Cocktail Garden
A 6×4 bar garden: julep mint, cucumber, strawberries, borage, lemongrass, and stevia — garnish to muddle, all within reach.
About This Template
A garden planned like a well-stocked bar. The mint section is the centerpiece — julep mint for the classics, spearmint and peppermint for everything else — because no cocktail herb gets used faster. A trellised cucumber covers the coolers and a G&T's best garnish, while a block of strawberries and a cherry tomato (for the boldest Bloody Marys) handle the fruit. Borage bookends the bed with cucumber-flavored blue stars that freeze beautifully into ice cubes. The aromatics row finishes the setup: lemongrass and lemon verbena for muddling and syrups, lavender and thyme for infusions, pineapple sage for garnish theater, and stevia — the zero-calorie simple syrup you snip with scissors. Everything is within one step of the shaker.
Benefits
- 1Three mint varieties keep mojitos, juleps, and tea in constant supply
- 2Borage flowers frozen in ice cubes upgrade any glass instantly
- 3Stevia leaves sweeten drinks with zero syrup-making required
- 4Lemongrass, verbena, and lavender make bar-quality infusions and syrups
- 5Everything works in a virgin drink as well as a strong one
Growing Tips
- 1Contain each mint in its own sunken pot or the bar becomes all mint
- 2Harvest herbs for drinks in the morning; oils are strongest before heat
- 3Slap mint between your palms before muddling to wake the aroma
- 4Dry lavender and lemon verbena in summer for winter hot toddies
Included Plants (17)
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Strawberry×4
Fragaria x ananassa
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Borage
Borago officinalis
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Julep Mint
Mentha spicata 'Kentucky Colonel'
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Mint
Mentha spicata
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Spearmint
Mentha spicata
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Spacing: 25 cm · 10 in
Lemon Thyme
Thymus citriodorus
Spacing: 25 cm · 10 in
Stevia
Stevia rebaudiana
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Chamomile×2
Matricaria chamomilla
Spacing: 20 cm · 8 in
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citrodora
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
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