The school age kids had a field trip coming up this summer where they were going to a garden center and learn how to make a vertical garden. Their teacher asked if I would help with the garden construction. “Sure,” I blithely said, not realizing that I had no idea how to do it.
Well, the time was getting closer, so I quick looked up how to do it. “Wrap a pallet in landscaping fabric.” Well, that seems easy as pie. So I did. But I did it wrong – there was no support underneath. Dang it!!!! I moved a board around, put some more fabric on….. and ran out of staples.
I brought the staples the next day but didn’t get around to putting more in….. and days went by……
The morning that I came in to fix it up, it turned out that the children had gone to the garden center the day before. Dang it!!!!!!
So, I took the beautiful vertical garden that the children had so lovingly planted that had a TON of dirt pushing out the landscape fabric on the back and straining the smattering of staples and re-did it. Dang it!!!!!
Dig dig dig. (Watch out for roots.)
Dump dump dump.
I took pieces of lattice and cut them – wrong the first time – then wrapped them in fabric and put them inside the pallet to support the dirt. Then I re-planted the sedums.
Here it is in photos:
A job that I thought would take half an hour took over an hour! Stupid plants. Stupid me.
Peggy says
Oh Lauren, I know this isn’t quite the compliment….but you are so more advanced in gardening compared to me!
First, I don’t understand this whole gardening method, much less could I have particapated in it. I still don’t get it. Is the goal to have plants growing thru wood slats? And how does that benefit the plants?
Lauren says
Yes, that’s the goal, and it’s to be a pretty display. I wonder if they will survive, but hey -- it looks ok now, right?
Jane Sommerer says
Murphy’s law. Almost every thing we start takes twice as long to complete than we think it will. Glad to know we aren’t the only ones.