PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for supporting culturing plant and supporting apparatus effectively utilizing spaces set as an access road between cultivation beds. SOLUTION: The method for supporting culturing plants for cultivation environment in which an access road is set along cultivation bed, wherein a supporting member which is connected to the culturing plant, is set as movable or tiltable to the direction crossing to the setting direction of the cultivation beds. The supporting apparatus for the culturing plants comprises a plurality of supporting member installed on both ends of the cultivation bed and connecting to culturing plants, and a moving mechanism which holds both ends of the supporting member and moves to the crossing direction of the setting direction of the cultivation beds. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT