People who have actual gardens and houses think differently when it comes to plants. I have been on both sides of this. As a newlywed in rented apartments I had to confine my attempts at greenery to what was allowed by the landlord, the lease, the space. Very confining. Very limiting having light from windows on only one side.

The first time I checked out the Container Forum, well, I don't know what exactly I was expecting, but it was very different from what I imagined.

Currently I live in a place with room for a small garden which I grow in containers and raised beds (to accommodate my handicap), not anything like having an entire farm with actual acreage, but this small yard garden means the world to me. I cannot forget where I came from and should forget those who are just starting out in life in an apartment (or a dorm room), or those people at the other end of life's calendar who are living once again in and apartment, special care home or the dreaded 'in-law' apartment.

There seems to be room on this forum for [exaggeration] 8 billion daylilies...why not one little apartment? At the moment we still have two threads running on this subject. Why don't we add a note to the original question and close that one, leading everyone to the container forum where they can hunt for an apartment.

[Please forgive the typo errors as the playful American bulldog may have broken my right thumb - ow,ow,ow.]

So what happened?

Glen, it ended up as a thread over in the Containers forum:
The thread "Apartment/Small space planting" in Containers forum

Woofie

At first I wondered if a *Test Forum* for Apartment/Small Space Growing would be possible, maybe giving it a certain time frame to see if it got enough traffic to warrant a permanent forum on the subject but that could possibly mean way too much work for Dave, especially if it had to be deleted at a later date due to lack of use. I think I remember on another site someone starting a forum for African Violets and Gesneriads that ended up having to be deleted because of lack of anyone posting.

I'm in a decent sized house rather than a small apartment and I have container plants both inside the house as well as outside but I consider the Container Gardening Forum more suited for outdoor growing, like containers on porches or around the garden.

For Apartment and Small Space Gardening I think threads in the Houseplant Forum are the best fit. The native habitat of ALL plants is outside, planted in the earth/ground but many of us grow them inside our homes, some of us just have larger spaces with more windows. Folks in smaller homes with less windows for adequate light can supplement the lighting conditions for their plants by using incandescent or fluorescent lighting and placing their plants at different heights beneath the lights to take advantage of the amount of light needed.

I'm willing. Give me 5 members to agree to give it a try and we'll make it happen!

I'd love to see a small space gardening forum, Zorki. I don't live in an apt. but I do have a small side deck, a grotto type area, a small area under the deck, and another area that would qualify as small spaces.

I would like small space gardening. Mine is a verandah screened for cats: they have to be taken into account of course. I don't now what I am doing wrong but I manage to kill so many plants. My garden, however, which also incorporates small containers, is a powerhouse.

The new forum would interest me. Even though I do garden outdoors, my home only has small indoor space available and a single usable north facing window, similar to what apartment dwellers experience.

I wonder if the title will reflect the 'indoor/patio/balcony' aspect and not lead readers to think it means small outdoor in-ground gardening.


Maybe I am overthinking...or not enough coffee yet.

The forum is created! Have fun! The thread "Gardening in Apartments!" in Gardening in Apartments forum