When properly designed and landscaped, a terrace garden can serve as a stylish, green oasis.

What Is a Terrace Garden?

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If it’s alongside your house, you might want to prepare garden beds for planting.

Making a terrace garden is a highly customizable process.

Hand-watering plants grown in containers can be time consuming.

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Installing drip irrigationwhich uses up to 50 percent less water than conventional water methodscan save you time and effort.

This efficient style of garden bed is a great way to maximize space.

Select different kinds of plants for each container to add texture to the garden landscape.

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There’s a reason rooftop gardening is so popular in urban areas.

Just double-check yourapartment gardenis getting enough sunlight and water.

This will give you a designated place to pot plants and flowers, keeping all the mess outside.

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This is easiest to do if your garden is on the ground floor next to a building.

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