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!
These stunning plants make fantastic cut flowers that your mama can bring indoors and arrange in her own artful way. Plus, our blog on the 7 Best Long-Flowering Plants for Growing Cut Flowers and color palette recommendations will make it easy to for her to create floral arrangements that will look great in the landscape or inside in a vase (P.S., vases make great gifts, too!). We always have a fabulous selection of long-blooming cutting garden favorites, and the adorable vases to accompany them, at our garden centers for Mother’s Day.
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 edible container planting for your mom, or pick up a selection of tasty plants and a gorgeous pot and plant them together! 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
Fragrance is key to creating memorable moments in the garden, which is why giving the gift of a scented plant is one of our favorite things to do!
When it comes to creating an impactful, fragrant container planting, keep it simple with a classic ceramic pot and let one of our 7 Best Fragrant Plants take center stage. Or if you want something fuller, 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! Take inspiration from our popular blogs on gifting memorable, nostalgic plants:
- 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 your mother to unwind with our tasteful selection of outdoor furniture and outdoor living accessories.
When creating a relaxing setting for your mama, you can go big with a new patio set, or add comfort and class to her existing patio with new cushions and pillows. But our favorite way to cultivate calm is by gifting a firepit or water fountain to really elevate her outdoor space. Whether she is spending time outside solo or with her loves, our garden centers have everything you need to deck her deck for outdoor Summer living.
6. Luscious Houseplants for an Indoor Haven
Plants make our homes feel calm and serene and can help your mom connect to nature, no matter where she lives. After all, the right plant and pottery has the power to transform a space, just like our favorite mamas.
If you know that your want to give a houseplant for Mother’s Day, 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 Pacific Northwest makers. When you find the right plant and planter 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
When in doubt, play the hits! These options are classics for a reason, and moms love to receive them just as much as you love to give them.
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! Pick up a Dennis’ 7 Dees gift card, grab a cute 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 available online and can be emailed instantly for quick but thoughtful gifting.
Find gorgeous plants and lovely, stylish gifts at any of our local garden centers, either for the moms in your life or anyone on your list—including you!