vertical garden

American  

[vur-ti-kuhl gahr-dn] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl ˈgɑr dn /

noun

1. a garden in which the plants are supported to grow along vertical, often tiered surfaces, especially fences, posts, trellises, and walls, rather than along the ground.

   Our first vertical garden, on part of an old barn door, yielded 18 bushels of summer squash.

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Other Word Forms

• vertical gardening noun

Etymology

Origin of vertical garden

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

And he has a lush vertical garden by his desk to prove it.

From Washington Post

Hundreds of balloons were twisted and “planted” in different shapes and sizes to create a vertical garden.

From New York Times

A wooden ranch with solar panels, a vertical garden, a well, and a large building to the side that he calls a garage.

From Slate

I fell into a vertical garden wormhole for the first time after seeing a Pinterest photo of a "living wall" at someone's wedding.

From Salon

A wooden pallet is the idea vessel for a vertical garden in an outdoor space.

From Salon