Why bring the garden indoors? For many gardeners, having a pond, a waterfall, and plants outdoors is simply not enough. Gardening is both decorative and a lifestyle, and it is something that can infuse the whole living space of an avid gardener. In the winter, pond gardeners stare out of the window at the frozen pond, wishing that spring would come to break the ice. Gardening indoors means that these forlorn gardeners have something to enjoy all year round.
Pond Wall Decorations in Small Spaces
If wall space is limited, consider the potential of decorating the corners of a living space. Add a triangular corner shelf to an office, bedroom, or even a relaxing bathroom. On the corner shelf, place a small desktop or Zen water fountain or a fish tank with a single fish in it. If you have more shelves, add plants on top of and below the fountain to create a miniature garden in the corner.
Wall Decals and Painted Trompe d’Oeil Decorations
Whether you’re in a basement apartment the living room looking out onto an acreage with a pond, you can use wall decals and painted trompe d’oeil wall decorations to trick your eye into believing that it is walking through the English countryside, toward a pond covered in ducks. Perhaps you’d prefer a formal French garden with waterfalls and fountains. Whatever you’d prefer, it is all pretend, but with easy to apply wall decals or some painting skills, you can create an entire garden landscape on the wall of your home.
Decorate Walls With Fountains and Living Walls
Forget placing objects on the floors: wall space is where it’s at for home decorating. Walls are not just for paintings. Add a wall fountain to cascade water down the wall. Place a living wall in a living room as the eye-catching centrepiece of the room. A living piece of wall art is the ultimate in wall decoration. You can get simple living wall kits delivered or you can build one yourself from a kit. There are now easy, low-maintenance wall planters like Woolly Pockets, simple fabric pockets that contain plants and wick moisture away from the walls.
Create a Pond-Themed Living Space
Using wall decorations and decals, create an indoor-outdoor room. Perhaps you have a room that faces out onto the garden and you would like to extend it into the house. Perhaps you have a sunroom that is perfect for plants. Create a room with subtle pond accents, like koi on the pillows and a fountain on the wall. Or you can create a room with a lush garden or jungle feel, with living walls dripping with plants, a fountain, and a trompe d’oeil of a pond and garden.
Bring the pond indoors with wall decorations and decals and room décor that creates a garden theme. An indoor garden will add an indoor-outdoor space to your home in the summer and create a winter refuge for the pond gardener.
Tricia Edgar - Tricia Edgar is a gardener, environmental educator, and science writer from the Pacific Northwest.
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