This year I am sharing 2013’s most read and shared posts, and this one is surely the first post that went viral, for How to Make an Herb Garden from a Pallet.
Pallet Herb Garden
This is the project that I made in a few short hours with my old torn up pallet, a Kreg jig, drill, and some paint! The transformation was amazing, and if you have an old pallet around, I would whole heartedly tell you to give this project a try.
Make an Herb Garden from a Pallet
To get started, you will need a pallet, preferably one that is in a bit of better shape this this one.
Since my pallet was in such bad shape, I had to strip it completely, keeping the frame only. I then added a few cut boards to replace the ones that were rotting or broken.
Pallet with bad boards removed
I took my precut and measured boards and began adding them back to the pallet, but in the area I needed them for me Herb Garden.
Pallet After Adding Shelves
After adding my shelves, I added the facing to make it look a bit cleaner, and to have a place to put my labels.
All of this was done within a couple of hours. It really did not take long at all. You can see in the picture above I also added feet to the pallet to make it vertical and free standing. This was an important feature for me.
Once I had the shelves and facing finished, I then added a nice coat of paint that I picked up at the local hardware store.
Painted Pallet
After the pallet was painted, I realized that it was just a little too plain. I wanted to make sure all of my herbs were labeled and visible for anyone who was going to be picking herbs.
To easily do this, I used my vinyl cutting machine and added some labels.
Attaching Vinyl Labels from the Silhouette to the Pallet Herb Garden
Once I finished with the labels, it was time to add my herbs and display the finished product.
Make an Herb Garden with a Pallet
I was so happy with the final result of this project. If you want to give this a try, you can find the original article here.
When Spring rolls around, make sure you get ready and add this Make an Herb Garden from a Pallet to your Spring “To-Do” list. You will be happy you did.
Tamara says
December 27, 2013 at 11:40My husband gets unlimited free pallets from work and we do use them for gardening. We’ve never done this before, though! I’m going to send this to him.
Jennifer says
January 2, 2014 at 09:39This would be a fun project, and it’s probably a good thing I don’t LIVE there. If I had access to unlimited free pallets there is no telling what I would be building right now! You are so lucky….
Kimber says
January 3, 2014 at 20:34Love this Jen- It was an awesome project!
Vicki @ Five Spot Green Living says
January 19, 2015 at 10:00I love this idea! It’s so much easier than I would have imagined. Thanks for the tutorial.
Cathy says
April 6, 2015 at 13:22This is a great project – I love it. Now to find a pallet to put to good use. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy
Kate Rigby (@mrsdiggerhound) says
April 6, 2015 at 14:47This is a lovely idea. Looks great and useful too!
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Kim @ The Baking ChocolaTess says
April 7, 2015 at 20:44I love herbs! Such a cute display and I lov e the color of the pallets and the lettering. <3 Visiting from Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks for sharing!
Katherines Corner says
April 7, 2015 at 21:05this is so creative! Hugs
Angel says
April 8, 2015 at 10:10Wow! What a beautiful job you did with this project. Definitely got to Feature you in next weeks party. Thanks for sharing with us at Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party.
Angel
Tianna says
April 8, 2015 at 16:33such a cool idea!! I love pallet gardens – thanks for sharing this 🙂
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Creatively Homespun says
April 10, 2015 at 10:30LOOVE THIS!! I can’t wait to use the pallet I have left downstairs! yay!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing at the Artsy-Fartsy Link up!
Bridget/The Recipe Wench says
April 11, 2015 at 11:41I like this idea … A LOT! Love to have fresh herbs at my fingertips. I’m going on vacation for a couple months so I won’t start this until I get back but it’s definitely on my list of things I must do! Thanks for sharing this at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!
Ginger says
April 11, 2015 at 18:12This looks so great – like something you’d see at a cutesy garden shop!
Lindsay+Eidahl says
April 12, 2015 at 18:30This is such a great idea! Thank you for sharing it on Show Me Saturday!
Denise says
April 13, 2015 at 11:59Thanks for linking up with us continuously at Sunday Features! We featured you at this weeks party. Sharing on our link party page and on my denise designed page this week. Pinned as well! Thanks again!
Sue says
April 14, 2015 at 23:38Great idea for herbs and it looks lovely. Might have a job for my husband! #WakeUpWednesday
Karren Haller says
April 15, 2015 at 08:31Your project turned out great, I need to have my son help me build one of these.
Hope you dont mind but I have pinned to a group board to share. 🙂
And I would love to have you stop by and share on the Oh My Heartsie Girl WW this week!!
Hope that you enjoy your upcoming week!!
Karren
Sarah says
November 21, 2015 at 14:26I am so doing that come summer!!!