As more and more people give up living in large houses with gardens and swap them for apartment living, many of them refuse to give up their gardening lifestyles.

Urban people are growing their vegetables and flowers in container gardens, on their balconies.

Bev Worsley does just this because she wanted to maintain her organic diet. She doesn’t want to compromise on the quality of her food so she made certain her new apartment had a container garden installed when it was built. She will continue to grow her herbs and vegetables.

“Just because I am moving into the city does not mean I want to give up on good, healthy eating,” she says. “I am not giving up on my lifestyle.”

With urban gardens they are smaller which is better for finding problems quicker and easier. So fungal infections that are more common in these container gardens are not allowed to spread and cause havoc.

“In an urban garden, you are always up-close and personal with your plants.”