How to Make Your Own Indoor Herb Garden

This easy to make indoor herb garden is the perfect project to do with the kids. Add a touch of green to your kitchen and enjoy fresh herbs year round!

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Easy DIY Indoor Herb Garden

Since it’s still too cold to plant outside, my daughter and I decided to plant an indoor herb garden. I use a lot of fresh herbs when I cook, and an indoor herb garden is the perfect way to brighten up our kitchen and make our meals tastier.

We used recycled tomato cans and I have to say, the finished herb garden turned out so adorable!

Here’s how we made it –

Make Your Own Indoor Herb Garden

SUPPLIES –

• recycled cans (I used 28 ounce tomato cans)
• all-surface craft paint
• foam brushes
• old-fashioned can opener or drill (for making holes in the cans)
• large craft sticks
• alphabet stamps
• stamp pad
• live herb plants
• potting soil

DIRECTIONS –

1. Wash and dry the cans thoroughly. Paint the outside with craft paint and allow to dry completely. Using the can opener or drill, add drainage holes to the bottom of each can. It’s important to add drainage holes to prevent water from building up in the bottom of the cans and rotting the roots of the plants.
2. Using the alphabet stamps, stamp labels for each of the herb plants onto the large craft sticks.
3. Add potting soil to the bottom of each can, then carefully place the plants in the cans. Pack more potting soil around the plants to hold them in place. Add the label to the can to identify the herbs.
4. Water the herbs once per week (more often if they are drooping and/or wilting), and enjoy fresh herbs year round!

I put my plants in a wooden tray to make it easier to move them around if I need to, but I will be adding a plastic liner underneath them to catch any drainage when I water them.

HERB WATERING TIPS –

In the past, my herb plants have been pretty happy with watering once per week.

• If they get droopy or wilt, it means they need to be watered
• If their leaves start to turn yellow, you may be overwatering.