24 Space-Saving Balcony Hanging Planter Ideas

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Amp up the glamor of your small urban balcony with these space-saving Balcony Hanging Planter Ideas we have here.

If you live in an apartment, don’t let the small size of your balcony prevent you from growing plants. With these Balcony Hanging Planter Ideas, you can multiply your space and have more plants.

Here are some of the best balcony garden ideas you can use


Balcony Hanging Planter Ideas

1. Rainbow Garden Wall

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With some wall planter hooks, you can copy this idea to your balcony, patio, or deck garden.

2. Suspended Hanging Planters

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Using the help of wired hooks on the railing, you can hang pots on the outside, giving your balcony a unique look.

3. Colorful Succulent Garden on a Railing

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A rectangular metal box housing the plants of your choice in different colorful pots will be a great addition to an urban garden.

4. Mini Hanging Buckets

Balcony railings are the best spots to hang pots, and what could be better than to add colorful mini buckets to grow annual flowers!

Check out more balcony railing planter ideas here

5. A Hanging Jungle!

If you are someone who likes ‘the more the merrier’ concept, then you’re going to love this hanging jungle on your balcony!

6. Vertical Vegetable Garden

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You can hang pots on a pallet to create a vegetable garden on your balcony. We found the idea here.

7. Hanging Plants With a City View

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Enjoy the panoramic view of the city with the beauty of hanging plants on the frame.

Check out some classic hanging basket ideas here

8. Hanging Grow Bags

You don’t always have to use hanging pots to grow plants. Use grow bags like these to plant them!

9. Urban Green Sit-out

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Convert your city balcony into a plant place to unwind where you could have a private time with yourself, surrounded by greenery!

10. Colorful Planters

Add a green touch to the look of your balcony by growing plants in different colored planters and hanging them to the railings and ceiling!

11. Hanging Planters on Wooden Slabs

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Tuck some painted metal pots on hanging wooden slabs as shown in the image–It’s a perfect balcony hanging planter idea to follow.

12. Multiple Hanging Pots

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These balcony hanging planters can be used to grow herbs and annuals. A perfect spacing-saving solution for a small balcony garden.

13. Hanging Plant Oasis

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If you want to grow so many plants in little space, this idea is for you.

Check out the best wall hanging plant decor ideas here

14. Hanging Balcony Flowers

If you’ve got south or west-facing balcony where sunlight is optimum, you can create a balcony flower garden like this.

15. Vertical Hanging Wooden Balcony Garden

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Grow the plants of your choice in a vertical balcony garden like this one. Find a step-by-step tutorial here.

16. Window Box Garden

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Amp up the glamor of your balcony with windowboxes and railing planters.

17. A Relaxing Space

You can have hanging plants on your balcony to utilize the vertical space.

18. A Flower-Ful Balcony Railing

If you have a small balcony like this one, you can transform it into flowering plants like petunias.

19. Flowers in Soda Cans

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What could be more beautiful than to cover a large empty wall with hanging soda cans by chains and growing flowers in them!

Find out some brilliant DIY soda can ideas here

20. Golden Hanging Light Globes

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These light globes can also double up as planters, where you could use faux vining plants to deck up the space.

21. Go the Macrame Way

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It’s always fun when you can make your plant hanger, and macrame is one of the best ways to do it! They are also easy to make and look stunning.

22. Succulents in Cute Wooden Boxes

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These wooden hanging boxes are great for displaying colorful succulents on the railing of a balcony. Save space and go green!

23. Mini Planters on a Metal Mesh 

Install a metal mesh on the balcony, hang mini pots, and grow your favorite plants.

24. Hanging Petunias

Give your entrance a floral makeover by hanging flower baskets and ferns from the balcony and front porch.

Check out some stunning front porch flower pot ideas here

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