Divide Rooms With A Plant Wall!

I wish I had a green thumb. My grandmother could grow anything just about anywhere. She would till the soil and build elaborate cages for her veggies. But sadly, I didn’t inherit her genes. I have started plants from seeds and cuttings, and I’ve purchased exotic flowering plants, only to watch them inevitably wither away and die. My mother suggested that I grow philodendrons because, well, anybody can grow them, even me!

That’s why my house and offices are stuffed with philodendrons. I’ve taken clippings from them and started literally dozens of plants — and they survived, and even thrived. They just keep growing and growing until I run out of places to wrap their long vines. One day as I looked at them collecting cobwebs and dust as they clustered on the floor, I took one vine and wrapped it over the beam in my kitchen.

Then I made simple pot holders out of twine and hung them from the beam (if you don’t have open beams, you could use wood or metal poles too) to get the pots off of the banister.

With each of the philodendrons, I looped the vines over the beam and found that it created a beautiful divider between my kitchen and my living room. They grew so quickly that I kept wrapping them around the beam until it filled in with gorgeous leaves. It was quick and simple! And, I like the way the light filters through this living wall.