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Top 10 Mothers Day Gifts 2023

Williams Sonoma Garden of Paradise Arm Saver Glove

What do you get for the woman who's given you everything? Well, if she has a green thumb, you’re in luck! We have compiled our list of top 10 Mother's Day gifts to ensure that when the day comes, you’re ready to celebrate her with her favorite gardening needs, sure to make her smile.

1. Duluth Trading Heirloom Gardening Overall Shorts

These overalls are as functional as they are fashionable, and we just love that they come with the option for 5 different colors and 3 different prints. Light-weight and made with a spandex blend, these stain resistant overalls will keep you comfortable and free to navigate even the hottest of gardens come the summer.

Duluth Trading Heirloom Gardening Overall Shorts

2. Williams Sonoma Garden of Paradise Arm Saver Glove

Give your mother the gift of scratch free arms this spring. Not only are these durable accessories beautiful, extra-long, and machine-washable, they were ALSO created by woman-owned business Womanswork. (They also offer a matching apron, in case your sibling is looking for a gift idea).

Williams Sonoma Garden of Paradise Arm Saver Glove

3. Sweet Succulent Heart Garden

Looking for variety? Well, what better way to show your love than with a heart shaped planter filled with a selection of succulent species. No to moms are the same, and neither are their planters, brimming with a variety of colors and foliage. Made out of cement, this gift is certainly durable, and will be with her for the long-haul!


Sweet Succulent Heart Garden


4. Eastern Leaf Rock Juniper Grow Kit

Is mom looking for a challenge this year? Well, get her this Rock Juniper Tree and see if she has the skills to make it flourish (just kidding, of course she does!) This tree is a little bit smaller than other options, to make the best use of space. For the beginner Bonsai gardener, Eastern leaf provides options for all the tools you need to begin cultivation.

Eastern Leaf Rock Juniper Grow Kit

5. NEST New York Wild Mint & Eucalyptus Candle

Well, maybe mom doesn’t have the greenest thumb, but why should that stop her from having the scent of fresh herbs in her home? This NEST candle combines the refreshing aroma of mint with relaxing and therapeutic notes of eucalyptus, to give your mom the relaxation she deserves this Mother’s Day.

NEST New York Wild Mint & Eucalyptus Candle

6. Beech Wood Handle Watering Can

We get it, watering can be a real pain. Make it a bit more enjoyable for your mom by getting her this gorgeous Anthropologie watering can, featuring a powered coated exterior and beech wood handle. She can use it indoors or out this spring, and it will certainly bring a smile to her face everytime she does.

Beech Wood Handle Watering Can

7. Lasko Top Fill Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier with Timer

We love this simple to use humidifier, and your mom surely will, too. This Lasko technology is specially made to help improve sleep quality, with a built in scent tray for essential oils, and a built in night light! Even Architectural Digest loves this tech, so it’s sure to be a hit!

8. Aspect™ LED Growlight

What do you get for the gardener who has everything, except a South facing window? A grow light, Of course! The Aspect is a pendant style LED indoor plant light engineered to grow your plants efficiently while seamlessly blending into your home décor. Mom will love the warm, museum-quality light, and the way her plants grow beneath it.


Aspect LED Grow Light

9. Handmade Gardening Gloves

Looking to pamper mom this Mothers Day? Well, treat her to a manicure, and then give her a pair of adorable gardening gloves to protect her nails and cuticles. We love these sweet lavender gloves from Etsy, made to last in the USA by seller MyLittleBelleville. Choose from multiple designs to fit your mom’s personality best, and treat her to some washable garden gear this year!

10. Funny T-Shirt

Does mom spend most of her days in the garden? Are the kids constantly running through the house, calling her name and asking where the extra toothpaste is? How about getting her this shirt from Etsy to remind the family, once and for all, she’s taking care of her plants.

If you have ever walked into a room and found your peace lily slumped dramatically over the side of its pot, you know the feeling. One day it looks perfectly happy. The next, every leaf is drooping like it gave up overnight.

Take a breath. This is one of the most normal things a peace lily does, and it is actually the plant trying to help you.

Peace lilies are known for being low-maintenance, but they are also famous for being dramatic communicators. When they need water, they tell you, loudly and visually, instead of quietly wilting the way some other houseplants do. Once you understand what that drooping actually means, watering a peace lily stops feeling like guesswork.

 

Enclosed plant cabinets can hold humidity levels well above the 30 to 40 percent typically found in a home, and that stable moisture is exactly what many finicky houseplants have been missing indoors. The best plant cabinets group humidity-loving foliage like Ferns, Calathea, and Fittonia together, add a dedicated grow light to replace what glass doors block out, and leave room for airflow so humidity never tips into mold. This guide covers which plants actually belong in a cabinet, how to arrange them by height and light need, and how to light the whole setup without balancing a lamp awkwardly on a shelf.

Interior coverage this year keeps circling back to the ceiling, with color, pattern, and architectural detail turning blank overhead space into what some designers now call the room's fifth wall. A pendant grow light is already a ceiling object, so that shift means the light can finally join the composition instead of hanging beneath it like an apology. This guide covers the fifth wall trend, composing a pendant and trailing plants as one overhead layer, why ceiling height changes what fixture you need, and how to match a fixture to your own ceiling.