A DIY wall planter is the ideal way to grow fresh food in a small space. These types of wall mounted planters also allow you to plant and grow flowers indoors or outdoors so you can enjoy living color year around.

DIY wall planters can be created from a variety of material to match any style, and they’re a great project for the DIY’er that enjoys recycling too. Check out these cool vertical wall planters and get started creating your own vertical garden this weekend.

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Indoor Wall Planter Ideas

1- Create an Herb Shelf

This vertical garden planter idea provides a space for growing fresh herbs, plus a shelf. Ideal for a small kitchen space since it combines two needed things into one design.

2- Living Wall Planters

This living wall planter idea makes the plants look like they are growing right out of the exterior wall of a home. The DIY planters are attached to sturdy wire that have all been spray painted the same color of the house exterior. This easy and inexpensive planter idea can be created in 30 minutes.

3- Fabricate a Rustic Planter

Some old barn wood and pieces of recycled leather can be recycled into a rustic wall planter.

Unique and attractive, this vertical wall planter is the perfect way to grow a variety of herbs in a small space.

4- Create Wooden Wall Planter

Use this DIY design idea to create vertical growing shelves that can hold potted plants and other treasures. Recycle wooded pallets or leftover lumber to create these growing shelves that will look nice in any sunny room of your home.

5- Plant Some Succulents In A Wall Planter

This design creates a high-end, living focal point in any room of your home. The succulents are easy care plants, requiring very little sunlight or moisture to thrive. Get the tutorial at: shanty-2-chic.com

6- Build a Focal Wall

Build a focal wall that hold several planters with this DIY wall planter. Planters that go from floor to ceiling enable you to have a DIY vertical garden that produces plenty of fresh food and creates a living focal point in any room of your home.

7- Devise Floating Planters

Transform a barren wall into a sea of floating vertical planters with this idea. A few terra cotta pots and planter clips is all you need to create the design. Fill the terra cotta pots with your favorite plants to create a unique living design.

8- Make Some Plant Pockets

Small and whimsical, this unique vertical planter design idea adds a touch on whimsy to an indoor decor. Small size makes these planters perfect for growing succulents in small spaces.

9- Put Copper Pipes on the Wall

Copper is an attractive design element. Using copper pipes to create a hanging wall planter is a WOW factor in any room. Create the unexpected way of displaying plants with this design idea.

10- Build a Garden Wall

Build this eye catching garden wall in any sunny room of your home. This DIY wall planter is large enough to produce flowers, vegetables and herbs in one vertical space. The living design will look different every day, so you won’t get bored with the appearance. The fresh food and fragrance will be welcomed too.

11- Create Living Wall Art

Living wall art can be created by using vertical planters, string and air plants. Air plants don’t need soil to survive, they thrive on air and can be trained to grow in unique patterns. Let your own unique style shine by creating your own wall art from plants.

12- Hack a Vertical Planter

Use this hack to transform an object you have on hand into a DIY wall planter. This idea uses a wine rack as the wall mounted planted. A little paint, ingenuity and a recycled items make a lovely and functional place to grow plants.

Hanging Indoor Planter Ideas

13- Hanging Herbs Garden

Hanging gardens are among the most intriguing of world wonders. While a hanging herb garden might not be in that same category, it certainly is an attractive element to a home. The hanging planters take up minimal space and produce maximum yield.

14- Indoor Hanging Herb Garden

Instead of covering windows with curtains, use this plant-growing idea – Suspended a couple of rods in front of a sunny window, then hang some planters from the rods to create living curtains. Check out detail at thebirdandhersong.com

Outdoor Wall Planter Ideas

15- Confuse the Pests

This growing idea show you how to grow a vertical vegetable garden that will confuse all the neighbor pests (and pets). Cats, dogs, rabbits, snails and other pests have a much more difficult time reaching the tender vegetation when plants are grown vertically and out of their reach. Grow bigger plants and have more produce with this idea.

16- Porch Wall Planter

How about this diy wall planter  to greet you each time you entered or exited your home? Increase curb appeal of your home while guiding guests to your front entrance with the living color of blooming flowers.

17- Living Wall Vertical Garden

This attractively built vertical garden makes every inch of a small space count. Use these free plans to create your own wood and pipe planting boxes.

18- Create Privacy With Living Wall

This living wall outdoor garden is a great way to create some privacy from your neighbors. Build a vertical wood slat wall, secure planters on it, then fill the planters with a variety of flowers to create a colorful, living outdoor privacy screen.

19- Cedar Wall Planter

Cedar has long been the favorite wood choice for outdoor building. Cedar wood is tough and resistant to elements, making it a perfect choice for building the DIY wall planters.

20- Save Space With Modern Vegetable Planters

This space saving design allows you to grow enough fresh vegetables for a delicious green salad in a very small space. The planter design is attractive and easy to build.

21- DIY Vertical Succulent Planter

An oblong box planted with colorful succulents and mounted vertically makes a decorative statement. It’s an eye-catching piece of wall art and the easy care succulents will be at home in any room of the home.

Hanging Outdoor Wall Planter Ideas

22- Fence Planter

If you have a privacy fence in your backyard, this is the perfect vertical planter to create for it. Easy to follow video instructions makes this DIY project simple to accomplish.

23- Recycle Soda Bottles Planter

Do your part to keep a few plastic soda bottles out of the landfill by using them as Hanging wall Planters. This unique idea shows you how to recycle soda bottles and give them a second life as planters.