Herb Plant Gifts for Father's Day

A lovely herb gift for the one who wears the tongs in the family or to brighten up your outdoor cooking area. The best varieties for barbequing, marinading and a herbal smokie, presented with decorative pots, wooden plant labels and herb snips. Grow indoors or out. 

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Mixologists will love this collection of herbal botanicals specifically for gin. Use as an aromatic garnish, distil into syrups and bitters, muddle and crush into G&T’s and lock the flowers into pretty ice cubes. Presented with decorative pots, wooden labels and herb snips, these plants will suit the legion of gin flavours. 

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Freshly snipped herbs sprinkled on a pizza straight from a wood-fired oven is one of life’s simple pleasures! These herb plants are all pizza professionals and are supplied with decorative pots and wooden labels to adorn your outdoor eating area. If you’re going to choose a gift for a pizza lover – this is the ooni one like!

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Mojitos are made for hot, lazy summer days, parties and BBQ’s – if you like mint that is. This unique collection presented with decorative pots, wooden plant labels and herb snips allows you to create your own mojito mix, adding some herbal special guests. All of these varieties are super scented too. 

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Popularised by the famously multi-estranged folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair is a traditional northern English ballad about the impossible tasks a lass has to do to claim her true love. However, the inspiration from this herb collection came from the fabulous ‘Scarborough’ sausages of butchers Burton & Son in Saffron Walden. Original lyrics used ‘savory’ instead of ‘parsley’ – which is handy.

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Where have all the butterflies gone? The sight of buddleia bushes pulsating with masses of vibrant species seems like a childhood memory. Unfortunately, it’s not nostalgic rose-tintedness, there’s been an 80% reduction in UK butterflies since the 1970’s. Hopefully times are changing, with fewer pesticides used and rewilding being encouraged. These herbs will do their bit. 

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Produce show stopping cakes and savouries! Keen bakers will adore this collection of herb botanicals for use in all manner of desserts, breads and pastries. This curated mix includes herbs to cover a number of baking bases and makes the perfect gift (which might be repaid in a delicious way!). The plants will be happy indoors to start with too. 

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When these guys arrive, you know it’s party thyme! It’s an intensely aromatic collection of herb botanicals to supercharge your celebratory drinks and cocktails, adding pizazz and verve. All are easy to grow and come with decorative pots, wooden labels and herb snips. It makes lovely herb gift too. 

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Forget the obvious flowers and bottle of plonk, why not take a gift of herbs to your next dinner party? This collection of unusual culinary herb plants, with decorative pots, wooden labels and herb snips will be appreciated by keen cooks and gardeners alike. Plus, we’ll send them direct if it’s easier.

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This mob of herbal heavy lifters will have your back all year round. They're all evergreen, shrubby or woody types and once mature will be as tough as they come, giving essential culinary herbs through the autumn and winter. Slower growing than most, they'll happily sit on a sunny windowsill for a while (especially over winter) but will only reach their impressive potential outside in pots, a herb garden or border. 

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Like a culinary family tree, in classic French cuisine all sauces are derived from five mother sauces (sauces mères) with the variants known as daughter or petite sauces. The big five are: Béchamel, Tomate, Hollandaise, Velouté and Espagnole. The herbs in this collection play an important part in many sauces and will delight cooks.

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