornamental Vegetables#

2. Choose Beautiful Planters#

3. Add Hanging Baskets#

4. Vertical Herb Garden#

5. Grow Flowers#

6. Vary the Height of Planters#

7. Add Ornaments or Garden Art#

8. Plant Tags will Add Style#

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9. Pot Color Matters#

10. Try Quirky Planters#

11. Give Importance to Texture#

12. Don’t Miss Climbing Vegetables#

13. Grow in Combination#

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