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aHa! Modern Living Has the Perfect Gifts for Mom

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Mother’s Day is May 8th this year, and you certainly don’t not want to miss this opportunity to show Mom how much you appreciate her.

We’ve assembled a wonderful array of Mother’s Day gifts for any and every Mom, regardless of her style and personality. We can ship the gift of your choice straight to Mom’s house. We’ll even gift wrap it and include a personalized message on your behalf for a small charge of only $4.

Gifts for the Gardener Mom:

We think that it’s no coincidence that Mother’s Day is in May each year. Come May, the April showers have ceased and given way to sunnier skies, making it a great time to gift mom with some fun new gardening supplies. Place all of these items together in a large flower pot or galvanized metal bucket for a beautiful Mother’s Day gardening gift.

Matchstick Gardens $2.50

Soil Scoop $18

Write + Erase Plant Tags $16
  • Botanical Interests Seeds make a simple and fun gift, and are small enough that you can tuck them right inside a greeting card.
  • Matchstick Gardens are cute and trendy, too! In fact, they are featured in this month’s edition of Better Homes and Gardens.
  • Garden Plant Tags are perfect for the garden. Not only are they stylish but reusable. Plus, they come in two different pretty design schemes: botanical and herb.
  • Bamboo Garden Gloves are not just your ordinary gloves. Mom will feel totally pampered in these durable and eco-friendly gardening gloves.
  • Allsop Container Pot Pads are a practical gift for anyone who enjoys container gardening.
  • Soil Scoops come in 5 different colors, and you are sure to find Mom’s favorite shade.

The Foodie Mom:

Every foodie is really a garden lover at heart. Why? Because the best foods are ones that are locally grown and produced. To encourage your mom’s love of all things delicious and scrumptious, we have a selection of gifts for the foodie. Group these items together in a large mixing bowl or colander for a great foodie gift.

Gather Book $22.95

Roost Farmers Market Baskets from $13

Eat & Spoon Tea Towel Set $42
  • Gather, a seasonal cookbook by Georgeann Brennan, is all about bringing the entire family together to enjoy a meal, whether it’s super extravagant or totally simple. The family dinner is a dwindling art, and one that we think should be preserved.
  • Tea Towels are a great for drying fruits and veggies. Help Mom update her kitchen with an eco-friendly alternative to paper towels.
  • The Roost Farmers Market Baskets are a chic update on a grocery store staple. Made of sturdy white bone china, they’re so pretty that Mom can keep them right out on the kitchen counter.
  • Don’t you think it’s time for Mom to update that old plastic cutting board that has seen better days? The Roost Cutting Board and Serving Set, with its tough and rustic design, can go right from prep to serving thanks to its handsome appearance.
  • The Roost Mortar & Pestle is sure to become Mom’s favorite new kitchen tool. If she’s not sure how to use it, she can get some easy tips with our blog Top 5 Uses For Your Roost Mortar and Pestle.
  • Roost Apple and Pear Pinch Bowls are great not only for salt, pepper and other herbs and spices, but could also be used for rings, stamps, or crafting supplies such as seed beads.

The Bird Loving Mom:

Singing songbirds herald the arrival of spring, and are certainly one of the loveliest and most welcome signs of the season. Whether Mom has a sprawling backyard or a teeny apartment balcony, she can attract these friendly visitors to her space and enjoy their company. Arrange these gifts in a pretty basket for the perfect bird lover’s Mother’s Day gift.

Glass Bird Tealights $22

Bodega Birdhouses from $79

Roost Hummingbird Feeders from $20
  • The Roost Glass Bird Tealights are perfect decorations for any season. They look lovely as a stand-alone centerpiece, or perched among seasonal flowers, foliage, and berries.
  • Roost Bird Candles are finely crafted candles that come in a set of four in green, ivory, or gray to match any of mom’s decor styles.
  • The Birds of a Feather Mobile makes such an interesting and unique gift. Wouldn’t it look pretty positioned near an open window, so that the wooden birds could gently flutter in the breeze?
  • Modern Glass Hummingbird Feeders are a stylish way for Mom to lure hummingbirds to her outdoor spaces, which are undoubtedly one of the most beautiful garden visitors.
  • Roost Bodega Bird Houses have such a hip design. With three different designs to choose from, you can pick the one that Mom would like best – or place a grouping in one of her trees for a happenin’ bird ‘hood.
  • Owl Salt & Pepper Shakers transform a mundane kitchen object into a hand-carved work of art.

