There’s really not much room to plant here. Soil surfaces are small, so there’s no way to create depth or layering in the planting areas. No worry – these gardeners just used the adjacent walls as additional garden space.
In the shady alley, a collection of hostas trims the interface between wall and ground. That’s it for the planting bed. The pots attached to the walls take over from there, adding color, pattern and interest.
The sunny front garden swaps out the hostas for lavender and bearded iris, then uses vines and climbing roses to transform the wall into a vertical flowering garden. A few geraniums stuck in an old stone pot add summer color and bring the eye back to the ground.