Santa's Secret Garden – Botanical Advent Calendar

Santa's Secret Garden – Botanical Advent CalendarEvery year, when the elves are busy and the sleigh is packed, Santa slips away to his secret garden. And this garden is full of surprises.Tucked between the Victorian glasshouse, the lily pond, the beehive and the potting shed are 24 little doors. Behind each one grows a different plant, flower or tree. Your challenge this December: find today's door, discover what's growing inside, and name the plant.Some are garden favourites you'll recognise in a heartbeat. Others are classic Christmas plants, and a few will have even seasoned gardeners reaching for their plant books.How it works

1. Find the door. The numbers are hidden on flowerpots, sacks of soil, glasshouse panes and lily pads, and they're not in order, so the search is part of the fun.
2. Open it. A hand-painted botanical illustration is waiting inside.
3. Name the plant. Common name or Latin name, you decide how tough to play.
4. Check your answers on Christmas Eve. All 24 answers, with the common name, botanical Latin name and plant family, are sealed in an illustrated envelope. No peeking!

Why plant lovers adore it

• A puzzle, not just a countdown: every day is a little botanical quiz.
• Hand-illustrated artwork: a lush ink-and-watercolour garden packed with tiny details, including a reindeer peeking over the wall, elves with a basket of vegetables, a frog on the pond and robins on the birdbath. It is cheerful enough to display all season.
• From summer blooms to Christmas classics: garden favourites and festive plants side by side, from bright summer flowers to the evergreens of winter.
• Learn as you go: the answer sheet includes botanical Latin names and plant families, so it's quietly educational too.
• Answers sealed until Christmas Eve: the illustrated answer envelope keeps the suspense (and settles any friendly debates).
• Screen-free fun: a calm daily ritual with your morning tea, a little bit of summer in the middle of winter.

Perfect forGardeners, allotment keepers, houseplant collectors, herb growers, florists, nature-loving kids and grandparents, and anyone who's happiest with soil under their fingernails.What's included

• 1 illustrated advent calendar, A4 landscape (21 × 29.7 cm / 8.3 × 11.7 in), with 24 perforated doors
• 1 illustrated answer sheet listing all 24 plants, with common name, Latin name and plant family
• 1 illustrated "The Answers" envelope to keep the solutions secret until Christmas Eve

Good to know

• The calendar contains no food, seeds or treats. The surprise behind each door is a plant to identify.
• The answers are in English, with botanical Latin names.
• Recommended for ages 8+ (younger children will love it with a grown-up's help).

Give the gardener in your life a December that blooms. 🌻🎄