Holiday Gift Guide
Thoughtful gifts for the plant lovers on your list
© Photo by Brian Podlisny, Paynes Prairie Chapter
1. Vegetation Patterns in Florida’s Eastern Panhandle: A Botanical Memoir
Sixty years in the field. Twenty-five vegetation patterns. One region unlike anywhere else in North America.
Drive a few miles through Florida's eastern panhandle and you'll pass through pine savanna, cypress swamp, and hardwood forest, each startlingly different from the last. Biologist Andre Clewell spent sixty years learning why, and this illustrated botanical memoir explains it all: the ancient geology, the lightning-set fires, and centuries of human history that shaped everything still growing here.
An essential guide for anyone who has wondered what they were looking at on a Florida hike.
2. FNPS Merch
Shirts, hats, mugs and stickers that say it loud: Conserve. Preserve. Restore. Choose a “Fund Florida Forever” cap for the advocate on your list, a saw palmetto bumper sticker for the native plant fan, or a mug for anyone who starts the day thinking about Florida’s wild places. Stocking stuffers start at under $10, and every purchase supports FNPS.
3. FNPS Membership Gift Card
Give a year of belonging. A gift membership welcomes someone into a statewide community of people who love Florida’s native plants. They can join plant walks and programs with a local chapter, learn which natives thrive in their own yard, and help protect the plants that make Florida unique. It’s a gift that keeps growing all year.
4. Tribute Donation
For the person who has everything, give a gift that grows. A tribute donation in their name, or in memory of someone special, helps FNPS conserve, preserve and restore Florida’s native plants and their habitats for generations to come.
5. Bookshop.org
Find the perfect read for every plant lover on your list. Our Bookshop.org storefront features hand-picked books on native plant gardening, sustainable landscaping, wildlife habitat and Florida ecology. Every purchase supports FNPS’s mission to conserve, preserve and restore Florida’s native plants and their habitats, and it supports independent bookstores too.
6. Florida Wildflower Foundation Merch
Shop with our friends at the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Pick up Native Plants for Florida Gardens ($21.95), a beautifully illustrated guide to 100 native wildflowers, vines, shrubs and trees, or a bilingual “Do Not Mow” sign ($30) for the neighbor who’s letting their yard bloom. All proceeds support the Foundation’s work to protect and plant Florida’s native wildflowers.
7. Palmetto Subscription
The Palmetto is the Florida Native Plant Society’s signature journal, offering engaging articles, stunning photography, and expert insights into Florida’s unique and diverse plant life. Whether you’re a seasoned botanist or just beginning your native plant journey, each issue connects you to the stories, science, and conservation efforts shaping our state’s natural heritage. Explore, learn, and grow with us!
8. FANN Online Store
Shop with our friends at the Florida Association of Native Nurseries. Their store is packed with gifts for Florida gardeners: books like The Florida Meadow Manual and Florida’s Best Native Landscape Plants, “I Love Native Plants” and “Plant Local” tees, and yard signs that announce a native garden to the whole neighborhood. For stocking stuffers, try a $3 sticker or the new 2027 Native Plant and Service Directory, which helps you find native nurseries and landscapers near you.
9. Springs Conservation Shop
Give a gift that helps keep Florida’s springs flowing. Shop with our friends at the Florida Springs Council, whose Springs Conservation Shop supports their work to protect and restore Florida’s springs. From the native plants along their banks to the eelgrass beneath the surface, healthy springs depend on healthy native habitats.
10. Local Florida Native Plant Artists
One-of-a-kind gifts inspired by Florida’s native plants, from local artists who celebrate our state’s flora.
- Laura Bennett-Kimble
- Kim Heisie
- Kate Dolamore
- Paul Rebman
11. League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF) Merch
Shop with our friends at the League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF), the professional organization for environmental education in the state. Their black tanks, tees and hoodies feature the LEEF oak-leaf logo, a perfect gift for the teacher, naturalist or nature-center volunteer on your list. Proceeds support LEEF’s work to build environmental literacy and stewardship across Florida.
12. FloraQuest: Florida App
Give the plant lover on your list a field guide that fits in their pocket. FloraQuest: Florida, from the Southeastern Flora Team at the UNC Herbarium, covers about 5,000 of Florida’s native and non-native plants. It includes photos, range maps and easy-to-use identification keys. It works fully offline, so it’s ready on any trail, swamp walk or roadside botanizing stop, even with no cell signal. It’s available for iPhone and Android for a one-time $19.99.
