16 Herb Garden Ideas

ByEmma Martin

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Ready to grow fresh herbs? These 16 Herb Garden Ideas make it easy, even with little space. You can add flavor to your cooking and beauty to your home. Find the perfect setup for your style and start enjoying your own herbs.

Classic Pots on the Patio

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s patio with several terracotta pots of different sizes, each brimming with lush green herbs like basil, mint, and rosemary, catching the morning sun.

You can place simple pots on your patio or balcony.

Choose different sizes for visual interest.

Terracotta pots look great and help drainage.

Just fill them with soil, plant your favorite herbs like basil or parsley, and watch them grow right outside your door.

Vertical Wall Planter

A photo of a typical American home’s garden wall featuring a wooden vertical planter with multiple pockets, each filled with various herbs like thyme, oregano, and chives cascading down.

Got limited ground space?

Go vertical!

You can attach a planter with pockets to a sunny wall or fence.

This adds greenery without taking up floor space.

Plant trailing herbs like thyme or compact ones like chives for a stunning, edible display.

Window Box Herbs

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s kitchen window from the outside, showing a cheerful window box overflowing with basil, sage, and colorful flowering herbs, sunlight glinting off the leaves.

Brighten your windowsills with herb-filled boxes.

You mount these easily outside a sunny window, often the kitchen window.

This keeps your fresh herbs handy for cooking.

Plant sun-lovers like rosemary and basil where they can soak up the rays.

Raised Garden Bed

A photo of a typical American home’s garden showing a neat wooden raised garden bed filled with dark soil and rows of various herbs, including large parsley bunches and feathery dill.

Build or buy a raised garden bed for easy access.

You fill it with good quality soil, giving your herbs a great start.

This option helps with drainage and keeps weeds down.

You can create neat rows or mix herbs together.

Hanging Baskets

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s porch ceiling with a wire hanging basket lined with coir, abundantly planted with trailing rosemary and flowering lavender, gently swaying.

Hang baskets from porch ceilings or sturdy hooks.

You can add coco liners and fill them with light potting mix.

Herbs like trailing rosemary or mint look lovely spilling over the sides.

Just make sure you can reach them easily for watering.

Indoor Kitchen Counter Garden

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s bright kitchen counter holding small, stylish pots with herbs like cilantro, mint, and parsley clustered near a window, ready for snipping.

Keep herbs super close by growing them indoors.

Small pots fit nicely on a sunny kitchen counter or windowsill.

You have instant access to fresh flavors while cooking.

Choose herbs that do well inside, like parsley, mint, or chives.

Pallet Herb Garden

A photo of a typical American home’s garden leaning against a fence, showing a rustic wooden pallet stood upright, with landscape fabric creating pockets holding soil and various herbs.

Recycle a wooden pallet into a charming herb garden.

You can stand it upright and create planting pockets with landscape fabric.

It’s a budget-friendly way to add rustic style.

Fill the pockets with soil and plant your herbs directly.

Tiered Planter Stand

A photo of a typical American home’s garden patio showcasing a metal or wooden tiered planter stand with three levels, each holding pots filled with different herbs like oregano, thyme, and marjoram.

Use a tiered stand to display several herb pots together.

This saves space and creates an attractive vertical element.

You can arrange pots by size or herb type.

Place it in a sunny spot on your deck, patio, or balcony.

Spiral Herb Garden

A photo of a typical American home’s garden featuring a carefully constructed spiral mound made of stones, with herbs planted along the spiral path according to their sun and water needs.

Build a beautiful and functional spiral garden using rocks or bricks.

The spiral shape creates different microclimates.

You plant sun-loving, dry-soil herbs at the top and moisture-loving ones at the bottom.

It becomes a lovely focal point in your yard.

Upcycled Container Garden

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s garden area displaying quirky containers like colorful painted tin cans and old worn boots used as planters for various herbs.

Get creative with containers you already have.

Old tin cans, teapots, or even sturdy boots can become unique herb planters.

Just make sure you add drainage holes.

This adds personality and recycles items, giving your garden a fun Lóôk.

Ladder Planter

A photo of a typical American home’s garden showing an old wooden step ladder leaning against a wall, with pots of herbs resting securely on each step, creating a cascading effect.

Repurpose an old step ladder as a planter stand.

You can place pots on each step for a charming, space-saving display.

Paint the ladder for a pop of color or leave it rustic.

It works well against a wall or fence.

Gutter Garden

A photo of a typical American home’s garden fence with sections of rain gutter mounted horizontally, filled with soil and planted with lines of small herbs like chives and lettuce.

Mount sections of rain gutters horizontally on a wall or fence.

You drill drainage holes, fill them with soil, and plant shallow-rooted herbs.

This is a clever way to use vertical space, especially for herbs that don’t need deep soil.

Rock Garden with Herbs

A photo of a typical American home’s garden slope decorated with various sizes of rocks and boulders, with hardy, drought-tolerant herbs like thyme and lavender tucked into the crevices.

Incorporate herbs into a rock garden design.

Many herbs, especially Mediterranean ones like thyme and oregano, thrive in well-drained, rocky soil.

You tuck them between rocks for a natural, low-maintenance landscape feature that smells wonderful when brushed against.

Herb Wheel Garden

A photo of a typical American home’s garden showing a circular garden bed divided into wedge-shaped sections by bricks or stones, resembling wheel spokes, each section planted with a different herb.

Design a garden bed shaped like a wheel.

Use bricks or stones to create the “spokes,” dividing the circle into sections.

You plant a different herb in each section.

This looks organized and makes harvesting specific herbs easy.

Mason Jar Hydroponics

A close-up photo of a typical American home’s sunny windowsill lined with clear mason jars, each holding an herb like basil or mint with roots suspended in water, no soil visible.

Try growing herbs in water without soil.

You use mason jars and a simple hydroponic solution.

Place them in a sunny window.

It’s fascinating to watch the roots grow, and it keeps your counters clean.

Basil and mint grow well this way.

Alongside a Walkway

A photo of a typical American home’s garden path made of stepping stones, bordered on both sides by low-growing, fragrant herbs like creeping thyme and chamomile, releasing scent when walked past.

Plant herbs along the edges of your garden paths or walkways.

Low-growing, fragrant herbs like creeping thyme or chamomile work well.

When you walk past or brush against them, they release a lovely scent.

They also soften the hard edges.

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