With several of our last interior design projects being condo interiors, we wanted to share with our Twilly & Fig readers some interesting concepts we’ve presented for condo balcony designs. With condo interiors extending to balconies, the introduction of vertical gardens for condo balconies improves the entire aesthetic.
Clients report a vast improvement in their moods. After all, plants produce much-needed oxygen and alter our moods. So what better way to enhance your mood than to possibly grow some cooking herbs and get a nice aroma while chilling out on your condo balcony or even opening the doors to let the aroma in?
Below, you’ll find some green garden walls. Check your condo bylaws before drilling or considering an attached vertical wall garden. Then, seamlessly combine nature and modern design, suitable for your bylaws or condo rules.
Vertical garden walls can include moss, grass, plants, mobile green walls alone, or other materials. The possibilities of creating compositions from panels are endless. They can be used as artistic pieces such as paintings, or an entire wall can be changed to a green surface.
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What are the health benefits of garden walls?
According to NASA, plants filter toxins and improve air quality. Besides turning carbon dioxide into oxygen, live plants absorb harmful VOCs, formaldehyde, and benzene, which are off-gassed by fabrics, home fragrance products, rugs, cigarettes, and plastic.
The Coolest Vertical Walls In The World For Interiors or Condo & Apartment Balconies
1. One Type of Greenery Mixed With Hard Surfaces Creates a Wallpaper Effect.
Vertical garden walls look fantastic mixed with hard surfaces such as tile, granite, and marble. For most condo balconies, this same look can be achieved either attached or free-standing.
2. Half Wall Vertical Wall Gardens With Artificial Plants.
We are lovers of green interiors, so we encourage you to create vertical gardens with moss and plants in your homes and workplaces. In the restaurant Dare, the commercial interior designer installed faux plant material on a two-inch by two-inch black wire panel. Depending on the location, this same concept can work for condo balconies. Of course, wind, the height of the condo, and the bylaws dictate.
3. Shapes Used As Room Dividers Filled With Moss & Succulents.
A great solution for commercial spaces is to use squares, circles, or other shapes in a pattern to create an amazing wallpaper effect on a vertical garden wall that can serve as a screen or room divider.
Monamour Natural Design in Casa Decor 2012 / Madrid – “Screen Divider,” The Nature Collection / Vertical garden with preserved plants designed by Claudia Bono
4. Floating Shapes With Moss.
I love this architectural floating suspended maintenance-free moss vertical wall garden. It was created by Monamour Natural Design’s General Director, Denis Broduriès, a French entrepreneur who pioneered the introduction in Spain of vertical gardens and organic elements without indoor maintenance.
The Chief Designer and Creative Director, Claudia Bonollo, is an artist and architect with a deep interest in research and constant innovation. This would be a great way to divide condo balcony spaces.
5. Geometrical Wooden Moss Garden Room Divider.
Commercially or in residential design projects, the visual separation with a maintenance-free garden wall is exciting. It can be much less costly than a typical construction build-out.
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6. Convert A Bookshelf To A DIY Vertical Garden.
Applying a DIY vertical garden is quite easy if you have an old bookshelf or shape to use as the base. This is typically the easiest way around condo bylaws. However some condo associations have identified the bookcase as “furniture” so be cautious and check your condo rules before getting too involved with this method.
7. Exterior Vertical Garden Wall Ideas.
My dream exterior real vertical garden wall! Seriously, this is the lushest garden wall I’ve seen yet! Not one for condo balconies, but the concept and look could work.
Vertical Garden Ideas for Balcony
8. Linear Architectural Garden Wall w/ Built-In Seating.
One of the most practical garden walls I’ve discovered is this beautiful contemporary linear garden wall with built-in benches. Truly this is one of my favorite concepts for condo balconies.
9. Lush Greenery Indoor Plants On a Mid-Century Modern Style Garden Wall.
While this garden wall may look easy to maintain, all plants require watering. The mechanics behind it are essential. This one could be replicated with high quality luxurious faux plants.
10. Indoor or Outdoor Vertical Herb Garden Wall for Condo Balcony.
Lighting is essential for any indoor or outdoor vertical garden. It is a great way to decorate your home and could also be efficient for kitchens or mudrooms. It adds life inside the house and serves a purpose greater than design.
Herbs are one of the Earth’s most natural resources for your health and digestion. Herbs would require a little more maintenance but still would be relatively simple and ideal for any kitchen or other room. It could be as short or tall as you’d like and add great color to an otherwise simple kitchen.
