How to Buy Green Mother's Day Gifts

Mother's day is a wonderful time to honor your mother with gifts. If you and your mom are very socially aware, try giving your mother a green gift this mother's day. It will help you show her that you love her, and it will help the environment.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Go green with flowers or plants. Buy locally grown, organic flowers or plants this mother's day. Women love flowers, and these will be special because they will be green in more ways than one.
2. Buy organic. Perfume, cosmetics and chocolates can be purchased through environmentally friendly sites and local stores.
3. Treat her to a spa treatment. Buy your mom a day at a natural spa, or get her a lovely home spa gift basket. They can both be found online, or you can make your own spa gift basket at a local health food store.
4. Let your mom grow her own herbs. Buy her a set of organic herb growing kits so she can cook with fresh ingredients. This is the perfect gift for the gourmet mother.
5. Add to her closet with fair trade clothes and accessories. Search for fair trade gifts on the web, and make sure the company can validate their claim of meeting fair trade social standards.
6. Purchase green gift cards for the mom who is hard to shop for. Find her favorite green shop in town or online and get her a gift voucher. Then she can find and buy the best green Mother's day gifts for herself.