Preparing Your Tower Gardens for a Hurricane

My friend Beth Bechir's "Tropical Gardens - Salty Greens" safely riding out a hurricane on her lanai. Follow her beachside growing adventures on TikTok and YouTube!

One of the many, many advantages to growing Tower Gardens is that your hard-earned summer garden won’t be wiped out by a 🌀hurricane. Keeping reading for some helpful tips!

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Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane. - Tom Feeney

🌀 In the path? If you're in the path of the hurricane, move your Tower Garden to a safe place indoors. A covered porch, lanai, or garage are all good choices.

🌀 No space? Remove the plants and put them in your bathtub with an inch of water.

🌀 Strong winds? I like to use zip ties to tie the top down to the base using the pre-drilled holes. Fill the base with water to provide extra weight. Twenty gallons of water weighs 180 pounds!

🌀 Dolly: Don't let your dolly take your Tower Garden for a ride! To avoid your Tower Garden moving around, take the Tower Garden off the dolly, or secure the dolly with a rope.

🌀 Pre-hurricane: fill up a couple of buckets or containers with water to have on hand in case you lose water access after the hurricane. You can hand water from the top.

🌀 Post-hurricane: if you have a generator plug in your Tower Garden and run it a few minutes every hour. Unplug the timer, as it draws excess electricity, and is not necessary to use in this situation.

Here's my pretty little green bean Tower Garden before the hurricane.

I filled the base up with water and left it outside, and brought the top indoors to ride out the storm. Don't forget the extension cords and the timer!

May you and your Tower Gardens stay safe!