A quick run-through of some of the most popular and also not-so popular Garden Types. Learn about bird, rock, wall, vegetable, organic, flower, and many more gardens.

1. Types of Gard ens
By Sprinkler Juice

2. There are many types of gardens that vary in
popularity depending on location, preference,
popularity, and other factors. With so many
different types of gardens, nobody should be
without a hobby.
F rom flower gardens to container gardens, there's
something for everybody in the form of a garden.

3. Vegetable Gard ens
Vegetable Gard ens are what
usually com e to m ind when you
hear som eone talk about or
m ention gard ening. While it is
probably the m ost com m on
form of gard ening, it is not
alone in the gard ening world .

4. Flower Gard ens
Flower Gard ens are also very
popular, and for obvious reasons!
What's better than gard en filled
with bright colored bloom s every
Spring? Each flower has a
personality, and you will
probably have to care for a
flower gard en of your own in
ord er to really und erstand and
appreciate that. Flower Gard ens
are great for all ages but, like
Vegetable Gard ens and others,
require lots and lots of TL C .

5. C ontainer Gard ening
People gard en in jars, plant stuff in
C ind er Blocks, Wheelbarrows,
and anything else you can think
of. It's am azing what people
com e up with. C ontainer
Gard ening really focuses on
creativity and im agination which,
in m y opinion, is why it can be so
appealing and is growing in
popularity.

6. Raised Gardens
People usually im plem ent Raised Gard en
bed s because their ground soil is not the
best quality. But, a lot of people prefer
raised gard en bed s in certain situations
because they can be extrem ely attractive.
Raised gard en require m uch m ore
structure then typical gard ens, but they
are well worth the article and can, like
container gard ens, stretch the
im agination.

7. O rganic Gard ens
O rganic Gard en are special
because they d on't use
pesticid es or other
inorganic m aterial. A true
O rganic Gard en contains
com post from a carefully
[not sure if that's the right
word ] constructed C om post
Pile.

8. Japanese Gard ens
Japanese Gard ens are not
like typical gard ens that
we are accustom ed to in
Am erica. They serve a
m ore scenic and cultural
purpose. They are m ore
of a form of art than
anything else.

9. U psid e-D own Gard ens
U psid e-D own Gard ens are very cool
and above all else, unique. I've
never actually seen an upsid e-d own
gard en in real life but I want to start
one som etim e. Soon. I hear there
are actually m ore "ups" than
"d owns" to growing your
vegetables upsid e-d own.
Tom atoes and cucum bers are the m ost
com m on vegetables grown in
upsid e-d own gard ens but there are a
lot of plants that d o well growing
upsid e d own.

10. L eftover Gard ens
Som e gard eners create
leftover gard ens-- a
place to put plants you
d on't know what to d o
with. And these gard ens
are gorgeous!

11. Bird Gard ens
Bird Gard eners d o
their research and
find specific plants
to attract native
bird s.
They put out bird
feed ers, houses,
boxes, and m ore.

12. Roof Gardens
A roof gard en is any gard en on
the roof of a build ing. Besid es
the d ecorative benefit, roof
plantings m ay provid e food ,
tem perature control,
hyd rological benefits,
architectural enhancem ent,
habitats or corrid ors[1 ] for
wild life, and recreational
opportunities.
-source

13. Water Gardens
Basically, if you have water
includ ed in your land scape,
you've got a water gard en.
Whether it contains fish,
plants, or has anything to
with plants at all, it counts.

14. H erb Gard ens
M any of the plants we grow such
as annuals, perennials, shrubs
and trees are herbs in the true
sense of the word . With
increased interest in recent
years in continental or gourm et
cooking the word "herb" is
nearly always thought of by
hom e gard eners to m ean the
"culinary" herb.

15. Rock Gard ens
Rock Gard ens are actually
quite popular. L ike water
gard ens, rock gard ens
rarely consist of just
rocks. There's always
plants and other stuff
thrown into the m ix but
you get the id ea.

16. Wall Gard ens
Wall Gard ens are everywhere
(especially on Pinterest.)
They're awesom e in a lot of
ways. 1 ) They're extrem ely
convenient for sm all space
gard ening and 2) they're
d ownright sexy.
I've seen wall gard ens be d one
in pots, tea pots, wood en
pallets, chain link fences,
and even on a wall insid e a
house.

17. C red its
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