vertical garden
noun
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.
vertical gardening
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a word derived from
vertical garden.
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Aspects of vertical gardening can also be incorporated into your in-ground or raised bed gardens by using trellises, arches or other structures to help support vining vegetables like cucumbers, squash or peas.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023
Experiments in growing food in space will fuel interest in vertical gardening and vegetables that can grow in stressed environments on Earth.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Ryan is working on his Skypots vertical gardening solution and even though we are divorced, we are friends and business partners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
I didn’t know it was a term, but I do vertical gardening, like I can grow 70 pounds of potatoes in a stack of tires.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2019
This triumph of vertical gardening involved planting in huge sheets of porous felt.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2016
