Most gardening sites cover everything: vegetable patches, flower beds, lawn care, pruning guides for trees you need a garden to plant. That is not what this site is.
Urban Grown Home is for people growing indoors. Specifically, it is for people without outdoor growing space, people who want fresh food year-round regardless of the season, and people who want to understand the equipment they are buying before they spend money on it.
The site covers eight areas: hydroponics, grow lights, smart garden systems, grow tents, microgreens, mushroom growing, indoor plants, and apartment gardening. Everything is indoor. There are no outdoor growing guides here.
Why We Built This
When Stuart started getting into indoor growing, the honest resources were hard to find. Most of the content online fell into two camps: basic “how to look after a houseplant” articles that assumed you wanted a decorative fern, and technical deep dives written for commercial growers who already knew what a VPD chart was.
The middle ground, which is where most indoor growers actually live, was mostly missing. People setting up their first hydroponic system, trying to figure out whether an AeroGarden is worth the money, or wanting to understand what PAR and PPFD actually mean for grow light buying decisions, did not have a reliable place to go.
Urban Grown Home is that site.
What We Test and How We Cover It
Product recommendations on this site come from one of two places: direct hands-on testing, or detailed research using manufacturer specifications, owner reviews, and third-party data. We do not recommend products we have not either tested or thoroughly researched.
When we have tested something personally, we say so and include specifics from that experience. When we have not, we say that too. We do not dress up research-based articles as first-hand reviews. You will find both types of content here, and the distinction is always clear.
Pricing is checked at time of writing and updated when we are aware of changes. Specifications come from manufacturer sources rather than secondary websites. If something has changed since we published, the contact page is the fastest way to let us know.
Our Position on Indoor Growing
Growing your own food indoors is not always cheaper than buying it from a supermarket, at least not in the short term. A decent hydroponic setup requires an upfront investment. Running grow lights costs electricity. Some smart garden systems have ongoing pod costs that add up.
We do not pretend otherwise. Where the numbers make sense, we say so. Where they do not, we say that too. The value of growing indoors is not always purely financial, and that is fine, but you should go into it with an honest picture of what things cost.
We are also not precious about equipment. Expensive is not always better. A £25 Mars Hydro LED panel can outperform a £90 branded alternative for certain applications. A simple Kratky jar can grow lettuce as effectively as a £400 hydroponic system. We try to match the tool to the actual need rather than default to the premium option.
Who Runs the Site
Urban Grown Home is written and run by Stuart Young, an indoor growing enthusiast based in the UK. Stuart started with a windowsill herb garden, got frustrated with supermarket herbs dying within a week of purchase, and ended up going deep into hydroponics from there.
The site launched in 2026. It is independently owned and does not have investors or commercial partners with editorial influence.
How We Make Money
Urban Grown Home uses affiliate links. If you click a product link on this site and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We are affiliated with Amazon, and in some cases with the brands we cover directly (Mars Hydro, Spider Farmer, AeroGarden, Gardyn, Click and Grow).
Affiliate arrangements do not influence our editorial recommendations. Products we rate poorly include affiliate links for context, because readers may want to buy them regardless of our view. Products we rate highly include affiliate links because we think they are worth buying. The rating comes first; the link is secondary.
We also display advertising through Mediavine once we meet the traffic threshold for their network. Ads are placed to avoid interfering with content readability.
If you have a question about how we cover anything, or want to get in touch, the contact page is the right place.