We love making special time to celebrate our favorite gardeners and life-givers every year. This Spring, show your mama how much you care with one of our unique and thoughtful Mother’s Day gift ideas!
Whether you use Mother’s Day to honor the person who brought you into this world or to recognize those who have been your strongest allies and chosen family, this is the perfect opportunity to gift your special someone with a meaningful gift that they will enjoy for years to come. We know that many of you make an annual visit to the garden center with your mom to spend quality time together, and we love being a part of your family tradition!
Here are 7 clever Mother’s Day gifts you’ll find at our garden centers and indoor plant shops!
1. Living Bouquet for the Budding Florist
With their glorious, abundant blooms, perennials like Foxgloves, Lupines, Peonies, and of course, Roses, are like living bouquets in the garden—the perfect alternative to a traditional flower arrangement.
These stunning plants make fantastic cut flowers that your mama can bring indoors and arrange in her own artful way (check out these adorable vases!). Plus, our color palette recommendations make it easy to create floral arrangements that will look great in the landscape or inside in a vase (those make great gifts, too!). We currently have a fabulous selection of these cutting garden favorites and vases to accompany them at our garden centers.
2. Edible Plants for Culinary Delights
Homegrown fruits, veggies, and herbs are a delight for the senses—their flavor, color, and aroma will rival anything that she will find in the grocery store.
Create a custom herb container planting for your mom or pick up a selection to plant together in her existing garden beds. Whether its backyard berries to add to her famous desserts, fresh herbs to spruce up a cocktail, or a mix of heirloom tomatoes to impress her dinner guests, we have a phenomenal selection of locally sourced, organic edible plants that will add pizzazz to all her culinary exploits!
3. Elegant & Fragrant Container Garden
We are big fans of giving our nearest and dearest loves the gift of a beautiful container garden, and fragrant plants are an absolute must for any potted arrangement!
Keep it simple with a classic ceramic pot and let one of our 7 Best Fragrant Plants take center stage. Fill in the spaces around the aromatic all-star with one of our stunning container garden palettes and voila—you’ve created something that your Mom will enjoy and make her think of you every time she steps outside!
4. Something Sentimental Just for Her
Mothers adore nostalgia, and even a bit of romance, and the right plant can help evoke both! Whether it’s something to spark a memory from a recent trip, remind her of her childhood, or say “I love you”, it’s easy and fun to show affection with a plant!
- Classic Flowering Shrubs for a Modern Garden – Perfect for caregivers who have fond associations with plants from their past and want to create those for the next generation.
- 7 Romantic Plants for Garden Lovers – Perfect for sending a message, loud and clear, to your Mama that you love her!
- Anniversary & Valentine’s Day Gifts Inspired by your Love Story – Ideal for helping your matriarch relive the golden memories you’ve shared.
5. An Outdoor Retreat to Boost Her Well-Being
Help create a chic and serene space for Mom to unwind with our tasteful selection of outdoor furniture and outdoor living accessories.
Go big with a new patio set, or add comfort and class to her existing patio with new cushions and pillows. Set the tone for a Summer of relaxation by gifting her a firepit or water fountain to really elevate her outdoor space. Our garden centers have everything you need to deck the deck for outdoor Summer living!
6. Luscious Houseplants for an Indoor Retreat
Plants make our homes feel calm and serene and can help Mom connect to nature, no matter where she lives. The right plant and pottery has the power to transform a space by bringing drama and sophistication, just like our favorite mamas.
Check out our perfect pottery and plant pairing recommendations to help you come up with a fresh combination, and our complete guide to Success with Statement Houseplants for large indoor plant design inspiration. Our houseplant selection is revived every week, and we are proud to carry a broad selection of indoor pottery, included pieces from local PNW makers. When you find the right plant and piece of indoor pottery for your mama, she’ll remember your thoughtful attention every time she walks past the plant in her home!
7. Self-Care Package for Proper Pampering
When in doubt, pamper Mom with a custom gift basket! All our garden centers and plant shops have a gift shop with an array of thoughtful gifts.
You’ll find fun items like flower presses, artsy seed collections, botanical jewelry, plant accessories, stylish pruning shears, and more—perfect gifts for plant lovers and nature enthusiasts alike. We also have locally-made candles from Sea of Roses, with earthy, clean, and floral scents that are perfectly balanced. And because we know what our Moms love most is quality time, pick up a new puzzle for the two of you to do together!
Classic Mother’s Day Gifts
Hanging Basket
For the mom who still adores the iconic garden center gift—a hanging basket—we’ve got you covered with a host of gorgeous new combos to choose from! Download and print our Hanging Basket Care Sheet so she can enjoy her blooming basket all season long.
Garden Center Gift Card
If your mama loves to garden, but you can’t decide what to get her, “leaf” the decision to her—get a Dennis’ 7 Dees gift card and take her on an epic shopping spree! For those who are far away from loved ones this Mother’s Day, digital gift cards are now available online and can be emailed instantly for quick, hassle-free gifting.
Find all of these gorgeous plants and lovely gifts at any of our local garden centers, either for the moms in your life or anyone on your list—including you!