Gardening is a popular hobby among many moms, and it’s no wonder. Spending hours outdoors, in the peace and quiet of nature (moms spend years without much quiet!), is a great way to relieve stress. It’s also a lot of fun to see the plants and flowers you cultivate begin to bloom and grow.
If your mom loves to garden, we have some great gift ideas for her! These gardening gifts for mom cover tools she’ll need, books she’ll love, and specialty hand creams and scrubs for cleaning up afterward. You’re sure to find something she’ll love.
30 Awesome Gardening Gift Ideas for Mom
The perfect gardening gifts for mom – which one suits her best?
Gardening Gloves for Women
There are tons of choices for gardening gloves if you’re looking for gardening gifts for mom. However, these rubber-coated gloves work especially great for gripping weeds or plants. They’re contoured pretty close to your hands, so they won’t be bulky but will move like your fingers. And the thick surface means prickers and spiky leaves won’t harm your skin.
Garden Kneeling Pad
Gardening can be hard on the knees! Gardeners are constantly moving while they’re planting, weeding, and tending to their plants. This kneeler is easily portable as they wander around the garden, and the cushy surface will protect knees from the uncomfortable ground.
Pruning Shears with Curved Precision Blades
Good pruning shears are a must for any gardener! They want shears that make a clean, sharp cut – dull shears can ruin plants. These shears are perfect for trimming plants and small branches. The easy-open lock means you can protect the blade and open it one-handed when you need them.
Wide-Brimmed Sun Hat
Gardeners spend hours outdoors in the sun – be sure Mom is adequately protected with this sun hat! The wide brim protects her face, neck, shoulders, and chest, and the strap means the hat won’t fall off while she’s moving and working.
Edward Tools Bulb Planter
A bulb planter is one of those gardening gifts for mom that she may not think to buy for herself but will love when she gets it! A bulb planter makes the tedious work of digging lots of small holes for bulbs much faster and easier.
Crocs Classic Clog
Many people don’t like wearing tennis shoes while gardening. The mud, dirt, and grass can ruin the shoes and stick to them when people head inside. Gardening clogs are a great solution. They’ll protect feet and can be easily rinsed off with a garden hose when the gardener is finished.
Oak Leaf Rain Chain
Rain chains are a beautiful alternative to your home’s downspout. You can hang the chain from your gutter so the rain travels down this delicate leaf cup chain instead. It also makes a great gardening gift for mom and will compliment her garden beautifully.
Plant Moisture Meter
Different plants have different moisture needs and this meter can help Mom keep track of all of them. It works on indoor plants as well as outdoor garden plants. The large dial means the meter is easy to read.
Hutzler Garden Colander
This colander is a great gardening gift idea for mom since it can transport fruits, vegetables, and flowers from her garden to the house. Dirt and moisture fall through the colander cracks so she’s not left with a messy bowl when she gets indoors. She can even hose everything off outside to cut down on the dirt before going inside.
Wooden Raised Garden Bed
If Mom has back problems, a raised garden bed could be a wonderful solution. She won’t need to bend over or stoop to tend to a vegetable or flower garden, putting much less strain on her back and neck. This would be a perfect Mother’s Day or birthday gift, especially if her birthday falls at the beginning of the growing season.
Floral-Printed Glove Spa Gift Set
This gift kit includes gardening gloves with a beautiful English garden print, along with a bar of gardener’s soap to help Mom clean up after she’s done. The soap contains ingredients like shea butter, olive oil, and apricot scrub to clean and care for those hard-working hands!
Butterfly Garden Flower Seed Collection
Help Mom attract butterflies to her garden with this flower seed collection. The collection includes a variety of seeds for flowers that butterflies are attracted to, including milkweed, bee balm, delphiniums, and more.
Long Spout Watering Can
If your mother enjoys plants and flowers indoors as well as out, give her this watering can! It holds plenty of water for indoor plants, but the shape and copper finish makes it pretty enough to leave out as decoration when it’s not in use.
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden Book
Floret Farm has a large social media following, where people love seeing the gorgeous flowers grown on the farm and love learning how to arrange those flowers. They now have a book with even more pictures of the lush gardens at the farm. Mom can browse through the beautiful flowers in the book and get tips to grow her own flowers, plus ideas for how to arrange them.
60pcs Bamboo Plant Labels
It can be hard to remember what you’ve planted when you’re putting seeds or seedlings in the ground. Help Mom out with these plant labels! The bamboo wooden stakes blend seamlessly into their surroundings, and the set comes with a pen that won’t wash off when it rains.
