Flying Flowers started back in the beautiful island of Jersey in 1981. 

The idea was that holiday-makers visiting the island sent carnations back home instead of post-cards.  From carnations their range of flowers spread, and they also send some unusual plant gifts which I thought looked really sweet and very different....

Just for Ewe  - comes with a yellow begonia, £22.99

Jemima Cat Planter - comes with a pink rose plant, for £22.99

Lord Pigglesworth, comes with a Red Cyclamen Plant for £21.99

Flying Flowers also have a range of air purifying house plants including a Peace Lily and Fern and Aloe. 

Click here to fly off to Flying Flowers' website!

Travel gifts are a great way for someone to cherish memories they had of a special visit to a place or a particular time in their lives.  They are also something you can give people who are about to embark on a new adventure in a new place, too.

Emma Bridgewater has a range of gifts in her Cities of Dreams collection which is forever growing with new cities being added.

They like to make the nice things in life a bit nicer, at Emma Bridgewater, so her mugs and pottery is a great way to give someone to smile about as they have that first cup of tea in the morning, or when they get back from a busy day at work.  

Florence, Venice, Rome, Edinburgh, Durham, New York, London, Cambridge, Paris, Oxford, York, Copenhagen, Prague and Barcelona all feature in her Cities of Dreams collection.   You can buy half pint mugs for most of these cities.   

 for £19.95 each half pint mug.

Fly away to Emma Bridgewater's website to see the full range :-) 

Bring some of the garden indoors with a house plant gift!   Bunches have introduced some house plants that are very different to orchids and peace lillies....

This Aloe Vera comes in a ceramic pot for £22.99

Aloe Vera

Or there's this Lavender Plant presented in a decorative birch rope pot for £23.99

Lavender Plant

Or how about giving them the Chilli Challenge Gift .  These chilli peppers will grow at home and this gift set comes with a 180g pack of Chilli flavour chocolate bars - you can go from mild to medium, fiery to extreme!  All for £26.99. 

The Chilli Challenge Gift

They also have this very pretty Gardeners Gift for £32.99 - it comes with a beautiful pink Rose plant in a wooden crate.  There's a colourful garden trowel, gardening gloves and hand care set.  The hand care set is a Heathcote and Ivory one, with hand wash, hand cream, hand soak and hand balm - perfect for the hard-working gardener's hands! 

Gardeners Gift

I've used Bunches.co.uk  several times before and they've given me great service.  I've ordered online and when I've had to get help on the phone, they've been really helpful :-)  

Suttons Seeds have a couple of interesting kits you can buy or treat someone else to which give you the chance to grow your own in a very small space indeed!

And at the time of writing, there are great offers on these two to be tucked into!

Mini Garden Growing Success Kit

Tomato Success Kit

Go to Suttons Seeds to dig for more information

Here's a gift with a bit of a difference for anyone who loves recycled products - it's made from recycled tyres, and it's a Recycled Tyre Planter.

This Fair Trade planter is made from recycled tyres and it's been hand painted with garden flowers around the outside. 

It's produced by Noah's Ark - a handicraft organisation based in India.  It gives mostly female artisans a chance to work from home, and helps them become self sufficient.  It also offers benefits such as education and medical treatment to the artisans and their families, so your gift is making a difference. 

It's £29.95 and you can buy this gift from Natural Collection