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

Derived 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 • Apr. 5, 2023

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 • Jan. 29, 2022

Outside, a vertical garden rises above the roofline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2019

Liberty Park at the World Trade Center: Take in the breeze and the vertical garden at this park atop a garage, which opened last month.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2016

She then spent some time looking at and discussing the vertical garden covering the length of pavilion, with rotating panels of herbs and vegetables that engineered to maximize sunlight exposure.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2015