“There are restrictions in buildings as far as how much weight a balcony can hold structurally,” says Betsy Helmuth, interior ...

Container gardening is the most popular way to create a garden on your apartment balcony. Containers come in various sizes, ...

I remembered a reader’s comment sometime back that this column never addresses balcony gardens. What can he plant in his high-rise apartment? Evidence that many people share this gentleman’s ...

wrap around balcony with flowers that drip over the sides, climbers up the walls, and heaps of small trees and shrubs that provide screening and food. This sky-high garden has made apartment ...

or just use vertical shelves on the left and right of your balcony, and hanging plants from the ceiling. Haidar explains that especially in a rented apartment, building the vertical gardens should ...

“It feels like a garden oasis,” Sandy says ... my upstairs neighbors don’t have animals that pee on the balcony, [and] my apartment maintenance team said they loved my balcony and would ...