How to Make an Indoor Herb Garden DIY

Bring your herb garden inside when you make an indoor herb garden. This DIY indoor herb garden is really easy to make. This indoor herb garden wall hang takes only a few supplies and a long time to enjoy.

Herbs hanging on a wooden frame making an indoor herb garden. They are in galvanized planters. The herbs include parsley, mint, oregano, thyme, and basil.

Using fresh herbs in your recipes not only makes your food taste better but it also is healthier. Having herbs on hand can be expensive to buy but growing your own well that’s an easy way to save money.

By building your own indoor herb garden you’ll be able to enjoy fresh herb year round regardless what climate you live in.

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Indoor Herb Garden DIY

To make this herb garden I used wood from a different project. I recently remodeled my square foot garden and had a lot of 1×2’s left over. Using this wood gave this project a “seasoned” look without having to do anything but condition the wood.

The frame of this wall hanging is very simple and can be done without power tools.

Supplies you’ll need for this indoor herb garden DIY

1×2
Handsaw or miter saw
1 1/2″ nails
Hammer
Wood glue
Paint or stain (depending on the finish you’re going for)
Wood wax (for sealing the wood)
Garden light
Picture Frame Hangers
Planters with hooks
Free PNG file for labeling the planters
Herbs

Indoor herb garden frame supplies 1x2 1 1/2" nails, hammer, and wood glue.

Make this herb garden by following these steps:

To build the frame you’ll want to cut your 1×2’s down to size. I cut the 1×2’s down to:

2 – 18″
2 – 6″

Download the indoor herb garden label below.

Start off by building a rectangle. Take the shorter pieces and attached them with wood glue and nails to make a rectangle

Wooden frame before painted. Foam paint brush, chalk paint, paper towel, and Vaseline on a garbage bag.

To get the distressed look, add some Vaseline to some areas of the frame before painting. There’s a video tutorial walking you through that here.

Then added a coat of white chalk paint and allowed that to dry for about an hour.

Once the paint was dry it was time to scrape off the paint and Vaseline.

This is by far the easiest way to get a chippy paint look. The paint doesn’t attach itself with the Vaseline. Do keep a few paper towels on hand to wipe off the paint.

Now that I have the frame distressed enough it’s time to hang. I attached picture frame hangers to the back and attached to the wall.

I bought these galvanized hanging planters from Michael’s and attached vinyl wording to the planters. You can download the copy below.

I used my Cricut cutter for the wording.

The vinyl cut outs to add to the planters. Shown thyme, mint, oregano, basil.

I did install an indoor grow light since this corner of the house doesn’t have any sunlight. I hung a 1×3 above this herb garden. This will allow my indoor herb garden to thrive inside.

I’m thrilled by how this turned out and it really shows that you don’t need to spend a lot or have a difficult design to create an indoor herb garden.

Indoor herb garden with grow lights shown.

Here’s a look at what the grow lights look like when they’re on and off. Giving a few hours of light will give your herbs amazing benefits if there isn’t a window near by.