A corner with windows on two sides is the best place to set up
an indoor garden. But even in small spaces, there's always "aerial"
room for hanging plants!
Here are some tips on adding hanging plants to your indoor garden:
1. Provide adequate catch basins for drainage. Indoor
hanging plants, because they are "suspended" in mid-air
and looming over furniture or carpet, must have reliable and adequate
drainage catcher bins securely fastened onto the planter. Dripping
hanging plants can create an ugly mess on desks, furniture, and
flooring.
2. Hang the plants at a height that will allow convenient watering. Whether the plants have to be taken down or reached via watering can, consider having to regularly pull up a chair or step ladder -- hassles like these can make even the most thoughtful plant lover put off or neglect the watering chore.
3. Use only durable wires and cords. Check for rust, fraying, or wear
and tear, and remedy immediately. Imagine the catastrophe when
one suspension wire breaks causing the whole planter (or its contents)
to come crashing down!
4. Check the strength of your wall or ceiling. Before
screwing a swag hook onto the walls or ceiling, make sure that
the surface can hold the weight of the planter. Some ceilings
are composed of panels of thin plaster boards, held up by metal
framing. Hang the plants onto the metal frames instead of screwing
them onto the delicate plaster boards.