This post shows you garden ideas that are practical, yet cute for a mobile home!
Living in a mobile home presents its challenges, especially when it comes to starting a garden.
Not only are you living in a community space, but poor soil quality and the transient nature of mobile living can quickly delay garden plans.
Instead of getting frustrated with your environment, embrace it with container gardening.
Container gardens are not only a solution to these obstacles but also make gardening a possible option for anyone living in non-traditional spaces!
Why You Should Consider Mobile Home Container Garden Ideas
- Get to know your space! Container gardening allows you to make the most of limited space by utilizing vertical space, raised beds, hanging baskets, and strategically placing pots on patios, balconies, or even indoors.
- Control what’s in your soil. With container gardening, you have complete control over the soil composition, ensuring optimal growing conditions for your plants regardless of the quality of the soil in your surroundings.
- Take your precious pots with you! Containers are light, making them ideal for mobile home dwellers who may need to move frequently. Also, you can take pots with you wherever you go, with no major interruptions in your gardening activities.
Here are 15 mobile home garden ideas to upgrade your space
1. Build a whimsical entrance
Looking to grow food in your space? Install a trellis or build an arch arbor made from branches and sticks.
Train climbing vegetables like cucumbers, beans, or peas to grow vertically. You’re saving space and improving air circulation.
Additionally, mix in climbing roses and fairy lights for a feminine and whimsical effect!
Tip: Be sure to choose a sturdy trellis design that can support the weight of mature plants and fruit.
2. Start a raised bed vegetable garden
Build wooden raised beds on wheels or casters. This allows you to move them around to optimize sunlight exposure or protect plants from harsh weather.
You can also simulate raised beds with 5-gallon buckets or large storage totes with room for companion plants. I’ve even seen plastic kiddie pools reused! When it comes to mobile home garden ideas, the opportunities are limitless.
Tip: Add handles to the sides of the raised beds for easier mobility.
3. Add window boxes
Maximize sunlight exposure by installing window boxes filled with stunning flowers or aromatic herbs.
Choose a variety of culinary herbs like rosemary, thyme, and chives to grow within arm’s reach of your kitchen or bright flowers for a dose of cheer.
These window box gardens not only enhance the exterior of your mobile home but also provide convenient access to fresh herbs for cooking and garnishing.
Tip: Herbs are great companion plants for keeping pests away during the summer months!
4. Go vertical with herbs
Save space and gain max sunlight by attaching pots to nearby outdoors structures. This can be porch railings, trees branches, or walls.
Herbs are fun since they can be grown in kitchen windows or from simple containers on a small patio or railing.
When you’re ready for harvest, utilize vertical space by hanging a series of herbs from a sturdy railing or trellis to dry.
Or pick them fresh as you go!
Tip: To keep your herbs growing all year, pluck them often to encourage the production of new leaves!
5. Stack a milk crate garden
Create a tiered garden using stacked milk crates of varying sizes, allowing you to grow different plants on each level.
Or construct a spiral-shaped herb garden using stacked stones or bricks.
Plant a variety of herbs at different levels to create a visually striking and functional garden feature.
Tip: Place larger, sun-loving plants at the top and smaller, shade-tolerant plants at the bottom to maximize sunlight exposure for all.
6. Create an upcycled bicycle display
If most of your garden decor is upcycled, use a repurposed outdoor item as a planter for a unique look!
Hang mini pots to give your mobile home garden a rustic and rural effect.
Additionally, for a more striking display, choose a foliage plant, like tradescantia, that comes in extremely pretty shades of purple, red, and pink bold colors on the leaves!
Tip: Before going to big-box retailers, shop for second-hand items to create the most interesting, eclectic, and inexpensive plant displays!
7. Create a pallet herb garden
Repurpose an old wooden pallet as a vertical garden in several ways. Use it to elevate container plants off the ground to ensure air circulation.
Or try attaching small pots or planting pockets to the slats. Paint the wood a single color or different colors for fun.
You can even use the pallet as a planter itself to grow plants with shallow roots, such as herbs.
Be sure that you only use pallets marked with HT for heat-treated if growing food.
Tip: Line the back of the pallet with landscape fabric to prevent soil from spilling, while still allowing for drainage.
8. Let the strawberries grow wild
You can grow strawberry plants from your porch or balcony railing, in a bucket, old gutters, or the ground.
I think the best way is to hang baskets from your porch or balcony railing to save space and enjoy a continuous harvest of sweet, juicy tomatoes all summer long.
Tip: Protect ripening strawberries from birds by covering the baskets with lightweight netting.
9. Hanging or tower plant displays
Hang a series of graduated pots to create a stunning display of colorful flowers like petunias, marigolds, and pansies for a stunning visual impact.
Construct vertical towers using wire mesh or stacked pots and plant them with trailing flowers like petunias or lobelia for a stunning floral display.
Tip: Water the towers from the top to ensure even moisture distribution throughout.
10. Grow easy compact fruit trees
Instead of smaller varieties, go big with fruit trees like citrus or apple in large containers on your patio or deck, providing fresh fruit without taking up too much space.
Go with a selection of dwarf citrus trees in containers, including lemons, limes, and oranges, for fresh citrus fruit and aromatic leaves.
Tip: Prune fruit trees regularly to maintain a manageable size and encourage fruit production.
11. Enhance a water feature
If you have an above-ground pool, take this chance to do some landscaping. Grow plants around the perimeter for a beautiful grand display.
Create a small pond feature using a large container or barrel, adding aquatic plants like water lilies.
Tip: Install a small fountain or pump to keep the water circulating and prevent stagnation.
12. Go natural with a pollinator wild garden
Plant a variety of flowers, herbs, and shrubs that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies.
This helps to support local ecosystems and increase garden productivity.
Go for easy and drought-tolerant varieties that thrive in poor soil, and see what can enhance the environment of what you already have.
Tip: Include a mix of native plants to attract a diverse range of pollinators.
13. Build a screen-in porch greenhouse
Greenhouses are the perfect solution to gardening year around, especially in harsh weather environments! Invest in a small plastic contraption or make your structure tailored for your home.
Grab some plastic sheeting and PVC piping for a DIY greenhouse.
You would be surprised at how easy a small attachment can be!
Tip: Start simple with a mix of lettuce, spinach, arugula, and other salad greens in a large shallow container to create a vibrant and edible salad bowl garden.
14. Succulent Wall Art
Create a living work of art by arranging succulents in a vertical planter or frame. Form a wreath frame using wire or a moss-filled base and then adorn it with an array of colorful succulents.
Hang the wreath on your front door, balcony, or indoor wall to add a unique and low-maintenance botanical accent to your home.
Tip: Choose a mix of succulent varieties with similar care requirements to ensure they thrive together.
15. Curate a shade-loving sanctuary
Create a tranquil retreat in a shady corner of your mobile home garden with containers filled with shade-loving plants like hostas, ferns, and impatiens.
As you can see, this is a perfect way to take advantage of nearby trees, thick bush foliage, or high grasses.
Tip: You won’t have luck much growing vegetables in the shade, although this is a perfect environment if you love growing greens.
Final Thoughts
This post has shown you mobile home garden ideas to try in your space! It doesn’t matter if you’re on the go – container gardening is an accessible activity anyone can do. The next time you find yourself camping out for a while, combine your living areas with nature and ground your mobile space with a garden!
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