Use pressure-treated lumber and galvanized planter boxes to erect a vertical garden filled with colorful greenery. (See below for a shopping list, tools, cut list, and plant guide.)
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Shopping List for How to Build a Living Wall Vertical Garden:
– 1×6 pressure-treated pine. Get four 12-footers for the hanging rails
– 1×4 pressure-treated pine. Get five 8-footers for the uprights
– 1×2 pressure-treated pine. Get one 12-footer
– 2×4 lumber. Get two 6-footers
– 1/2-inch lattice. Get one 4-by-8-foot panel
– galvanized-steel planter boxes
– 1-inch PVC pipe”] Get a 4-foot length
– 1 1/4-inch deck screws
– 2 1/2-inch screws
– 8-inch structural screws
– painter’s tape
– exterior wood glue
– latex caulk
– exterior-grade stain
– 2-inch chip brush
– plants
– potting soil
– planting mix
– green vinyl
– plant tape
Tools for How to Build a Living Wall Vertical Garden:
– stud finder
– tape measure
4-foot level
– clamps
– combination square
– circular saw with fence
– drill/driver
– 9-by-1/4-inch drill bit
– miter saw
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Garden project, building a retaining wall. This project will be in two sections first the retaining wall and then the fence on top
Nope nope nope. Not risking water damage to my house or deck with that project. However if it were on an unsightly chain link fence I'd go for it!
Giving your outdoor walls some life—literally!—has never been easier with this tutorial for an awesome DIY vertical garden by +This Old House
If you don't own your house, I hope you have a very good landlord who'll get you loose on this one.
excellent craftsman
better laid flat for a retaining wall. And don't build it plumb…. Have it leaning slightly into the embankment.
Good idea to stagger the blocks actually
weres your ties