Still haven’t found the ideal gift for Mom? Take a look at our Mother’s Day blog from last year, Garden Starter Kits Make Great Mother’s Day Gifts, for some additional ideas. Or, peruse our Gifts for Her section to find plantable paper, lusciously scented bath products, and other fun items.

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Garden Starter Kits Make Great Mother’s Day Gifts

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Basil Container Garden

For first time gardeners, getting started can be quite intimidating. Many people would love to experience America’s #1 most popular outdoor hobby, but simply don’t know where to begin. A trip to the local Big Box gardening store is less than helpful. There are so many mass-produced products from which to choose, how could one possibly sort through them all?

Well, we at aHa! Modern Living have a terrific solution for the aspiring or novice gardener. We have assembled a wonderful little collection of Garden Starter Kits to take the guesswork out of beginning a home garden. With three different kits from which to choose, we’ve designed one to fit any green thumb’s needs.

Don’t forget that Mother’s Day will be here before you know it! Mom is sure to love a gift that will allow her to spend time outside in the lovely, warm May weather. Check out all of the Garden Starter Kits for the one that will best suit Mom:

The Urban Seed Starting Kit – $46.43

If you want to take the guesswork out of gardening for your mom, then the Urban Seed Starting Kit is the perfect Mother’s Day gift. We’ve designed it to accommodate the first-time gardener who’s just starting to get her handy dirty, but also for the more experienced gardener who just loves convenience and efficiency.

Each Urban Seed Starting Kit includes:

  • One 8 quart bag of Black Gold Seedling Mix- a mix of Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss, perlite and Dolomite lime, and yucca extract, which creates the perfect medium for starting seeds.
  • One 12 pack of 3-inch Cow Pots- made of biodegradable, re-purposed cow manure, these pots are perfect for starting seeds because you can stick them right in the ground.
  • Three bags of Annie Haven’s Cow Manure Tea- each bag makes 5 gallons of all natural soil conditioning tea.
  • One pair of Eco Bamboo Garden Gloves- super soft and stretchy gloves made of bamboo.
  • One 16-ounce Garden Spray Bottle- serves a wide variety of uses, from mixing up fertilizer concentrates, to blasting off insects, to watering seedlings.
  • One Grow Your Own Food Made Easy Handbook- packed with tips and information on how to grow more veggies in less space.

The Stylish Girl Gift Set – $54.50

The Stylish Girl Gift Set is perfect for gardening within a small space, such as an apartment or retirement home. All of the items are compact, easy to store, and designed to bring a little bit of colorful life into a city dwelling.

The Stylish Girl Gift Set includes:

  • One Chrysanthemum Eggling- just crack open the white ceramic shell and water the peat and seed mixture to easily grow your own little chrysanthemum garden.
  • One Daub & Bauble Hand Wash & Lotion Set- both the hand wash and lotion are luxuriously formulated with moisturizing ingredients such as Aloe Vera and Vitamin E. Read more about why to use Daub and Bauble’s natural ingredients.
  • One Elephant Watering Can- Adorable! Need we say more?
  • One Matchstick Wildflower Garden- all you need to do is tear off a little matchstick, which is already packed with seeds, and pop it in a pot. Storing and planting seeds couldn’t be simpler.

Modern Container Garden Kit – $65.99

If mom loves to garden, but doesn’t have a backyard in which to do it, no problem! The Modern Container Garden Kit has everything she needs to turn a small space, such as a window ledge, front step, or back patio into a lovely container garden:

The Modern Container Garden Kit includes:

  • One 8 quart bag of Black Gold’s Organic Potting Soil- the ideal mix of Canadian sphagnum peat moss, perlite, worm castings, which is perfect for indoor and outdoor potted plants.
  • One Aqua Genie Watering Can- this this sleek watering can’s mini size helps prevent over watering and makes it easy to store.
  • One Write + Erase Plant Stakes (Herb or Botanical)- these pretty tags can be used again and again. All you have to do is wipe off the name and re-write!
  • One All-Purpose Fertilizer Concentrate- contains all the nutrients needed to grow healthy vegetables, herbs, flowers, trees, and container gardens.
  • One Roost Wood Dibber Hand Tool- No, it’s not a stake for vampire hunting. A wood dibber allows you to plant bulbs and seeds at the correct depth. It makes planting a snap.
  • One 4-pack Pot Pads (green, brown, blue or red)- an essential little addition for any successful container garden. Pot pads lift the pot in order to provide water drainage and air circulation, and also prevent ugly pot stains on your patio or deck.
  • One set of Herb & Floral Clippers- these non-rust clippers make trimming and pruning a breeze.

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