You really want to have fresh herbs for cooking, but you don’t have a big garden. Don’t worry! These nine smart vertical herb garden ideas show you how to grow herbs in a small space.
Hanging Shelves with Terra-Cotta Pots
This easy and cool project by HomeMade Modern is a great way to make a vertical herb garden. They drill holes in cheap pine boards to fit the pots, then hang them up with rope and zip ties.
Upcycled Metal Ammunition-Box Herb Garden
Ryan Benoit from The Horticult made this cool project by using old metal ammunition boxes. He hangs them from chains and plants herbs inside. You can do something similar by using old metal mailboxes or file boxes. Just drill holes in the sides and attach them to chains with bolts.
Repurposed Spice Rack Herb Garden
Chris McLaughlin, a garden writer from Laughing Crow & Co, got creative with an inexpensive white wire spice rack she found at a yard sale for three dollars. She turned it into a vertical herb planter. You can learn more about this and her other vertical gardening ideas in her book, Vertical Vegetable Gardening (Alpha Books).
Repurposed Hanging File-Organizer Garden
You can use office supplies in creative ways for planting, like in this cute vertical veggie garden made from a hanging file organizer by Inspired by Charm. The wire compartments are lined with hanging basket liners, making them perfect for planting herbs. You can find more about this simple and stunning project on Inspired by Charm.
Wall-Mounted Pipe-and-Metal Hanging Planters
These cool planters were inspired by Erin Hatzis’ blog. She used metal trough planters, but you can achieve a similar look by using small sections of galvanized gutters hung with natural sisal rope. You can find these materials at a local home improvement store, where you might also get galvanized pipe to hang your planters.
Hanging Shoe-Organizer Garden
Here’s an easy and cheap way to make a vertical garden from Farm and Foundry. Take that canvas pocket organizer meant for your shoes and turn it into a cool living wall planter. It gives your wall a fancy look without spending too much.
Freestanding Hanging Gutter Herb Planter
If you want to plant upwards but don’t have a wall, don’t worry! Her Tool Belt has a solution with this cute DIY hanging gutter herb planter. Colorful vinyl gutters hung from a wooden frame with vibrant ropes make great planters. Add a hand-painted sign that says “Fresh Herb” and some plant markers for extra charm.
Hanging Paint-Can Herb Garden
Making a vertical garden can be as easy as finding a smart way to hang some cute pots. Take a look at this DIY Paint Can Herb Garden from Simple Stylings. Quart-size paint cans get a fresh look with a splash of aqua paint, then hung from basic dock cleat hangers. You can get all the supplies for this project at your local home improvement store.
Leaning Trellis with Hanging Bucket Garden
This simple and adaptable leaning garden structure really grabs your attention. It’s made from trellis wood pieces screwed together in a grid, with painted bucket pots hung from S hooks in each grid square. If you put it over the soil, you could even grow vines on it.
