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Living in a group of rooms a few floors high inside a concrete building need not be constricting and stressful. With a little guidance and abundant creativity, even the smallest cramped spaces can be turned into the haven each home ought to be. The same goes for apartment homeowners who have dreamt of their own backyards when they were kids. Here are some directional tips and landscape supply options to create that sky-high garden you've always wanted.

Stretch your garden beyond the balcony. When browsing the local landscape supply store, instead of limiting yourself to items that would fit inside your balcony, select structures that would fit inside your apartment. This goes for condo units that do not have balconies at all. With enough fresh air and sunlight entering the room, whether from a window or skylight, certain plants can be sustained indoors.

Look up. A traditional garden is on the ground, for obvious reasons. Apartment gardens, in order to contain various flora, should have small plants that are displayed vertically on a wall or stacked in shelves. Keep an eye out for landscape supplies that can be hung or are taller than they are wider. You can even use an old skid or dresser to store your plants.

Match what's to the left and right of your garden. Select a landscape theme that would complement the rest of the condominium. Whether you make it the highlight or not, the garden should harmonize with everything else in your home and agree with your central theme. Coordinate colors, shapes, sizes and textures.

Make it go a long way. Creeping and crawling vines make for a good backdrop against a vintage table and chair set. Check out your local landscape supply shop for trellises and cyclone wires that could fit your needs. Remember that these vines require a lot of maintenance before and even after you've reached the desired wall of leaves.

"SEN" it down. While you want the garden bright and lively, avoid cramming in too many things into that tiny space. Organize your landscape theme into patterns or sizes. Color-code them to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Use the Zen gardening principles of keeping things Serene, Enjoyable and Natural.

An apartment may have a lot of limitations in terms of what you can and cannot do and this can even make picking out a good theme, a daunting task. Take all these limitations in stride, think of them as a challenge to your imagination and determination.

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I can think of a number of positive reasons for creating a gravel garden. Once established they are very low maintenance. Also in these times of climate change, they are drought tolerant. Gravel gardens are normally associated with a Mediterranean style of planting and plants found in this region are ideally suited. Here is a short guide on how to create a gravel garden and some of the plants that will thrive in one.

You can create a gravel garden in almost any area of your garden. However, a sunny spot with well-drained soil is best suited for planting Mediterranean plants. Ideally, you will need a sandy or gravelly type of soil. But don't despair if your soil does not fit the bill, just add plenty of gravel, sand and organic matter to the area you want to use to change the structure of the soil.

There are various types of gravel you can use, from fine grades to chunkier types. I think a medium grade gravel is best as it is easier to walk on and will not become stuck in the tread of footwear or easily spread about. You can also buy gravels in different colours. Choose a colour that blends well with any stone you already have in the garden. When spreading gravel over the required area, make sure you use enough to create a depth of at least 6cm. Once planted, your gravel garden will require a bit of intense weeding for the first year or two. But once the plants become well established they will be large enough to suppress most invading weeds. Extra gravel can be added when needed.

There is a large list of plants suited to gravel gardens including shrubs, bulbs, perennials and annuals. Just make sure you are aware of the eventual size of the plant before placing it, smaller plants can easily become swamped by those that grow larger. For bulbs, try both small and larger varieties of allium and colchicum. Shrubs such as hebe, cistus and cordyline look great in gravel gardens. Herbs are also a good idea as they will release their delicious scent as you brush past them. Plant lavender, rosemary, santolina and thyme. There are many herbaceous perennials you can use, my favourites include euphorbia, kniphofia, nepeta, osteospermum and sedum. You can also use grasses in gravel gardens. These graceful plants will add some structure and atmosphere as their delicate stems sway in the breeze. As with any garden design, colour can be added by planting seasonal annuals in your gravel garden. Try cosmos and gazania. Also try planting scented geraniums in garden planters and placing them in amongst swathes of other plants or at focal points in the garden.

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