Your Growing Gift Guide

We've been busy developing products to offer you a range of unique gifts to give your loved ones this festive season. Our range is available online and in leading garden centres and retail stores across the country.

Here's our top picks for growing gifts this Christmas, if you are ready to shop, then you can jump straight to browsing the range here.

1. NEW HYDROvase - This is the hottest gift of 2023! Take your indoor gardening to the next level with this stylish hydroponic vase. Simply plug it in, sow your seeds in the HYRDOsoil pod, add water, and watch your seeds grow. Perfect for your desk or living room. Shop HYDROvase.
   
   
2. NEW HALOlight - Grow more indoors with the HALOlight. This clever light will give your indoor plants the light they crave without the need to relocate them near a window. Simply push the telescopic post into your pot and plug in. Priced at just $22.95 this is the ultimate stocking stuffer or secret Santa gift! Shop HALOlight.
   
   
3. Grass Hair Kits - These cute little critters make the perfect gift for kids and adults alike. At under $6 they make perfect stocking stuffers, school friend gifts, or office gifts for colleagues. There is a huge selection of different designs to choose from. Growing their grass hair makes them interactive and educational, and decorating their hair once it is grown is so much fun. Check out the full range here.
   
   
4. Smart Indoor Gardens - If you're looking for a super unique gift, then you can't go past the Mr Fothergill's range of Smart Indoor Gardens. Grow fresh herbs, veggies, and flowers indoors anywhere, all year round. Each unit in the Smart Indoor Garden range provides the right amount of light, water and nutrients to your plants, making growing super easy. Each kit comes complete with everything to get started including: growing medium, growing light, seeds and nutrients (if required). Just add water! These units are compact enough to sit on a desk and take up minimal space on a kitchen benchtop. View the Smart Indoor Garden range here. Shop the full range at Bunnings stores nationwide.
   
   
5. Grow & Brew Tea Kits - These beautiful kits are perfect for the tea enthusiast! Your gift recipient can grow their own tea using the pot, seeds and soil provided, then enjoy their brew using the included enamel mug and tea strainer. There are four delicious flavours to choose from: Bergamot, Chamomile, Lemon Balm and Peppermint and at under $21 they are perfect for secret santa too. View the range here.
   
   
6. Darlac Gardening Tools - Every gardener loves a new toy, and what better toy than one from the award-winning Darlac range. Made from quality materials and coupled with a lifetime guarantee, they are bound to get any gardener smiling this Christmas! The range includes all your garden favourites such as secateurs, saws, axes, shears, and even left-handed secateurs. New this year are our stainless steel hand tools! There are plenty of unique gadgets in the range too including the popular pocket chain saw, triblade shears, hi-lo and take-anywhere tap. Tools start at just $12.95. View the full Darlac range here.
   
   
7. Grow Pod Desktop Garden - This is the ultimate office gift. Grow small succulents, moss and small plants in this attractive desktop unit. It provides plants with the right amount of light and ventilation to grow where natural light may be lacking. Simply plug the USB cord into your computer to power the unit. Snap up yours this Christmas. View Grow Pod Desktop Garden. 
   
   
8. Insect Sanctuaries- With the world becoming more conscious about protecting our bees and pollinators, these cute wooden Insect sanctuaries make the perfect gift for the person with everything! These sanctuaries have been specifically made to attract native bees, beneficial insects and butterflies. They even come with a sachet of insect-attracting flower seeds. By welcoming these little creatures into your garden you're doing your little bit to ensure our crops continue to be pollinated for years to come. View the full range of insect sanctuaries here. We also have a huge range of bee and butterfly-attracting flower seeds. 
   
   
9. Little Gardeners Mini Greenhouse - Get the kids into gardening with their own mini greenhouse kit. It comes with everything you need to get growing, including reusable greenhouse, soil pellets, plant tags and 3 seed varieties. Just build, sow, and grow your very own seedlings at home! Constructed from sturdy plastic this greenhouse will last for seasons, it dismantles for easy storage between seasons too! Priced at just $18.95 it's a winner for your pocket too! Shop Little Gardeners Mini Greenhouse.
   
   
10. Watering Can Grow Kits - Check out our adorable Watering Can Grow Kits. As with all our kits, they come with everything you need to get started including a pot, soil pellet, and seeds, all beautifully packaged in a steel watering can which can be used to water the seeds. This kit even comes with stickers so the kids can decorate their watering can. Available in 3 vibrant colours/varieties. Sunflower, Tomato, and Cucumber. Check them out here.
    
    
11. Bonsai Kits - Growing Bonsai from seed is a very rewarding experience giving the grower 100% control from the earliest stages of growth. Our Bonsai Kits come with everything needed to start growing a Bonsai from seed including extensive instructions to help them learn the art of Bonsai. This is the ideal gift for the gardener that has everything! Four varieties to choose from - New Apple Blossom, Jacaranda, Maple, and Pine. The kits can also be used to grow full-size trees if not trained into a Bonsai. View the range.
    
    
12. Sprouter and Microgreens Growers - If you know a foodie or health fanatic, then our range of sprout and microgreen growers is the perfect gift!  Our simple growers allow you to grow your own fresh sprouts/microgreens hydroponically at home. We stock a range of seeds to grow in both too! Shop Sprouts range. Shop Microgreens range.
    
    
13. Chillies - If your loved one knows what the Schoville Heat Units (SHU) scale is, then they're bound to love something from our Chilli range! Featuring varieties such as Scorpion, Ghost, Butch, and the World Record holder for the hottest chilli - Carolina Reaper, we have something for every chilli lover. The HOTTEST gift they will get this Christmas! View the full chilli range here.
    
    
14. New and unique seed varieties - Seeds make the perfect gift for any keen gardener, why not surprise the green thumb in your life with something new and exciting from the wide range of seeds available at Mr Fothergills! You will find high-performance hybrids, modern varieties, and trusted favourites from all around the world in our range. Our Johnsons World Kitchen range is perfect for expats who may be missing vegetables or herbs from their homeland. The RHS range offers gardeners a specially curated range of award-winning and high-performance varieties from the world-renowned Royal Horticultural Society. Our Dahlia seed range is something new and different and is bound to be a favourite with any flower enthusiast. Or if you simply want to surprise them with something they may not have seen before, check out all our new arrivals here.
    
    

So this Christmas go green with Growing Gifts that keep on giving. We have a range of gifts to suit every gift recipient and every budget. We've put together a Christmas Gift Guide to help you shop for friends, family, teachers and colleagues. Gifts start from just $5 so there's something for every price range.

Browse our full Christmas Gift Guide (Some lines not available online, please check with your local Mr Fothergill's Stockist for the full gifting range)