Gift Ideas For Important Holidays
Sending a holiday gift plant is a wonderful way to celebrate with friends and family - even when you can't be there in person. Our selection changes with the seasons, so there is always something special to share.
Christmas Gift Giving
Giving Plants Says Happy Holidays!
There is no time is better than the Christmas and Winter Holidays to give a gift plant. Plants liven up a room, decorate a table, greet guests at the front door. What better gift can adds so much festivity and cheer? Plus a growing plant will last through the new year!
When giving a gift plant for the holidays, the right plant can make the difference between festive and frustrating. Consider the lifestyle and preferences of the recipient.
GIFT PLANT TIPS: These tips can help you give a gift that is just right.
- Make sure that they will be home for delivery. Especially in cold weather, leaving the plant gift outdoors can severely damage or even kill the plant.
- Do not stress if your budget allow a large plant. A small burst of color on a side table or bathroom can add a lively and much appreciated element to the overall holiday scheme.
- If you are visiting a friend or family member, whether as a houseguest or party guest, send a gift in advance of your visit. It will tell your guest that you are looking forward to your time with them and that you appreciate their generosity.
- Send a gift plant to friends and family who are housebound, or have had especially bad years. The gesture of cheer can brighten their moods and provide a sense of comfort.
- If your recipient has a favorite flowering or green plant, don’t hesitate to send it just because it isn’t traditionally holiday. Any beautiful, long lasting gift plant will be enjoyed throughout the season and into the long cold days ahead.
- Poinsettias, amaryllis, Christmas cactus and small evergreens are traditional choices for holiday gift giving because they add so much color and thrive during the winter months.
- Send a personalized gift message. Some ideas include:
-Happy holidays!
-We look forward to sharing the holidays with you...
-Merry Christmas
-May you find peace and kindness this holiday season
-Festive color for those cold days ahead!
-Have yourself a merry little Christmas.
-Ring in the new! With loving best wishes for a happy New Year!
-Cheers to a luck and love in the year ahead.
New Year's Gift Giving
Here’s to all wonderful people in your life!
In many cultures, the New Year is a time to give gifts that express gratitude and appreciation for the important people in your life. A gift plant is a perfect symbol of goodwill. Beautiful, alive and long lasting, it will offer warming memories for the weeks and even months to come.
GIFT PLANT TIPS: These tips can help you give a gift that is just right.
- Make sure that they will be home for delivery. Especially in cold weather, leaving the plant gift outdoors can severely damage or even kill the plant.
- Giving a gift plant for the New Year is the perfect way to offer seasons greetings to business associates, friends and family who were out of town during the Christmas season.
- Consider giving a new year’s gift as a thank you to those who have hosted holiday parties and events. A long lasting gift plant will offer color and cheer that will last long into the New Year.
- Just about any plant can be a great new years gift. A green plant, like a dieffenbachia, croton or pothos, will grow easily even during the cold winter months. Bamboo, a traditional good luck plant, will signal your hopes for good fortune throughout the New Year.
- Write a personalized note. Some ideas include:
- In with the new! Here’s to a great future.
- Happy New Years!
- Here’s to a year of good luck
- Best wishes for prosperity and good fortune this New Year.
Valentine's Day
A Beautiful Plant Says I Love You
Does your love last a week? A month? A year? When considering gifts for the ones you love, choose a long lasting gift plant. Always growing and becoming more beautiful everyday, they are the perfect way to show your love.
GIFT PLANT TIPS: These tips can help you give a gift that is just right.
- Many flowering gift plants offer the bright display of cut flowers, but last longer and can be replanted for years of blooming enjoyment. Hydrangeas, azaleas and potted roses are super ways to show your love.
- An orchid is a great flower alternative because it is so dramatic and sophisticated, but lasts long and is surprisingly easy to care for. Perfect for your significant other, best friend or even your mom.
- Send your gift plant to your loved one’s work. She will enjoy sharing her good fortune (thoughtful you) to her co-workers, and will also have the choice to keep it at her workplace or take it home.
Send a personalized note. Here are a few ideas for getting it just right.
- I love you forever
- Long lasting and beautiful – just like our love.
- Lets grow together – I Love you.
- You are my summer, my flower, and my life. I love you.
- Mom, you are always in my heart
- Girlfriend, who needs a guy when I’ve got you!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Mother's Day
Mom has done so much – show your appreciation with a long lasting plant that will reminder her how much you care!
GIFT PLANT TIPS: These suggestions can help you give a gift that is just right.
Hydrangeas, azaleas and potted roses are bright blooms that – unlike cut flowers - will last long after the holiday into the summer.
An orchid is a wonderfully dramatic and sophisticated gift - and is very low maintenance! Perfect for mom.
Have the gift delivered to mom’s workplace several days before the holiday. She will enjoy sharing her good fortune (and how thoughtful you are!) with her co-workers, and will also have the choice to keep it at her workplace or take it home.
Send a gift plant early even if you are planning to visit or will be spending time with Mom on Mother’s Day. It makes her “special weekend” last longer – and gives you a chance to see and enjoy the gift you shared.
Send a personalized note. Here are a few ideas for getting it just right.
- You’re the best – thanks for everything!
- We miss you on this special day. We love you.
- Happy Mother’s Day to the best mom in the world. I love you.
Father's Day
Dad deserves lots of appreciation for all that he has done for you and your family. Even the man who has everything can enjoy a handsome, wholesome plant.
GIFT PLANT TIPS: These suggestions can help you give a gift that is just right.
Green leafy plants, like the African Mask, Pothos or Chinese Evergreen, grow and thrive in most home and office environments.
A bonsai is exotic and fascinating - and very low maintenance. A handsome focal point for the home or office.
Have the gift delivered to dad's workplace several days before the holiday. He will enjoy sharing with his co-workers, and showing off what a good kid you are!
Send a personalized note. Here are a few ideas for getting it just right.
- You’re the best – thanks for everything!
- For your wisdom, kindness and support. I love you!
- We miss you on this special day. We love you.
- Happy Father’s Day to the best DAD in the world. I love you.