Container Gardens and Sitting Wall Inspiration

Create Stunning Container Gardens and Sitting Walls with Concrete Block and Paver Stones in Sacramento, CA

Have you ever driven past a beautiful garden and wished you could have such a peaceful, gorgeous place to spend your time outdoors? Have you ever then thought about how many weeds you would need to pull to make that happen, and thought, “never mind”? A container garden may be just the thing you need to create the look and feel of a perfectly tended garden without the back breaking labor of pulling weeds all day. Combined with sitting walls made from paver stones from The Paver Company, you can have a comfortable, usable, multi-tiered garden on your back patio, no matter how big or small your area is.

Applications for Garden Walls, Sitting Walls and Concrete Block

What is a container garden?

A container garden is a garden where you have plants growing in large planter pots, rather than in the ground. There are many design benefits to this method of gardening. There are also many practical benefits to it.

Multiple level container garden

With a container garden and sitting walls, you can have a garden that makes use of vertical space as well as horizontal space. You can get pots that are taller and pots that are shorter. You can grow tall plants in some pots and short plants in other pots. You can place pots on your sitting walls to create a tall design element that works as a barrier to block the view into your neighbor’s place. The ability to design vertically gives you a huge amount of control over how your backyard patio or front patio looks.

Abundant choices of colors and textures

With a container garden, you don’t just get to choose the colors and textures of the plants you are going to grow. You also get to choose between many different colors and textures of planter pots. There are decorative pots with geometric designs on them, there are earthen pots with subdued colors and comforting neutrals, and there are even pots shaped to look like owls or other animals. The pots you choose are a major part of the design of your patio, and you can really customize this in any way you want.

Minimal weeding

With container gardening, you hardly have to worry about weeds at all. There may be some weeds that pop up from airborne seeds, but these are easy to pull out of the planter pot with two fingers as soon as you notice them. You don’t end up with problems of native and invasive plants encroaching on your plants. And on the rare occasion that you do have to weed, the plants are up at a level that is more convenient than having to bend all the way down to the ground. Besides, if you want to plant a really invasive plant like mint, a pot will keep it contained so that it doesn’t take over your whole yard.

Design Tips for Container Gardens and Sitting Walls

Cluster your pots. As tempting as it might be to line them all up neatly along the wall, that does not create a very inviting, homey look. Instead, create clusters of planter pots, especially of different levels. Just like you would cluster your furniture so that people can sit outside and have conversations, pretend your plants are having conversations with each other.

Use your vertical space. The more different height levels you use, the more interesting and inviting your container garden on your back patio will be. Place pots on your sitting walls. Use tables and benches to put pots on, and then gather more pots around the base. Create impressive looking backdrops and clever separations in your patio to make different rooms.

Above all, be creative and have fun! We are here to help you with all aspects of your patio and back yard design. Give The Paver Company a call today for a free estimate and to find out what is possible with your back patio area.