The invention relates to a device for growing vegetables, of the type comprising at least one horizontal support on which vegetable growing units can be arranged and which is intended to be installed in a chamber having at least one light source. This device is characterised in that it consists of one or more horizontal plates (9) connected to means making it possible to impart to them a movement having at least one horizontal component, so as to homogeneously distribute the light flow received by the growing units arranged on at least one part of the said horizontal plate or plates (9). <IMAGE>