Beautiful Advent Calendars Worth Buying For The Gardener In Your Life

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The gardener in your life is likely counting down the days until spring. Even if they have a winter garden, it won't be nearly as lush as their space come spring. To get them through the winter lull and help them celebrate their love of plants, consider gifting them an advent calendar suitable for garden lovers. It's a small gesture that can remind them of the shoots and blooms to come when the weather warms. As we move through December, these advent calendars can still be a great pick. You can gift them to an avid gardener who would love to open multiple doors at once to catch up, or grab these calendars at a discount and save them for gifting for next year.

The calendars on this list contain a variety of charming, creative, and genuinely useful little gifts, chosen with home gardeners in mind. They can range from lovingly packaged seeds to beginner-friendly tools to ornaments inspired by garden animals. The list ahead is full of creative products for budding green thumbs and experienced gardeners alike: It contains more than just tools and seeds, so you can even find a gift for the gardener that already has all the tools and gadgets.

The Closet Eclectic Co Seed-vent Advent Calendar is a lovely surprise for the gardener in your life, giving them a slew of new seeds to start when the frost subsides. This gift idea is excellent for both beginner and experienced gardeners: It takes some control out of their hands, choosing some plant types for them. This can open their horizons and encourage them to grow new plants (or revisit old favorites, for experienced gardeners).

This advent calendar packages the idea adorably, in a minimalist cardboard advent calendar. Your recipient gets to pop open 24 doors before Christmas. Behind each flap is a mini glass bottle that's corked, labeled, and filled with seeds of an heirloom vegetable, herb, or flower. Seed options might even vary from calendar to calendar since each is put together by hand. It's a pricier pick, but with 24 plant types, this calendar is for the gardener who loves variety and wants an abundance of seeds to plant. The little bottles are adorable and reusable for future crafts.

The Sow the Magic 12 Days of Planting Christmas Seed Ball Set presents a seed advent calendar in a different way. Instead of the usual little envelopes or bottles, these are small seed planting balls. They're handcrafted with clay and recycled paper, two materials that help to protect and nourish the seeds. This makes them easy to plant without thinking too much about planting conditions, so it's particularly great for new gardeners.

The set includes 12 seed balls. They aren't numbered or hidden behind a door, so they're a little less fun to unbox than some other calendars. But this advent calendar is affordable and still has an element of surprise. As your recipient picks up each one, they will find a label underneath that lets them know the plant. The balls include a variety of wildflower, pollinator, tea, and culinary seeds and resemble baubles in their festive Christmas packaging.

The Terrain Woodland Ornament Advent Calendar is probably the most giftable advent calendar on this list. It looks really nice and feels more substantial for giving away than calendars full of seeds or trinkets. Your giftee will pop open each perforated door (there's 12 in all) and reveal a gorgeous, small hand-blown glass ornament each day.

The ornaments measure around 2 to 2.5 inches tall, so they're more suitable for a small tree or as filler ornaments. Don't depend on them to decorate a full-size tree. They're absolutely charming, based on woodland plants and creatures, though they also come across as very garden themed. The collection includes an acorn, squirrel, cardinal, butterfly, bluebird, tree, bee, owl, and a couple of pine cones and mushrooms. Woodland-inspired decor is trending, so this is a great nature-inspired Christmas tree trend that brings the outdoors in.

The Tribal Turquoise Heirloom Seed Advent Calendar presents seeds in pretty little numbered envelopes. It's a mid-priced seed advent calendar, offering 24 seed varieties for a cheaper price than the Closet Eclectic calendar above. A 12-day version is also available. Either option includes a different seed variety for each day, all non-GMO and heirloom.

Each envelope is sealed, numbered, and labeled, so its contents won't be a surprise like a calendar with doors. However, the setup allows for some flexibility. For example, you can use them to make an advent calendar garland by hanging them with pegs from a length of string like the Decora Mini Wooden Craft Clothespins. Or you can line them up in a decorative tin. It's a good option for those who are tight on space too, since the envelopes take up minimal room.

