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By embracing vertical gardening and employing integrated seating and storage, this garden provides room for growing, working, and relaxing, while avoiding over-cluttering floor space. Building upwards with waist-high growing beds, a green wall panel, trellis, and two pergolas, the garden envelopes the balcony space to create a sheltered oasis. Brimming with softness and movement, the planting scheme includes ferns, grasses, and perennials that provide year-round interest. This practical and efficient design illustrates how you can use widely available materials to create an elevated outdoor space where the plants are the star of the show. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-silver-medal/icon.webp) Silver Medal Bord Bia Bloom The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![Debbie Brophy](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/debbie-brophy/profile_photo.webp?v=118ca06f-3cd3-4c9f-92c7-036c69834817) Debbie Brophy Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/debbie-brophy) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2890ec40-358c-4613-9eac-9fea2d41d900/conversions/the-master-gardeners-balcony---1-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/35b03f8d-5c88-40c1-a002-b4edc4df78a7/conversions/the-master-gardeners-balcony---3-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7327d749-29de-455a-937a-6616cfef79e6/conversions/the-master-gardeners-balcony---2-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a2d1cc91-dc71-4e97-a20e-d6bf383ff49d/conversions/the-master-gardeners-balcony---4-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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