Amazon Reviewers Can’t Stop Raving About These Indoor Herb-Growing Kits

With a 4.3-star rating and nearly 7,500 reviews, this herb garden starter kit from Garden Republic comes with everything a beginner needs: four types of seeds, a wooden grow box, bamboo plant markers, soil, and even a pair of shears. Not only will your herbs taste great, but you can feel good about growing them, too — all seeds are heirloom and non-GMO, and some are also Certified Organic. Looking for gift ideas? As one reviewer notes, this kit is "Super giftable with the cute box it comes in, gift wrap style inside. Good idea for someone tough to buy for, has a green thumb, or even a secret gift exchange."

This window garden from Planters' Choice comes with nine reusable pots, nine seed packets, and nine bamboo markers so you can identify your seedlings as they grow. As one reviewer remarks, "This is a PERFECT set for someone just learning and someone wanting to grow herbs and not worried about just looking good."

With an impressive 4.6-star rating and over 18,000 reviews, this AeroGarden Indoor Hydroponic Garden is worth the investment, especially because it's on major sale right now. It's incredibly easy to use with a control panel that tells you when to water and add plant food (included), as well as automatic LED lights. Since this gardening system is hydroponic, your plants will grow in water, not soil — which means no mess! Grow up to six plants at a time and choose from a selection of Genovese basil, curly parsley, dill, thyme, Thai basil, and mint seeds.

For the gardener who prizes their kitchen's aesthetic, this kit from Home Garden is the perfect fit. It comes with adorable blue and purple marble-glazed ceramic pots (no transplanting required), bamboo water drip trays, and polished wooden plant markers. Most herb growing kits are single season, but this 4.4-star rated kit contains 30 of each of the 4 seed types and reusable herb planter and seed starter components so you can keep growing all year. It would also make a great gift, since, according to one reviewer, "even the packaging was pretty!"

Interested in fungiculture? Grow your own mushrooms with this 4.2-star rated grow kit from Back to the Roots. Choose between the mini mushroom kit, the regular mushroom kit, and the pink oyster mushroom kit, and you'll be ready to grow organic mushrooms all year long. Just place it near a window with indirect light, mist twice daily, and you'll have three to four servings of mushrooms sprouting within a week. And as part of their Grow One Give One campaign, Back to the Roots will donate a kit to a classroom of your choice if you share a picture on social media, tag them, and use #GrowOneGiveOne.

This entire herb garden starter kit from Spade To Fork is USDA-certified organic. In addition to the seeds — Italian large leaf basil, coriander cilantro, Peione parsley, broadleaf sage, and thyme — this kit comes with compostable peat pots, organic soil discs, and five custom wood-burned plant markers. If you're just starting out on your herb growing journey, have no fear. An Amazon reviewer reports, "Inside the kit you’ll find a detailed instruction manual that is very confidence-inspiring in growing the herbs! It has specific instructions for every herb in the kit which makes it sort of a no-brainer. They’ve even went so far as to include a QR code and link to a great video to watch on how to do it and some FAQ’s."

This hydroponic herb garden starter kit has a 4.2-star average rating and over 4,000 reviews. The best part is that it comes with its own LED grow light that you can also adjust the height and wattage of as your herbs progress from germination to blooming. This sleek growing system can be fun for the whole family, too. As one Amazon reviewer reports, "I have two toddlers and we like to check out the new growth every day. It’s easy to see growth from day to day; new leaves, new height, etc. I am really looking forward to pizza night with the fresh oregano and basil."

Make your own herbal tea with this Garden Republic growing kit. The package comes with four burlap plant pots, peat potting soil discs, bamboo plant markers, a gift box, pruning shears, and even a stainless steel tea infuser. Brew up a kettle of chamomile, mint, lavender, or lemon tea on a cozy winter day, or pour over ice to sip under the summer sun. According to one Amazon reviewer, this 4.3-star-rated kit is the perfect gift for the tea lover in your life. "Bought this for my tea-loving daughter's birthday. She absolutely LOVED it!"