About r/IndoorGarden
In its own words:
A place to discuss tips on growing an indoor garden, including herbs vegetables, and house plants.
Community guide
r/IndoorGarden (#921, about 1.2 million) discusses indoor gardening—herbs, vegetables, and houseplants. Collected rules cover No harassment, personal attacks, or insults; No stolen content or bot posts; No Advertising. Sample ~21.8 ppd (131 posts). Sample mix: gallery:66, image:40, text:16, link:5.
Fit
Indoor growing tips. Rules ban harassment, stolen/bot content, and advertising. Gallery/image mix (21.8 ppd).
Versus whatsthisplant and homestead
whatsthisplant is ID; homestead is broader land systems; IndoorGarden is indoor growing practice.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 6, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 671 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/boxoffice (#845) and ahead of r/formuladank (#934) in our ranking.
What sets r/IndoorGarden apart
r/IndoorGarden is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.8 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 9.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/IndoorGarden climbed from 1,150,974 to 1,155,862 subscribers (+4.9K, +0.42%). That is about 111 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/IndoorGarden this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- We have been in our space for 6 years and this is what I’ve grown…u/Tasselplants · Oct 30 · gallery
- Goldfish plant. Always floweringu/Impossible_Memory_65 · Nov 1 · image
- You're supposed to be asleepu/ohdearitsrichardiii · Oct 29 · image
- Anyone else using their fireplace for this?u/FixDapper6035 · Oct 29 · image
- Most are beautiful some are not ^^ Nothing feels better than going around and watching the newest leavesu/XMOHX · Oct 29 · gallery
- Filling my under the stairs nooku/KaptainKordie-KOK · Nov 1 · image
- It’s indoor jungle season here again!!!u/crybabypete · Oct 28 · image
- 👻 Ghostly Hoya Linearis 🎃u/Adamite98 · Oct 31 · gallery
- Inside for the winteru/BovaFett74 · Oct 27 · gallery
- Help me design/organize my sad plant corner into jungle vibesu/PrideCommercial5847 · Oct 27 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/IndoorGarden, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- It's not much but I grew it in my basement in the middle of winteru/Cold-Crab74 · Feb 4, 2026 · image
- Debuted my drag persona last night (Shanita Blunt) and decided to take some family photos.u/apolllox · Feb 2, 2021 · gallery
- Are we still posting family photos?u/apolllox · Aug 3, 2020 · gallery
- Stunning leaf on my alocasia dragon scaleu/CknNgtTTV · Apr 8, 2021 · image
- My mums Monstera:)u/nadine-me · Jan 1, 2021 · image
- My indoor carnivorous bog gardenFeb 26, 2026 · gallery
- Our SF apartmentu/rahmin1337 · Jun 1, 2021 · image
- 🥵u/vidura_o7 · Feb 4, 2021 · image
- My little orange tree!u/chadillac91 · Mar 5, 2021 · image
- Suddenly...pink? I've had it for years, never happened beforeu/maliline · Jun 29, 2025 · image
What r/IndoorGarden talks about
Looking at the titles of 131 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “plant”, “indoor”, “plants”, “garden” and “help”. Other frequent themes are inside, peace, lily, grow, winter and months. Recurring phrases include “peace lily”, “indoor garden”, “indoor plant” and “indoor jungle”. By format, 50% are galleries, 31% are images and 12% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Plant Discussion (56), Houseplant Close Up (40), Full Room Shot (15), Plant Identification (9), Product Discussion (9), Meme (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/IndoorGarden gets about 22 new posts a day. The public archive holds 118,899 posts and 692,783 comments in total, about 5.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (23 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (16). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/IndoorGarden
The moderators of r/IndoorGarden list 3 rules. In short:
- No harassment, personal attacks, or insults.
- No stolen content or bot posts
- No Advertising
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IndoorGarden and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/IndoorGarden?
r/IndoorGarden has 1,155,862 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #921 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,888 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/IndoorGarden?
r/IndoorGarden was created on Jan 6, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.
How active is r/IndoorGarden?
Very active: r/IndoorGarden gets about 22 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 118,899 posts and 692,783 comments. In a sample of 131 recent posts we counted 124 different authors.
When is r/IndoorGarden most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/IndoorGarden about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to discuss tips on growing an indoor garden, including herbs vegetables, and house plants.” Recent post titles often mention plant, indoor, plants, garden and help. Most posts are galleries (50%).
Is r/IndoorGarden safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IndoorGarden as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IndoorGarden?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IndoorGarden accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “No harassment, personal attacks, or insults.”; “No stolen content or bot posts”; “No Advertising”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IndoorGarden?
Communities with similar topics include r/gardening (9M), r/whatsthisplant (1.8M), r/homestead (3.6M), r/smallbusiness (2.6M) and r/RealEstate (2.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/IndoorGarden.