Houzz Call: Where Are the Craziest Places You Grow Edibles?

Gardeners, designers, collectors and fans of homegrown food have shown us how edible gardens can do more than just produce — they can surprise us, make us smile and reveal that human creativity has no limits.

So tell us, where is the craziest place you’ve grown your food? Instead of planting in traditional raised beds or neat rows, have you found the key to edible success in another vessel? Are you growing green beans off the balcony? Does your basil grow up the wall? Do your tomatoes thrive on a living roof?

We want to know: What are some of the unusual ways you’ve grown herbs and vegetables? How have you learned to garden in these surprising places? Share a photo in the Comments section below.

Have you made edible gardening easier with an ingenious planter solution? Houzzer cathymesser showed us how her family grows leaf lettuce and microgreens in rain gutters off the deck. They are quick growers, she says, and their height makes them easy to harvest.

Tell us about your problem-solving containers for edibles.


Has a previously unused space become your sanctuary for edibles? Chilean architect Carolina Katz transformed this blank brick wall into a vertical edible garden by mounting old CD shelves on the wall, and now has fresh herbs steps from her home office.

Show us how you’re growing herbs or veggies without a yard.


Maybe you’ve collected unusual containers or repurposed salvaged materials for your edibles. In Pennsylvania Jo Vaughan grows spinach in a vintage washing machine at her home, a converted pretzel factory.

Regardless of how much or how little space you have, it feels great to cut a sprig of fresh rosemary or pluck a ripe tomato steps from your kitchen while preparing a favorite recipe.

Share your edible garden: If you’ve taken your edible gardening to the streets, to the roof, to the rain gutters or even to a repurposed washing machine, we want to see it. Please share photos, along with your challenges and solutions, in the Comments below.

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