15 Indoor Gardening Gifts For Someone With a Green Thumb

Published Dec 17, 2025 1:00 am ET


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For a majority of our North American readers, gardening season has sadly come to a close. But shopping for your favorite home gardener, even around the holidays, is simple nonetheless. There are so many indoor gardening gifts you can buy, to help them pursue their favorite hobby year-round. From window herb kits to books on keeping house plants alive, there’s truly something for every type of plant parent.

If uniqueness is what you seek, there are even more ~out-there~ gifts like a Bob Ross chia pet, and even mushroom growing kits. So before making any rash decisions, check out our top picks for indoor gardening gifts, below.

Indoor Gardening Gifts For Anyone With a Green Thumb

  • Propagation Station: The XXXFLOWER Plant Terrarium is basically a super aesthetic propagation station. It comes with a wooden stand and three glass planter bulbs, to grow any and all plant cuttings in style. $13
  • Get Cookin’: Meld your giftee’s love for gardening and cooking with Planter’s Choice 9 Herb Indoor Window Garden Kit. They can grow all kinds of herbs, to get creative in the kitchen. $30
  • Stay Hydrated: Ensure their plants are watered—in style—with Qilebi’s plastic indoor watering can. It comes in a wide range of colors, so take your pick. $13
  • Veg Out: Grow a wide range veggies, herbs and more with an Ahopegarden Indoor Garden Hydroponics Growing System. Since it boasts 4.6 stars, it seems like you really can’t go wrong. $47
  • Reading For Beginners: Beginners need to start somewhere too! How Not to Kill Your Houseplant was written for the “horticulturally challenged.” Your giftee will learn how to pursue their love of plants indoors, to gear up for the winter season. $15
  • Reading For Advanced: Even advanced gardeners can continue learning how to improve their practice! How to Garden Indoors & Grow Your Own Food Year-Round gives in-depth insight on using vertical containers, hydroponic gardens and even indoor composts. $14
  • Shrooms: Your fungi-loving friends will definitely appreciate Back to the Roots’ Mushroom Grow Kit. In just 10 days, they’ll be chowing down on own homegrown oyster mushrooms. So rest assured, there may be some farm-to-table dinner parties in your future. $16
  • Desk Job: For the nature lover with a desk job, there’s nothing better than a Desktop Glass Plant Terrarium. Since it comes with a 10W LED grow light, nay and all small plant can thrive. $60
  • Happy Little Accidents: Plant-loving artists will definitely appreciate a Bob Ross Chia Pet. In just a few weeks, their statue will have a full head of hair—just remind them to keep it hydrated. $22
  • Fun and Functional: Keep their monsteras in check with the Leafriend Propagation Buddy. It’ll provide support for sprouts, stems, shoots and cuttings for any and all indoor gardens. $9
  • Plant Palace: Avid plant moms will appreciate the Bamworld Plant Stand. Since it features three tiers and multiple shelves, it provides more than enough room for any and all plant babies. $23
  • Witchy: Following a plentiful final harvest in the garden, a rustic herb drying rack will look boho-chic. And simultaneously, it’ll also allow your giftee to continue using their herbs through the winter. $28
  • Plant Baby: Although the garden may have been your giftee’s pride and joy in-season, Avergo’s bonsai starter kit gives them a new plant project, in the comfort of their home. It comes with all the necessary materials to grow a small tree from seed—and believe us: it’s way cheaper than buying one that’s full-grown. $20
  • Hangin Out: For the friend with too many plants to count, ZSHAWN’s Hanging Planter Set provides a fun and easy way to display them all (while saving space!). But cat parents, beware: they may become a tantalizing (and possibly dangerous) toy for feline friends. $15
  • Desert Mama: Costa Farms Live Succulents Garden gives beginner indoor gardeners a taste of the desert, in one compact pot. It’s easy to maintain and looks great—so why not? $23

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Lizzy Rosenberg is a Catskills-based journalist, with about eight years of experience in the world of journalism. She has written and edited at People.com, Elite Daily, PureWow, Green Matters, and Distractify. Additionally, she has several freelance bylines with SKI Magazine, Outside Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Hey Alma, Best Products and USA Today’s Reviewed. You may also recognize her name from the book Green Living, which she helped her team write and publish during her time as Managing Editor at Green Matters.

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Based in Kansas City, Chase Clements is the Commerce Content Operations Manager. He has many years of experience as a Commerce Writer and Editor for McClatchy.