DIY Hanging Herb Garden

Beautiful DIY Hanging Herb Garden! Make these beautiful DIY herb planters for the indoors or outdoors using dollar store supplies.

I’m not a huge gardener. I consider myself to have a black thumb most of the time, lol. But there are a few plants I love to grow every year, and herbs are one of them! I love throwing fresh herbs in my food in the summer. Last year I put some herbs in a hanging planter I made, but this year I decided to make an easy DIY hanging herb garden.

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To be honest, this DIY was completely last minute! Most seasons I love to make some dollar store DIY projects, and this summer almost went by without any, but I decided to search through my craft stash and see what I could come up with.

When I found the little organization boxes above, and took the boxes out, I immediately had an idea for some kind of outdoor planter! I had two of those wooden organizers, but only wanted 6 boxes, so I’ll save the rest for another DIY.

How to Make an Easy DIY Hanging Herb Garden

This project was super easy to make. Anyone can do it in only a few steps. The longest part is waiting for the stain and varnish to set so that you can move onto the next step!

Materials Needed for the Hanging Herb Garden

Dollar store organizer (or similar boxes)
Wood Stain
Clear Coat Finish
Spray Paint
Construction adhesive
1/4″ Plywood

Tools Needed to Make a Hanging Herb Garden

Drill
Saw (I used a table saw, but any type would work)

Instructions for Making Your DIY Hanging Herb Garden

Pull out six of these little dollar store boxes to start. You can do any layout you want for your planters, including hanging them all on one big board, or hanging them on one thin vertical board.

I chose to do two small boards with three boxes each, one board on top of the other.

I started by determining the spacing I wanted. I made my boards 6″ by 16″, which allowed for two inches above each boxes and on each side. The space underneath the boards was less, but it still appears balanced because of the plants that go inside after.

Once you know the side of the boards you want, you can cut your 1/4″ plywood into two pieces using a tablesaw.

Next, I drilled holes in the bottom of all of the boxes (to allow drainage when they are full of plants later on) and then stained all of my boxes, inside and out, with my favourite black stain.

After the stain was set, I protected the boxes with multiple coats of polycrylic. You need to wait a couple of hours between coats, and then wait 24 costs after the final coat before using the boxes.

For the plywood boards behind my herb boxes, I decided to go with a white finish. I used an outdoor safe white primer for this (because that’s what we had on hand!), but any outdoor safe spray paint or paint will work too.

The final step was to attach the boxes to my board. Because my backing board was so thin, I wasn’t able to screw the herb boxes onto the boards. If you used a 2×4 backing board or something thicker, you could screw right into it instead.

I used a strong construction adhesive to adhere my boxes to the back board. I just needed a little bit and let it sit overnight before hanging them up.

I also drilled holes into the top corners of the backing boards – 1 inch from each corner, so that I was ready to hang the boards after everything was set. When they are ready, you can screw your herb planters to any fence or wooden wall outside.

DIY Hanging Planters Video Tutorial

Want to see a few more summer dollar store DIY projects? See the full tutorial for how I made these dollar store planters, plus a few other fun and affordable projects!