How to Turn Coffee Tins into a Hanging Herb Garden

By: Diy maven Aug 25, 2011

Herb Garden Before

Even though summer is on the wane, that doesn't mean we still can't plant an herb garden. Like this one! So colorful and lively it will keep summer in your heart all autumn and winter long. I also like how it serves as a window treatment as well. Check it out:

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Herb garden after 2

Wanna make one? This is what'cha need:

tin containers with plastic lids (like coffee cans)
coat hangers
pliers
scissors
herbs
masking tape
coffee filters (genius!)
a nail
a hammer
an X-acto
fabric or paper scraps
glue or spray adhesive

For the entire tute, saunter on over to Persephone Magazine.

Tagged : herbs, garden, hanging, How-To, DIY

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Wow, that comment looks like I just woke up...Should have read:"Brilliant! Every kitchen with a window and upper cabinets should have one of these! I featured this with full credit and link back at Storage Geek."

Brilliant! Every kitchen witha wondow and upper cabinets should have one of these! I linked featured this with ull credit and link back at Storage Geek.

kacee
Aug 29, 2011

I love this idea and think it's really cute but I'm not too sure how well the herbs would do hanging upside down. It's sort of like those topsy turvsy tomato hanging pots, really good theory but plants have something call polatrity and will try to grow upright against gravity. You will notice polarity in plants if you ever knock a pot over and don't pick it up for awhile- the plants will start to grow upwards. But maybe if you are harvesting them often it wouldn't be an issue.

Now that's pretty cool. I like the upside down idea. You think I can also use the large PET bottles?

@Myrtle, because you're watering from above and to the roots directly, I'm guessing the water is delivered more efficently than watering from the top down.