This article includes plans for four herb garden designs each of which can fit into a 12 square foot area to help you make the best use of space near your kitchen door.
Rectangular herb garden layout.
Once you ve figured out which garden layout you need you can check out the different gardening edging ideas for a clean finish on your plants.
Planting herbs in your vegetable and flower beds works quite well as long as you plant your herbs in sunny location with well drained soil.
How to design an herb garden.
But you can also design a garden bed devoted entirely to herbs.
But to create a simple formal herb garden all you really need to do is choose a geometric shape like a circle or a square divide it into sections of equal size and fill each section with similar or complementary plants.
From gardens overflowing with gorgeous perennial flowers to meander through on a winding path or expanses of vegetable plants and herbs to pick for your evening meal you re sure to find exactly what.
For example draw a rectangle to represent the garden border.
Formal herb gardens with their symmetry knots and interweaving textures can look intimidating.
Draw a grid of squares inside the rectangle.
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