Indoor herb garden

January 7, 2008 2:47 PM

Last summer, I was walking through Boy's Town here in Chicago when some guys handed me a mint plant to advertise some new plant delivery service in the area, focusing on plants for cooking. I did not want to raise fresh herbs last summer, but now I do and, although the mint is thriving in my mom's garden, I have lost the business card that came with it! My websearch skills are not helping me find them; anyone know the company?

Alternately, do you have a local place where you buy your indoor herb garden that you can recommend to me? Mail order's fine, too, I suppose.

posted by crush-onastick to Shopping (3 answers total)

Jewel sells little herb plants in their produce section.

Also, when you google for tips on gardening indoors, one good search term is "container gardening".
posted by SuperSquirrel at 3:17 PM on January 7, 2008

Ooh, I hope you did not plant that mint in the ground.
If you did, it's not just thriving: it's secretly plotting on taking over the whole neighbourhood, starting with your mom's garden...

Seriously: mints are very invasive and spread fast.

That said: a good source for seeds online is Richters. And yes - they do ship seeds (and live plants) to the US.
posted by Arthur Dent at 3:31 PM on January 7, 2008

I got a kitchen herb garden as a Christmas gift last year from Mountain Valley Growers. The plants grew very well in containers for me, much better than any plants I ever bought at the local greenhouse.

I've also noticed a dramatic increase in the amount of garden-related junk mail I get, but I can't be sure it was their fault.
posted by cabingirl at 6:30 PM on January 7, 2008