A method for greening side slopes with greening brick cages includes the following steps that restoration is performed, wherein the slope surfaces of the side slopes are finished according to slope ratios, slope heights and flatness of the side slopes, sundries on the slope surfaces are cleaned up, and thus the handled slope surfaces are regular and consistent in slope ratio; meshes are hung, wherein after anchor rods are fixed to the side slopes, the wire meshes are connected with the anchor rods, and the wire meshes are fixed to the side slopes; the cages are hung, the wire mesh brick cages are connected with the anchor rods and the wire meshes so that the wire mesh brick cages can be fixed to the side slopes; borrowed-soil spray-seeding is performed, wherein mixed soil is sprayed in the mesh cages and the wire meshes, and continuous hardened bodies with plant growth matrixes are formed; mixture spraying is sprayed, wherein a mixture made of grass seeds is sprayed onto the mixed soil to form spray-seeding faces; covering is performed, the spray-seeding faces are covered with covering materials. With the method, the side slopes can be effectively greened, borrowed soil can be fixed to the side slopes more firmly, the borrowed soil layers are high in constitutive property, fast greening of the side slopes is achieved, the problem about water and soil loss is solved, and the side slopes have the advantages of being resistant to scouring and landslide, firm, durable and long in greening effect time.