The Green Apartment

Adding some green to your apartment is an exciting experience and a great opportunity to harmonize your living space and organize a cozy green area that simulates a bit of the outdoors and it relaxes you all at the same time.
However, plants do not only decorate the house, but also purify and humidify the air space; green color beneficially effects the nervous system and relieves stress.

There are numerous ways to add green to your apartment and they are easy to implement in your home so that you can easily hide from the concrete jungle in a green wonderland of your own. What’s more, home landscaping is a fascinating process which allows you to realize your creative abilities and where you receive a lot of good feelings once you’re surrounded by you indoor nature creation.

Grow herbs and spices
Of course, the ideal diet should include fresh herbs, but in winter the choice is not particularly large: you still can easily find the parsley, cilantro and dill, but, for example, basil, thyme, mint, oregano, rosemary and other herbs are often sold dried. But why should you depend on weather conditions if you can grow everything at home?
First, fresh herbs will always be on hand, and second, know that it’s very affordable to have an active indoor herb garden. Third, it is nutritionally useful, because it maximizes the availability of natural vitamins and minerals – those necessary substances for the body in their freshest form. And fourth, aromatic herbs on the window sill will be a piece of summer regardless of what the weather’s like outside.
Many herbs are used not only in cooking. Aromatic herbs in fresh and dried form can be added to the bath – for example, lavender, peppermint, chamomile, sage or verbena; you can make a sachet of dried herbs to put in the closet to give clothes a pleasant aroma; you can make a face mask with herbs or rinse hair with a decoction of chamomile, sage and nettle.

Grow fruits and vegetables in containers
Perhaps winter mini-garden on the window sill wouldn’t solve the food problem in a particular family, but certainly would be a great example where you can combine business with pleasure. And it will surely add charm to your decor!
In fact, if you grow some potted plants, why not to make them useful and delicious? The list of plants that are easy to grow in an apartment is large enough: both greens of all sorts and salads, cucumbers and tomatoes and even citrus trees.

Amazing succulents and cacti
Succulents are always chic and in vogue. The variety of styles and colours works even for people with the biggest design ambitions. They are lovely, cheap and easy to keep. Currently it is very popular to make mini-gardens with succulents and cacti.
Plants bring natural beauty and vitality into any living place. With its “juicy” leaves and stems, succulents do not require special care and look great both singly and as companions to other plant families.
Their best feature is that even an inexperienced grower can plant and grow them. In addition, they live well with each other, so you can plant different types of succulents and cacti together and combine them with other plants to create delightful compositions.
Easy to clean and beautiful to admire, succulents can nevertheless have a significant impact on the design of the interior. Using succulents of varying height and shape of leaves, you can give the room visual interest and unusual structure. And thanks to the ability to survive in the toughest conditions, these plants are often used to decorate not only the window sills, but also uncomfortable corners of rooms and even the ceiling beams.