Grow Fresh Herbs Year-Round: DIY Kitchen Garden Gift

Are you looking for the perfect hostess gift to bring for the cook this holiday season?? This DIY kitchen herb garden is quick to put together and a great alternative to a bouquet of flowers!

Looking for a thoughtful and unique gift idea for the home cook in your life? Consider crafting a personalized DIY kitchen herb garden! This hands-on gift not only provides fresh herbs year-round but also showcases your creativity and care. In this guide, I’ll show you the simple steps to create a beautiful and functional herb garden that’s perfect for any occasion.

How to Make a Quick DIY Kitchen Herb Garden

I’m always on the lookout for budget-friendly yet thoughtful hostess gifts for holiday parties. This DIY kitchen herb garden is a quick and easy solution that won’t break the bank. You can whip up this charming gift in just a few minutes, including the personalized plant markers.

The best part? You can often find small herb plants at your local grocery store, typically in the produce or flower section, especially during the holiday season. If not, your local nursery likely carries a selection of small herb plants year-round

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Choosing the Perfect Herbs

For this kind of kitchen garden look for smaller growing herb plants like thyme, oregano, sage, and rosemary. A plant like basil will just get too big for a small planter like the one that I am going to put together.

I am going to use rosemary, thyme, and sage. These herbs are also perfect for holiday cooking!

Potting Your Herb Garden

The first thing you will need is a larger planter pot to transplant the herbs. If you are looking for one…I have a giant stack in my garage!!!

I started with the rosemary plant because it was the largest one by gently removing it from its original small pot, and loosening the roots a bit before popping them into the larger planter.

Then I added the sage and finally the thyme plant. I didn’t need to add any additional soil to the pot.

Make sure you press down on the loose soil to compact it a bit.

I wrapped the planter in brown kraft paper secured with a piece of jute twine. A simple way to dress your hostess gift up a bit and keep with the natural theme of the planter.

DIY Plant Markers

For an extra special touch to my hostess gift, I am going to make quick plant markers with wood slices and mini letter stamps.

On each wood slice, I stamped the name of one of the herbs in the kitchen garden planter.

Then I grabbed 3 small wood skewer sticks that I had in my craft stash so I could stick the markers into the planter.

I glued the stick to the back of the plant tag, I just held it in place until the glue set to keep it straight.

Didn’t they come out cute?? It really only takes a couple of minutes of your time to give your presents a more personal touch!

Another idea to add to your herb planter is to include a small pair of herb shears to your gift..be careful when transporting the planter because they are sharp!

One other cute idea for this planter is to wrap a pretty flour sack kitchen towel around it and secure it with a piece of jute twine or ribbon.

I did make a gift tag using a blank brown tag and glued a mini pinecone on it, threaded jute twine through it with a dried orange slice.

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Welcome to the Handmade Gift Series!

I will be joining 3 of my DIY friends for the next few weeks bringing you fun handmade gift ideas that you can make this holiday season!

Regina at Saved From Salvage

Wendy at WM Design House

Amy at Amy Sadler Designs

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