30 Cute DIY Mini Indoor Greenhouse Design Ideas & Tutorials

Planting can be a sort of relaxation activity that doesn’t require a lot of effort. Be it flowers; herbs or small vegetables can be a good medium for your relaxation. If you plan to do indoor planting, we’ve collected 3 mini indoor greenhouse design ideas for your plants. They are simple to do and cost little, perfectly suitable for planting in early spring or winter.

Nearly Zero-Cost Mini Greenhouse

If you want a mini indoor greenhouse design that costs you nearly nothing, you can try these ideas. Paper egg container can be used as a mini-greenhouse. All you need to do is separate the cartons and poke a hole at the bottom, then plant the seeds directly.

Another one is windowsill greenhouse made of skewers or twigs and a clear see-through plastic bag. Make a frame by using skewers or twigs; you can make 3 rectangles for the frame.

Place two rectangles in a vertical position and connect them by placing the third rectangle in the middle between the 2 rectangles in a horizontal position. Cover the frame with a plastic bag, and your greenhouse is ready.

3-17 — Recycled egg cartons from mothering

4-16 — Paper egg container from pinkfortitude

5-19 — DIY egg carton from gardeningknowhow

12-12 — Egg carton greenhouse from gardendiyideas

6-13 — Windowsill greenhouse from definebottle

11-13 — Indoor greenhouse seedlings from gardendiyideas

Wooden Mini Greenhouse

If you have more time and skills on a DIY project, you can try this mini indoor greenhouse design. You can use some repurposed wood pieces, or an old picture frame to construct the base. Do it the way they construct an aquarium but without the bottom part. You can use glue or nails to put the wooden pieces together.

Once the base part is done, you can construct the roof by putting together wooden pieces or a picture frame so it will look like a rooftop. Attach the roof to the base construction with glue, and finally, add clear vinyl around the base.

19-11 — White wooden m ini greenhouse from minigardenguide

7-11 — Wooden mini greenhouse from inhabitat

8-15 — Reclaimed wooden greenhouse from shelterness

10-14 — Rustic wooden greenhouse from gardendiyideas

9-15 — White wooden box greenhouse from gardendiyideas

13-13 — Indoor greenhouse with LED lighting from bigdiyideas

14-14 — Recycled container mini greenhouse from greenhouseemporium

15-14 — White wooden box greenhouse shape house from dossierblog

16-16 — A-shaped frame mini greenhouse from theplaidzebra

17-18 — White mini-greenhouse from theplaidzebra

18-20 — Mini greenhouse with terracotta pot from theplaidzebra

20-12 — White mini wooden house from inhabitat

Indoor Greenhouse with Light

If you need a more sophisticated indoor greenhouse design, you can build a wooden rack and hang light on top of it, and then you can place your plants underneath the light.

There’s also a simple way to do this, instead of building a rack from scratch, you can utilize unused space in one of your rack shelves, add a light on the top of the space that you want to use, and place your plants underneath it.