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--- urbs:small-space_gardening [2025/12/05 19:00] – katja
+++ urbs:small-space_gardening [2025/12/23 13:12] (current) – dave
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 ![urban1](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban1.jpg "Small-space gardening in action using a tiny section of lawn and its border")
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- In front of the nasturtiums and blackcurrants in the border, a tiny piece of lawn has been turned into a veg plot with lettuce, spinach and brassicas.
+ _In front of the nasturtiums and blackcurrants in the border, a tiny piece of lawn has been turned into a veg plot with lettuce, spinach and brassicas._
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 ![Sage and thyme in a pot in the foreground, and in the background - chives, parsley, broccoli, chard, kale, lettuce, rosemary, orach and an apple tree - all in a tiny, gravelled front garden. In monetary terms alone, it's really worth it. ](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban2.jpg "A small gravelled front garden is great for small-space gardening in containers")
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- Sage and thyme in the foreground, and in the background, chives, parsley, broccoli, chard, kale, lettuce, rosemary, orach and an apple tree - all in containers in a tiny, gravelled front garden. In monetary terms alone, it's really worth it.
+ _Sage and thyme in the foreground, and in the background, chives, parsley, broccoli, chard, kale, lettuce, rosemary, orach and an apple tree - all in containers in a tiny, gravelled front garden. In monetary terms alone, it's really worth it._
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 ![urban4](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban3.jpg "Small-space gardening - say goodbye to concrete slabs and hello to strawberries!")
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- Another typical front garden - above with the almost ubiquitous concrete slabs, and below with the slabs removed and after planting an apple tree, gooseberries, blackcurrants and strawberries.
+ _Another typical front garden - above with the almost ubiquitous concrete slabs, and below with the slabs removed and after planting an apple tree, gooseberries, blackcurrants and strawberries._
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 ![urban4](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban4.jpg "Small-space gardening transforms this front garden into a hive of productivity")
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- And if you're really keen - another front garden.
+ _And if you're really keen - another front garden._
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 ![urban5](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban5.jpg "Start your small-space gardening adventure growing your seedlings indoors before planting out")
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- Growing seedlings indoors before planting out.
+ _Growing seedlings indoors before planting out._
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 ![urban6](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban6.jpg "Raised beds are a great small-space gardening solution")
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- Really productive urban raised beds.
+ _Really productive urban raised beds._
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 ![urban7](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban7.jpg "Small-space gardening looking pretty with recycled pots")
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- Used food containers allow this tiny balcony to produce lots of food, and to look really pretty.
+ _Used food containers allow this tiny balcony to produce lots of food, and to look really pretty._
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 !["Small-space gardening taken to new heights"](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban8.jpg)
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-A vertical garden that has no horizontal footprint at all.
+_A vertical garden that has no horizontal footprint at all._
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 ![urban9](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban9.jpg "Potted herbs are a long-standing favourite for small-space gardening")
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- Herbs in pots just outside the back door, close to the kitchen.
+ _Herbs in pots just outside the back door, close to the kitchen._
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 !["Don't forget the windowsill - bringing small-space gardening indoors!"](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/urban10.jpg)
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- ...and even closer - on the kitchen windowsill.
+ _...and even closer - on the kitchen windowsill._
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 ## Further resources
+- [Gardening in small spaces](https://vegsoc.org/blog/gardening-in-small-spaces/?gad_campaignid=23061632320)
+- [Mother Earth News](https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/small-space-vegetable-garden-zmaz74zhol/#axzz2wFKEr3t1) - grow a small-space vegetable garden
+- [Permaculture for urban homes and small spaces](https://theselightfootsteps.com/2014/01/10/permaculture-for-urban-homes-and-small-spaces/)
+- [Alaska Grow Buckets](https://www.alaskagrowbuckets.com/alaska-grow-bucket-guide/) - free guide to setting up an automatic watering container gardening system
+- [Balcony Container Gardening](http://www.balconycontainergardening.com/) - tons of information about growing crops in containers on your balcony
+- [How to grow vegetables in containers](https://www.bhg.com/gardening/vegetable/vegetables/growing-vegetables-in-containers/)
+- [RHS](https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/containers) - vegetables in containers
+- [Self-watering container gardening](https://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/container-gardening/)
+- [Square Foot Gardening Foundation](https://squarefootgardening.org/)
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic