Vertical herb garden & planter box

I would like to think I have a green thumb. But I don't. Well not with all plants anyway. Give me a palm or a tropical plant and I can make it grow, thrive and survive. Give me herbs to grow and they shrivel up and die. Instead of sacrificing a huge spot of our garden to a raised garden bed of herbs, I thought I would try my luck (again!), but doing it a little differently this time.

I have always loved gardens and admiring their shapes, forms and textures. My mums tropical garden was my inspiration when landscaping our new home in the recent months. She gave me many cuttings which are thriving and showed me how to keep them alive!


Mum's lush garden



One of my most favourite features in a garden is a vertical one. I created this vertical succulent garden about two years ago and it is finally filling out and maturing. This then inspired me to do something similar as a herb garden. I love recycling and hate to see waste, especially of building materials and love the idea of making things from wooden pallets. So a vertical herb garden was created! I mounted it to the fence, not only saving ground space for precious lawn, but breaking up and softening what was a tired looking, stark fence. The added bonus is that it is less than 10m from the kitchen, so I really have no excuse now in cooking with fresh home grown herbs. I like the rustic pallet look, but may look at staining it with a light coat of timber fence stain. But for now, I am just going to enjoy, keep up the water to the herbs and watch them grow (fingers crossed for me!).





My succulent garden











Coopar supervising the works being carried out!







The planter box in progress

Constructing the vertical garden frame

I hope you have enjoyed and that I have inspired you to test your green thumb out ;P

Xx Ashlea