Fox Farm Liquid Fertilizer
This liquid fertilizer is a great addition for indoor plants. The formula includes earthworm castings, bat guano, Norwegian kelp, and other ingredients that help plants grow huge blooms and fragrant flowers. You can use the fertilizer on both indoor and outdoor plants to give them a boost.
Funny Vegetable Gardener Shirt
Your mom or grandma can let the world know about their love for gardening with this “punny” T-shirt! It reads, “I love gardening from my head tomatoes” and comes in several colors. Have a little fun with your gift – you could pair this with a small, useful present like seedlings or hand cream as well.
9 Piece Garden Tools Set
Garden tools make great gardening gift ideas for mom! This set includes a trowel, handheld hoe, weeder, spade, spray bottle, gloves, and more. The handles are cushioned for comfort and the metal tools are rust-resistant. The kit also comes with a tote that has pockets for the tools as well as space for seeds and other gardening necessities.
Hand Blown Glass Hummingbird Feeder
This gorgeous glass hummingbird feeder makes a lovely addition to any garden. If your mom likes to plant flowers, she can plant bright flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Then, she can sweeten the deal with a hummingbird feeder that’s guaranteed to make her the hopping hummingbird hotspot! Even when the feeder doesn’t have birds, the hand-blown glass creation looks beautiful all on its own.
Portable Cold Frame Greenhouse
If Mom lives in a cold climate, she can get a head start on the growing season with this portable greenhouse! It’s big enough to fit a variety of plants inside but small enough that it can be moved indoors or out, depending on the weather.
Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Cream
This hand cream is specially formulated for gardeners, whose skin can get very dry and cracked after a day in the dirt! It has hydrating ceramides and Vitamin E to rejuvenate and protect the skin. Myrrh extract helps to keep nails and cuticles in good shape, too.
Yard Butler Twist Tiller
Some garden areas can be hard to dig! This twist tiller lets Mom turn up dirt while standing upright, instead of having to do it with a hand rake. It’s much easier on the back! Of course, to make this a really great present, you could offer to do the hard work for her…
Indoor Pepper Seed Starter Kit
This seed started kit is great for a kitchen window or front porch in warmer weather. It comes with heirloom, non-GMO pepper seeds to grow Anaheim, poblano, cayenne, and jalapeño peppers. The kit also includes four small burlap grow bags, potting soil disks, plant markers, garden shears, and a rustic-looking wood box that doubles as a planter. Mom has everything she needs to start growing peppers right away!
Gardeners Exfoliating Hand Scrub
Anyone who’s spent several hours gardening knows it can be hard to get all that dirt off your hands and out from under your nails! Help Mom get clean quicker with this hand scrub. Not only will it remove dirt, it scrubs away dead, dry skin for smoother hands as well.
Outdoor Wind Chimes
Enjoying a garden is only partially about the plants and flowers in it. Bird feeders, rain chains, and wind chimes all help with the peaceful, beautiful atmosphere that makes a garden beautiful and relaxing. These quietly tinkling wind chimes add just the right amount of noise without being too loud.
Vintage Plant Mister
This mister is perfect for watering plants that don’t need a lot, like succulents. It can also help with cleaning dust off the leaves of plants. The vintage glass bottle looks beautiful when left out between mistings.
Outdoor Garden Workstation
If Mom needs a spot to set up all her gardening stuff, pot plants, and store tools, this outdoor garden station is perfect! Because the potting bench is wooden, it blends beautifully with the outdoors. It has several shelves, a drawer, and pegs for hanging tools and other supplies.
Indoor Plant Grow Lights
Grow lights mean gardeners can start seedlings indoors while it’s still cold and snowy outside. They’re especially useful for sun-loving plants like tomatoes and peppers. Help Mom get going with growing with this set of grow lights to start her seeds or give tropical plants a little extra boost of warmth during winter.
Garden Trellis for Climbing Plants
This trellis is perfect for vines and climbing plants. It’s made of solid iron, with intricate scrollwork that makes it a beautiful addition to any garden. The trellis is six feet tall, so it’s a seriously hefty piece that makes a statement.
Countertop Compost Bin
Compost is like gold to gardeners! All those kitchen scraps and paper break down into really great soil to use in the garden. Mom can start composting on a small scale with this kitchen countertop bin. It’s easy to toss eggshells, coffee grounds, and other scraps right in the bin to be used later.