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11. Large Scaled Outdoor Wall Garden.
Outdoor wall gardens are perfect for privacy and visual appearances and are by far the easiest to maintain. Most often, hotels and condo homeowners associations create large-scale outdoor wall gardens. We strongly advise consulting a gardener or landscape architect in your region to ensure you’re investing in plant materials that grow well and are easily maintained in a walled garden. Otherwise vertical wall gardens can be expensive and disappointing.
12. Exterior Wall Gardens Create Beautiful Architectural Facades.
Separating sidewalks from cafes or applying a fence on the front of the house may not be ideal, but adding greenery fences or architectural barrier facades can be the perfect division between you and your neighbors.
Mirrors and other elements make a backyard or loggia much more interesting than a gate, fence, or other typical privacy solutions. If you’re interested in our ideas for your home, click here to schedule a complimentary exterior design appointment with one of our Dallas designers.
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14. Eye-Catching Vertical Hanging Home Gardens Beautify Any Plain Wall
Most people love to have lawns and gardens in their homes, but they do not like to maintain or take care of them. The costs can be out of control, and there’s always a better way. People either love gardening or despise it. As long as the garden wall’s construction is good and plant maintenance functionality is incorporated, your vertical wall garden can care for itself. Homemade by Caroma does a great job showcasing easy-hanging garden ideas. The Spruce also has some great hanging garden ideas.
15. Bathroom Succulent Wall Garden
A succulent wall planter could have endless blossoms, cacti, and colors to act as living artwork within the home. Succulents are easy to maintain and do not require much water, so there will not be too much mess. I love this beautiful, easy-to-maintain succulent wall garden behind this freestanding master bathroom spa-like tub. We considered several options such as vertical gardens for a recent spa like primary bathroom renovation.
16. Reduce Sound Bounce | Mixed Sheet Moss & Reindeer Moss Garden Wall
In open spaces, bouncing sounds can make a room feel hollow, empty, and miserable. Using materials such as wood or, in this case, sheet moss and reindeer moss significantly reduces the sound bounce.
As urbanites get more isolated from the natural world, their desire to maintain some connection has inspired creative new interior design ideas like moss walls to fill their needs. Moss walls are a beautiful, relatively low-maintenance way to bring beautiful nature into your home.
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17. Shaped Shurbery Modern Garden Walls
Romantic and visually stunning, shaped shrubbery garden walls are always sophisticated touches on a home’s exterior. Instantly speaking, manicured, this lovely heart-shaped tree shrubbery is stunning.
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Start with a string garden trellis by using string garden wires. Instead of wood or iron, you can use strings for the plants to grow on. The Palm Beach Florida region has some of the best and most luxurious shaped garden shrubbery in the US, but we’ll save our Palm Beach pics for another day.
18. Use Garden Trellises To Create Artistic Shapes
19. Bamboo Trees & Privacy Tree Ideas | Rooftop Garden Ideas
Extend the height of your home’s privacy walls with trees. Bamboo trees can be costly at first, but they grow fast and tall for maximum privacy and are easy to shape.
Yes, they can drop leaves, so be prepared for a bit of cleanup, but the architectural look and benefits to your health are worth it. These bamboo trees’ ideas are on a rooftop garden. You can imagine the rooftop aesthetics without the trees, mahogany flooring, and planter hiding the pots.
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20. Small Balcony Garden Ideas For Small Apartments
On most balconies, there is no space for plants in pots. Depending on your condominium association bylaws or rules, a walled garden can be a beautiful asset to your balcony and save space. Outdoor vertical balcony gardens can be functional and practical. Most balconies can quickly grow herbs for cooking, succulents, or valuable plants such as aloe that heal various ailments, including burns or sunburns. But others have almost no space. Cactus can be a fun way to get the architectural feel of plants and provide interest.
21. Small Balcony Rail Gardens.
Rail gardens are the easiest and most common throughout Europe, but sometimes, they are not permitted by some bylaws.

What Things To Consider Before Creating a Vertical Garden Wall?
When creating a wall or vertical garden, consider how much sun and water the plant will need. Lower-maintenance plants such as succulents, ferns, and low-ground covers are good candidates. Consider the plants’ structure, how they will be watered, and how often they need to be watered.
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These vertical garden ideas are perfect for adding greenery to compact condo balconies! Thanks for the inspiration and practical tips to create a lush urban oasis.