Herb Garden Plans & Designs

Container Garden

• If you have a small space, growing herbs in containers is your best bet. Place containers throughout your yard, on steps and porches, and indoors on windowsills.

Renaissance Knot Garden

• The most structured--and one of the most beautiful herb garden designs--is the knot garden. Popular during the Renaissance and earlier, this design requires planting herbs in complex shapes that combine to form elaborate "knot" shapes, similar to a garden maze. A simple knot garden can cover a small area, for instance, 10 feet square, and be visually interesting

Kitchen Garden

• One step down from the knot garden in formality is the kitchen garden. Kitchen gardens are planted near the back or side of the house, and include vegetables as well as herbs. Though not arranged in knot shapes, plants are arranged in rows for some formality. If you have the space, kitchen gardens allow you to have fresh produce throughout the season.

Cottage Gardens

• If you have limited space, or a ranch or cottage-style house, the cottage garden is an ideal choice. Cottage gardens mix herbs with flowers throughout the yard--even vegetables and berries can work in this type of garden, which emphasizes on plants working together to create a lavish, yet causal, look.