It's that time of year!

The shop is fully stocked with fun gifty bits at the moment, and we wanted to share some of our favourites with you! This selection we have put together is suited to the wonderful plant or gardening obsessed person in your life. 

We're all for conscious shopping here at HB, buying or giving items that will be truly loved and enjoyed, for as long as possible. We've chosen items we truly love here in the shop and have also tried out, read or used ourselves. 

Thank you for reading, and thank you SO much for supporting our local small business this Christmas x

A Beautiful Obsession by Jimi Blake

This book has my heart. If you are enthralled with a tropical style of planting (but make it Ireland), or want to bring zingy, joyful colours like oranges and purples and just absolute gorgeousness into your garden, this book will be a great resource one you pick up all the time. I say that because I have had it for a few years, and the photography and planting ideas still takes my breath away. Stun. What's more, you're supporting a wonderful Irish plantsman, Jimi Blake. Pair this book with the promise of a visit to Jimi's Huntingbrook garden's in Wicklow next spring/summer and you're away in the good books for sure. 

Floriography by Jessica Roux

Did you know hyacinths mean 'please forgive me?' and heather symbolises luck and protection? This beautiful book explains the meanings behind much loved flowers and provides 'recipe' suggestions for bouquets with certain meanings. A lovely gift for someone who loves growing, foraging or pulling together bouquets. 
Available in store and on our website here.

How to Grow the Flowers by Camila Romain and Marianne Mogendorff

This is a really thoughtful gift for someone who is flower and plant mad but also very conscious of sustainability. The authors approach to floristry is very much guided by the seasons, using what is local, and with care and consideration for our environment This book is for the person who really wants to grow their own cut flowers at home, on any size patch - big or small. It will help you choose what to grow when, and how and put it all together in beautiful arrangements. The photography is gorge too! Available in store and on our website here. 

Terrarium workshop at Hopeless Botanics

A lovely way to spend an evening, join us in the shop to learn about and build your own terrarium. The workshop lasts about 2 - 2.5 hours, and in it we cover a short history of terrariums, how they work and why they're so cool. They are like mini ecosystems, in which the transpiration from the plants gets trapped on the glass, which then waters the soil again. You get to choose what plants you'd like to include, and have some fun tinkering around with it and chatting to other people at your table. People come alone, on dates, with family members or friends. It's a lovely evening and you get to take away your own terrarium designed and built by you at the end. 

You can purchase a gift voucher for the amount of €105 here, which will allow the recipient to choose their own workshop date.

Or you can choose a workshop date and book in directly here.

If you'd like a hard copy of the voucher sent to you give us a call or email (details are at the end of this post).

A pretty collection of mini vases by Bloomingville

These vases by nordic design company Bloomingville, have been flying off the shelf. They colours are happy and gorgeous, and they're suitable for dried flowers, fresh flowers or snips of foliage from your garden. They are cute just empty too! Prices start from just €7, choose your favourite colour combo here. 

Taza Ceramic Vase 

This cute vase is a beautiful addition to any shelf. It's playful and colourful and fun and we always reach for it when displaying flowers in the shop. It's fresh and modern and the mixture of colours is so pretty, and its a perfect size for bed side tables, sideboards and shelves. A vase is such a nice gift as it's something you'll have for a really long time, and use often. You can also never have too many as different vases can suit different blooms, or seasons. 
Available in store and on our website here. 

Heikki Ceramic vase 

Another favourite from our vase collection is this beautiful one by Bloomingville with a gorgeous blue leaf motif on it. The blue is so deep and just compliments greenery so well. We love it with fresh eucalyptus, or some fluffy pampas stems. At €65, it's a lovely special treat to give someone that they will enjoy for a long time.  

Bottle Terrarium by Hopeless Botanics

We have a variety of terrariums in stock in the shop, and these bottle ones have been super popular of late. Measuring 8cm wide and 25cm tall, these guys are a neat and interesting addition to a desk or shelf. We make them in the shop using premium sybotanica terrarium soil, cushion moss and a variety of plants suited to terrariums. These guys are available to order for pick up only. Add in this very cool book 'Hello Tiny World' written by Terrarium guru Ben Newell and you've got a really lovely pressie put together. 

If you're in a pinch time wise - we also have gift vouchers online here. 

After purchase, you will automatically be emailed a gift voucher, which you can forward to the lucky recipient. If you need a hard copy of a voucher posted to you, just give us a ring or email us after you buy the voucher online, and we'll pop one in the post to you. 

Ordering online? 

If you're shopping online and not purchasing plants, use code NOPLANTS at checkout for a reduced shipping fee.

We ship with DPD and also a direct door to door courier. Non plant items are shipped within 1-2 days. 

At this time of year particularly, we do everything we can to get you your items in record time.

We never include prices or invoices in your orders. So rest assured if you're sending a gift. 

If you have any questions feel free to email us on hello@hopelessbotanics.ie

or give us a ring in the shop and we'll be delighted to help:

087 452 2006 (Ireland)

or +353 87 452 2006 (if you're calling from outside Ireland)