Gardening up high with our
Garden bed Inalto
+ INALTOs are practical space-saving marvels, multifunctional as privacy protection, self-sufficiency providers or a snack garden, and with the continuous planting surface even offering deep-rooted plant such as potatoes a good home.
+ quick, easy & intuitive assembly
+ high-quality material guarantees longevity & sustainability: if necessary, individual parts can be easily exchanged and replaced even after several years of use
+ Our regional Lake Constance Douglas fir is resistant to weather and environmental influences and is naturally fungus and insect resistant.
+ No waste: The Douglas fir can be easily composted at the end of its life if left unpainted.
+ 1.5 mm thick German quality steel. The steel is 100% recyclable and can be returned to the material cycle.
Tips for your Inalto
from our innovation partner
"Das Gartenfräulein"
Silvia Appel is well-known as the “Gartenfräulein” or “Garden Lady”. In her blog of the same name, she has been writing for more than four years about garden and balcony lifestyle themes.
The Garden Lady uses helpful tips, DIY information and plenty of inspiration to encourage her readers to get gardening. She has even won a prize for it – the prize for the best gardening blog at the Schloss Dennenlohe Garden Book Prize. Silvia Appel
lives and gardens in Munich. She has made her hobby into her profession and is an active blogger, author, speaker, and online shop operator. Silvia Appel has been supporting bellissa as an innovation partner and consultant since 2021.
Tip 1: Less is more
The INALTO troughs provide plenty of space, but especially at the start of the garden and balcony season it’s easy to be tempted to put the still very delicate young plants close together. They are still very small and it looks quite bare in the first few months. What you need now is patience.
It is important when planting to know the size of the fully grown vegetables, herbs and flowers. Planting them too close together is unfortunately not productive, as the plants will not develop well in the long term and strive against each other.
Tip 2: Things need to fit together
Only plant those plants together that have similar requirements when it comes to nutrients, water and light. To take an example: Only combine Mediterranean herbs such as lavender, sage and thyme, do not mix these with kitchen herbs such as parsley and chives. The first like poor, dry soil, the others like a lot more water and a bit of a feed throughout the year.
Tip 3: Choose the perfect compost
There is a wide range of different composts on offer in the garden centre. Not all of them are necessary to get a lavish harvest. A rich organic universal compost and a herb compost will get you through the garden year in style. Universal or vegetable compost can also be used for flowering plants.
Tip 4: Small vegetables are the next big thing
There are now fantastic varieties which have been specially developed for vertical
beds such as the INALTO. Bush tomatoes, for example, will remain small and compact
and yet still set a lot of fruit. They won’t need side shoot removal and need no support rods, as they only grow to a height of between 30-70 cm. There are also small varieties of peppers.
Tip 5: Get in the corners
The corners of the individual INALTO Troughs are ideal for hanging plants such as nasturtiums, wild tomatoes such as currant tomatoes or trailing strawberries. The top two boxes are excellent choices, offering the plants plenty of space to extend downwards.
Tip 6: Don’t forget to feed
By mid-June at the latest, you should start feeding vegetables. Especially plants with a high nutrient requirement such as tomatoes, chillies or small paprika need additional feed throughout the summer in order to set plenty of fruit. Take care: not all fertilisers can be used with galvanised steel. Sulphur in fertilisers, for example, will have a chemical reaction with the steel.
Tip 7: Let variety rule
What about planting a whole trough with basil?! There is such a wide range available:
lemon basil, Greek bush basil, African Blue, Thai basil, and so much more. It’s so much fun to plant fresh herbs and enjoy the wide variety of flavours! Visually herbs can be quite impressive too. There are variegated sages, such as for example Tricolor or pale green golden sage.
Recommended filling
1. Drainage
used as a bottom laye
2. Nutrition layer
As a second layer, grass cuttings, chopped leaf mould or compost should follow, to provide the bed with nourishment
3. Planting layer
This should be topped off with a layer of garden or flower compost
Sunny site
Planting suggestions
Example 92700 INALTO M4
From top to bottom
Trough 1:
Lemon thyme, sage, rosemary, lavender
Trough 2:
Bush tomatoes such as Bogus Fruchta, Balkonstar, Fuzzy Wuzzy
Trough 3:
Genovese basil, lemon basil, red basil, nasturtiums in the corner
Alternatively: 3-4 strawberry plants
Trough 4:
Picking salads, Asian salads, parsley, spinach
There is room between for edible flowering plants such as marigolds, cosmos or pansies. The flowers of the herbs are also edible. In autumn, after you have harvested the majority of the annual plants, you can plant spring bulbs such as tulips, grape hyacinths or snowdrops.
Semi-shady site
Planting suggestions
Example 92700 INALTO M4
From top to bottom
Trough 1:
Flat-leaf parsley, chives, coriander
Trough 2:
Spinach, radishes
Trough 3:
Wild strawberries
Trough 4:
Picking salads, Asian salads, rocket, spinach
In order to grow vegetables in semishade / shade successfully, it is important to put them in the brightest spot on the balcony and not banish them into the darkest corner. If the balcony or patio is almost completely in the shade, it will be rather difficult to grow edible plants.
It also depends on the surroundings of the balcony: if it is in a warm, protected location
in the inner city, you can cultivate the occasional vegetable. It’s important not to become discouraged!
What you should avoid
It is best not to add mint to a trough or plant container. It has a tendency to extreme spread and to grab all space and nourishment for itself.
Inalto
Simple construction
Watch our assembly video for our Inalto M4 now.
Assembly is quick, easy & intuitive.
Available in four sizes:
INALTO M4
+ half-height privacy protection
+ suitable for the balcony
+ intuitive assembly
+ Lake Constance Douglas fir
+ Made in Germany
INALTO M8
+ half-height privacy protection
+ plantable on both sides
+ intuitive assembly
+ Lake Constance Douglas fir
+ Made in Germany
INALTO L8
+ perfect privacy protection from neighbours
+ intuitive assembly
+ Lake Constance Douglas fir
+ Made in Germany
INALTO L16
+ perfect privacy protection from neighbours
+ plantable on both sides
+ intuitive assembly
+ Lake Constance Douglas fir
+ Made in Germany
Also available as a wall garden:
INALTO S3
Green instead Grey: A great idea for all who do not have a garden but would like to bring a little more green into their lives than the usual potted plants
+ back-friendly working at the perfect height for you
+ bubble membrane is included to protect your wall
+ easy assembly & installation
+ durable and weatherproof
+ Made in Germany