If you havent heard about edible gardens yet, you soon will. Edible gardens are expected to be one of the biggest gardening trends of 2010. According to The National Gardening Association, the number of edible gardens in the country has risen 20% in the past year.

According to The Garden Media Group’s trends report for 2010, edible gardens are expected to be an even greater hit in 2010. Economic worries, according to experts, have some people turning to edible gardens to trim grocery costs. As well, increasing concerns over healthy eating have many turning to organic foods, and edible gardens are a great way to get organic food for less.

Edible gardens vary from large raised beds of vegetables to full orchards to small pots of herbs on the kitchen counter. A great middle-of-the-road idea is a green wall or wall garden filled with edible plants. Living walls let you plant more edible foods and larger edible foods than a small herb potager or flowerpot.

With green walls, you can plant tomatoes, herbs, strawberries, fruits, vegetables, and more. You can grow enough to have a real meal. Unlike other types of edible gardens, edible green walls also dont take up much space. If you can find an empty wall in your home, you can grow a wall garden.

There are a few ways to develop green wall gardens. You can invite a carpenter into your home to build a complex system of containers along a wall. You can also purchase a product such as Woolly Wallys. Woolly Wallys are pouches which hold your plants and soil. These pouches can be hung up on a wall to form a large green wall full of edible plants or anything you like.

Woolly Wallys are a very cost-effective way of creating a wall garden in your home and they make growing herbs, fruits, and vegetables simpler, since the pockets expand as your plants grow, so you dont have to worry about repotting. Breathable fabric also makes Woolly Wallys unique and ensures that your foods wont experience root rot as easily.

If youre excited about starting green walls or modular living walls of edible foods in your home, start by looking for spaces where you can create green walls. If you are using Woolly Wallys, your options are fairly flexible, since you can choose to plant a few pockets or several, depending on the space you have available.

When looking for areas for your green walls, consider where you get the most sunlight. Walls with plenty of sunlight are often best for green walls and edible gardens, since your food will grow great with more sunshine. Take a close look at your kitchen as a site for a green wall or two. If you place your edible wall garden in your kitchen, your ingredients will literally be just a quick reach away when youre cooking up dinner.