Fence Gutter Garden

Thread thin wire through a gutter and use it to hang after planting.

Fence gutter garden.

If you need inspiration take a look here. Because the material is more lightweight than aluminum you can string several of them together and hang them vertically to create a living privacy screen. Painted rain gutters as fence decoration. You don t need an actual gutter to build a gutter garden and you don t need to always attach them to a wall or fence.

Herbs are awesome for this reason but lettuces are also popular. Attaching a few over the rail hooks to a regular old gutter turns it into a pretty railing box perfect for plants with shallow roots. If you have dogs or other animals you may want to avoid low hanging gutter gardens. Determine whether you will have more than one gutter garden on each section of fence.

Measure the length of the fence sections that you will be using. Hanging for vertical appeal. The gutters and other material are light but the dirt combined with water can get heavy. You may use more than one gutter piece in the hanging arrangement.

0 2 in x 120 in x 32 in fence 10 green metal steel garden edging. It s a rain gutter designed to hold your choice of plants and decorate a wall fence porch railing or other area. Pvc pipe is a great alternative. 1 in x 18 in x 32 in.

You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup. If you re hanging it off a chain link fence as i. Hang the garden that gutter is going to be pretty heavy once you fill it with moist soil so you ll want to install supports every 24 inches or so. Some gutters are more ornate and can be painted with metallics or pale colors to create a vertical stacked garden on your fence or shed.

Consider these uses for gutter gardens. If you want to hang the guttering off the fence or garden wall select a part of the garden that gets adequate sun and is nicely sheltered from wind. You might also select a house wall but only if this doesn t detract from the appearance of your home. I didn t want my gutter garden to stress my fence out.

If you have kids who want to help tend them make sure they are within reach of a child s hands.