In recent years, the inhabitants of mega cities are increasingly suffering from a lack of communication with wildlife. If you have the opportunity to arrange on your balcony, winter garden, you are lucky; because the winter garden in an apartment will help you maintain physical and mental health.

Balcony Garden

In order to turn a balcony into the winter garden to make three fundamental operations: glaze it, warmed and made an integral part of the adjoining room. The latter operation is particularly important, and its importance is composed of two aspects.

First: the plant – living creatures and care for them much more like child care, rather than, say, cars. Practice shows that all thoughtful breeders, plants grow best when they are loved, or at least, they are not forgotten.

Second: the winter garden – the construction of a costly, and the more often the owner of the garden will enjoy their child, the greater the moral impact will bring money invested in it.

It seems that the above assumptions can be deduced only one reasonable conclusion: the winter garden should not be in addition to housing, as an integral, organic part, where you’ve talked to are. Simply put, a winter garden should not be separated from the rest of the apartment wall and closed door, it must be part of the room in which you have used to spend most of their lives. In an extreme case, if you wish to create a climate for their plants of tropical rain forest, a winter garden can be separated from the room where you live, transparent glass wall.

In order for a winter garden is really a logical extension and decoration of your home, need materials, which are especially well retaining heat, have a modern appearance. You can use the double wooden frame, frame made of PVC or aluminum.

Wood, being the traditional eco-friendly material, will create the atmosphere of this garden and the freshness of spring woods, and with minimal care, wooden frames will last for years.

Aluminum – is a natural material that does not contain harmful contaminants to humans. Painted enamel powder, it does not change its color for a long time.

Plastic frames are practical and easy to use, have a modern appearance, and for many years will not require additional effort to maintain their shape. Plastic profiles to gain complete steel inserts and rods. In turn, aluminum systems for decorative purposes are sometimes applied PVC lining.

As we see, all these materials have their pluses and minuses. Therefore, modern systems are often combined. The most appropriate option should be considered the use of aluminum alone or in combination with a tree.

In the winter garden on the balcony is also necessary to maintain a constant climate. In other words, temperature, humidity, air circulation and the flux should provide optimal conditions for growth and development of plants in the conservatory. Plants must presence of air conditioning and heating systems.

Thermal insulation of concrete railing balconies carried out by an additional inner lining, which provides a vacuum for the deployment of plate’s heaters or loose insulation. Any insulating material used should be well dried.

Plant composition should be placed in such a way as to ensure the free approach to the blinds. If you provide installation designs for vertical landscaping, access to blinds should also be retained.

How to choose the plants for the winter garden? This will depend entirely on what kind of temperature (the lower value) you’ll be able to provide during the winter. Tropical plants of America, Asia and Africa suggest that the temperature is not lower than 18-24 ° C. If this is not a plant from tropical Asia and Africa, then they need to do constant temperature within 13-18 ° C. The same applies to evergreen subtropical plants in Japan, China, and New Zealand. The same temperature is optimal for the desert plants of Africa and America.