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Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Want to grow herbs at home?

Then you'll love these indoor herb garden ideas.

In addition to having a great decoration, you will have fresh herbs all year round!

You will see that many things can be recycled into pots for your aromatic plants.

Be creative! Your aromatic garden will be like a living decoration in your home. Watch:

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Don't worry, growing herbs at home isn't complicated!

Everyone can do it easily! Especially when you've seen these ideas.

Without further ado, here are 18 clever ways to grow your herbs indoors:

1. In hanging pots

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Hanging your herb garden makes it easy to save space. Build your own vertical hanging garden inside your home. You need 4 planks, rope, a drill and a saw (normal or jigsaw) to cut out the flowerpot locations. Watch this tutorial to cut your boards into the perfect circle.

2. In clothespin pots

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

To create your aromatic garden, no need to buy pots! All you need to do is recycle old items. For this, you need old clothespins and empty tuna cans. Clip wooden clothespins all around the tuna cans, like below:

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

You can even paint the clothespins and tuna cans to match your interior decor.

3. In a cloud flowerpot

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Add some colorful and fun whimsy to your interior. It is a miniature garden that children and adults will surely enjoy. This cloud idea to put the water is brilliant, I think. You can get this garden here.

4. In hanging cans

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Don't worry, it's super easy to do. This hanging herb garden makes it easy to have fresh herbs on hand whenever you need them. Your kitchen is the perfect place to hang this mini herb garden. It is also a great decoration for the kitchen. All you have to do is reach out and cut what you need. Watch this tutorial or watch our tip here.

5. All your herbs in one pot

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

The only thing you need is a large terracotta pot. And voila, all your herbs are at your fingertips in one pot. You can put small tags to remember what you planted.

6. In a fairy garden

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Who says fairies don't belong here? Make your herb garden a charming fairytale setting.

7. In an overturned garden

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Need ideas for making an original herb garden? Well, here's a great one! Either you make a single row of pots. Either you start on the 2nd project by adding lights to light up a room at the same time.

8. In drawers

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Maybe you have that kind of aging drawer cabinet in a corner of the house? Well, turn it into a small indoor herb garden. Just insert pots in some drawers and you're done.

9. In jars that can be written on

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

With these herb pots, you'll always know which herbs you've planted, because it's written on them! This pot is painted with a special paint which you can find here. It's like a blackboard, you can write with chalk on it. It's something you can easily craft this weekend.

10. In hung cups

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Do you want to grow aromatic plants in the kitchen? Get an organizer board. Hang some old cups with hooks in the holes. To water them, simply remove the cups and stand them upright. Nice as decoration, isn't it?

11. In jars upright

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Not sure what to do with those glass jars? Well now, yes! This project will be your next upcycled project. Very nice to look at, it also saves you a lot of space in the house.

12. In glass bottles

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Do you have old glass bottles? Cut them in half (see the tutorial here) and make an herb garden in them. Upside down the spout in a glass of water so your plants can water themselves. Clever, isn't it?

13. In old kettles

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Some old kettles will make a perfect little rustic garden. Here you can see that 2 aluminum cups and 1 teapot have been recycled into pots. Perfect for recycling your old grandmother's tea sets.

14. In old glass jars

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Take a few glass jars and plant your assortment of herbs in them. If you had trouble making the vertical garden with the glass pots of 11, try this one instead.

15. In old gutters

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Recycle old gutters to make a truly designer herb garden. And here is a wall-mounted aromatic garden. Just make sure there aren't any holes in them or you'll get them all over the place when you water them.

16. In a fruit bowl

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Collect a tiered fruit basket and paint it to your liking. Paint a few earthenware pots the same color. Then plant your herbs and arrange them on the levels of the cup.

18. On a recycled pallet

Herbs:18 Clever Ways to Grow Them Indoors.

Take a palette and paint it. Hang it vertically on a wall. Cover the gaps and put soil. And plant your aromatic herbs.