If you savor the scrumptiousness of your meals, then you’ll cherish the idea of homegrown spices. Yes, you can grow some produce indoors, even if in small quantities, and the result is satisfying because you finally reap what you sowed.
A DIY herb garden is a thoughtful remedy, especially if you live in an apartment without ample outdoor space to support backyard vegetation.
Growing greens indoors may sound like a donkey’s work, but only if you don’t follow best practices. That said, here are the primary features of a home herb garden.
The key tips to a DIY herb garden
So what are the secrets to creating the plant patch in your interior? Here’s everything you must remember;
- Keep it small and simple. You can build any size of garden in your interior. Still, most homeowners go for simple and sizeable because of convenience and ease of maintenances.
- Build to achieve your purpose. What do you need to achieve from your garden? Do you need to produce large-scale? Or you just want a touch of green in your home.
- Use what you have. An indoor garden project should be pocket-friendly. Use readily available materials to build one.
- Think maintenance when creating one. Gardens need attention, no matter how small they are. Build an indoor garden that you have the time and resources to maintain.
Lastly, get your creative mind to work. This is one of the few projects in home design where natural creativity and talent beats certificates.
Easy ways to build a herb garden in your interior
Try any of these DIY herb garden ideas if you decide to grow spices indoors. Choose an approach that fits your interior design, purpose, space, and preferences.
1. Garden on a window
Arrange houseplant pots and vases on idle windows and grow spices for your cooking activities. Window gardens are an eye-catching classic for interior vegetation. Apart from giving you a fresh supply of produce.
Arranging your plants on the window is also a strategic placement for your greens because they enjoy direct sunlight.
2. Try the Garlic Trick
Cloves of garlic are easy-to-grow and a smart pick if you want to get produce and add a natural taste to your kitchen with zero effort.
If you like, you won’t even need soil to grow garlic indoors. Simply place a few cloves on a pot, add some water to make them moist, put them near a window for lighting, and wait for a week or more to see some progress.
3. Style with Chalkboard
Add hints of chalkboard to your DIY herb garden. Apart from old-school style and fashion, chalkboards can help display the names of the different herbs in your garden.
You can style with a chalkboard in many ways. Here are a few ideas to try;
- Hang plants on a chalkboard background
- Build chalkboard racks
- Arrange plants on a window and have small chalkboard plant-name tags
White chalk on blackboards blends naturally with plants so you can never go wrong if you try this.
4. Create a lit up herb garden
Your herbs, like any other green plant, need light to survive and flourish. For dark or enclosed rooms, use growing or germination lighting to provide light to plants.
Apart from providing a basic need, lighting can make a garden look awesome. It also illuminates up room further and stands out as a center of attraction in your interior.
5. Use self-watering containers
One worry with an indoor garden (for many homeowners) is what happens to plant watering when you have to travel away for some time.
For others, each second matters, and caring for plants is a time-consuming task. But self-watering containers can take over this role and give you more peace of mind.
Still, do checks from time to time to analyze progress and keep in touch with plants—it’s fun, try it.
6. A Garden on the ceiling
Turning plants upside down is a clever twist if you’re looking for a unique DIY herb garden idea. Some say an overturned garden is more of a design than a functional garden.
But what if your space is tiny, your walls are occupied, and your ceiling is idle? Add a well-thought-out irrigation system that will do everything for you.
To sum up, you can leave an uncovered area on the roof (or light tunnel) to let natural light or use germination lights.