The Yellow Papers Garden Advent Calendar is a great advent calendar for the gardener who has everything (or the one who might not be satisfied with advent calendar seeds or tools). It's a visual advent calendar printed on card paper. It's garden-themed and beautifully illustrated, so it's one that almost every gardener will enjoy.

The image is of Santa taking care of his grounds. Each day, pop open a flap to reveal the surprise image beneath, which might be a lily, sunflower, lavender, or other plant. The lush image is a lovely tribute to the greenery that will come around again after the colder seasons.

The Poatrozon Garden Tool Advent Calendar includes some essential tools for budding gardeners. It's suitable for the gardener in your life who is just starting out with this hobby — it might not pass muster from experienced gardeners who might want tools from the big gardening brands. However, it is a fun advent calendar, offering several full-size hand tools such as trowels, hand rakes, gloves, and a pruner.

The tools come in typical cardboard advent calendar packaging, with a door to open and reveal a gift every day for 24 days. Considering the affordable price of this calendar (we've seen it for just under $30 on sale), it offers excellent value for its price. At such a low price per tool, this advent calendar won't be the most robust, but it will work fine for the person in your life who wants to dabble in gardening in the new year.

If your giftee has been talking about wanting to make DIY garlands, the Wivolibe Seeds Christmas Advent Calendar is a wonderful gift to get them started. It's a seed advent calendar, with 24 flower, vegetable, or herb seed varieties. The mix of seeds includes some of the easiest plants to grow for beginner gardeners, so you can give this one to newbie and experienced gardeners alike.

The seeds come in numbered red envelopes, each with a festive design. A length of rope and mini wood pegs are also included so they can hang the envelopes as a garland right out of the box. Or follow the lead of this image and clip the envelopes to an evergreen garland. Unlike the Tribal Turquoise seed advent calendar above, these envelopes come in a box, so it's easier to wrap up as a gift.

The Partylamb Succulent Advent Calendar is yet another fabulous gift for plant-lovers. It doesn't include seeds or tools, so it's a good pick if you're unsure of what your gardener friend wants for their stash. Instead, it's a collection of LEGO-like building blocks. Each one creates an adorable mini botanical figurine.

This advent calendar includes 24 numbered boxes, each with a surprise plant model inside. Instructions are included, so it's a suitable gift for older children and teens as well (the small pieces can be a choking hazard for little ones, so it's recommended for children aged 6 and up). By Christmas, your giftee will have 24 adorable plants to display. If you think they might prefer a bouquet rather than a bunch of individual plants, the Dreacareft Bouquet Building Advent Calendar might be a better pick: It has a similar premise, but each day they build a flower to make a bouquet.

Beautiful, dried blooms are the main draw of the Amber Wind Studio Botanical Advent Calendar. It looks like a typical cardboard advent calendar, with perforated doors you pop open. But instead of chocolate or other treats, each flap hides a lovely inspirational quote and one of 23 beautifully dried flowers. The calendar culminates in a botanical necklace with a pressed flower resin pendant behind the last flap. You can even choose the necklace flower from a few types of blooms. Also included is a botanical-themed piece of art, signed by the artist.

All of the flowers are handpicked from the fields and forests of Switzerland, so they can vary from calendar to calendar. This is a beautiful calendar for those who love flowers and anything artistic. It has a romantic and fairy-tale feel to it that's delightful for the gardener in your life who adores pretty things.

The Angela Harding Bringing Home The Tree Advent Calendar is another artwork advent calendar, so its perforated windows reveal a surprise image rather than items such as seeds or tools. It really leans into the winter theme and is perfect for gardeners who actually cherish this slow, festive season, despite its lack of greenery. The artwork shows a snow-covered yard with birds in the foreground and a person carrying a Christmas tree, accompanied by their prancing whippet. It's a serene scene created by Angela Harding, a printmaker based in Rutland, England.

The folded sides and cut-out birds give the calendar some dimension and make it possible to display on the mantel or side table as a piece of holiday decor. It's delivered in a compostable sleeve, a fun little detail for gardeners with a compost pile: this Christmas gift can help nourish their plants come spring.