First Steps to accomplish your dream Balcony Garden!!

Begin by thinking if you are you looking for a relaxation area or just privacy from your neighbors? 

Then, evaluate the climate. Check how much sun your balcony gets and for how many hours a day. Will your plants suffer from winds and scorching sunlight?  Sometimes minor remodeling may be needed in order to make the area inviting.

Once you have evaluated the balcony for comfort and safety, you may start looking for plant materials. Spend some time reading, searching for information which focus on container gardening. Choose plants suitable to your site. Air plants are also well suit for gardening in a limited space.

Container gardening often is the easiest solution. Pots and planter boxes come in many shapes and sizes, take up little space, and are movable and easily maintained. 

Plant the perennials in large wooden planters. The larger the soil volume, the more success you will have at over wintering your plants. 
If you live in any northern city try to avoid small containers as well as plastic or terra cotta that may crack when the water you apply in the winter freezes.

When spring starts, move containers to their permanent location, remove the mulch and water regularly. Vegetables, herbs, roses and even dwarf fruit trees can be grown this way. 

The plants in an outdoor balcony will usually be enjoyed indoors as well, so be sure to plant eye-catching displays where they can be viewed through glass doors. For example, miniature conifers in a wooden trough offer year-round viewing pleasure. Clematis trained up a permanent trellis does wonders to disguise an unsightly view.

Try grandiflora petunias, graced by big, bright flowers, or compact salvias with red blossoms on strong, stocky spikes. Even a shady position still provides a multitude of choices. Experiment with shade lovers including climbing or trailing ivies; year-round, evergreen plants such as boxwood; and annuals like impatiens or browallia to brighten sheltered areas.

One popular way to display a variety of plants in a small space is the "three-tier" design. Upright plants are used against a wall or trellis, or as the centerpiece in a planter box to add height. Bushy, medium-height plants fill in the bulk of the container. The planter boxes come with a lot of sizes and shapes and also bowl which are suitable for shallow rooted plants materials. Trailing plants placed on the edges of the planter tumble over the sides softening the composition.

Balconies have been transformed into the "gardens" for thousands of apartments around the world, just: Try it!!.