The theme of this advent calendar is: Your Garden in the City.
A lovely surprise awaits for every day in Advent – each day there’s a new packet of vegetable, herb or flower seeds to discover. These 24 varieties of vegetables and kitchen herbs have been specially selected as suitable for growing in large flower pots and balcony containers. Which opens up the world of gardening for city-dwellers who don’t have access to a big garden.
Of course growing all 24 varieties on a balcony or in a window box might prove something of a challenge – but this could also be the perfect opportunity to share those extra plants with friends and neighbours. (And then to share the harvests with them, too!)
All the varieties are open-pollinated and certified organic. Growing them will also provide a rich, diverse food source for many beneficial insects including wild bees, bumblebees and butterflies.
The seed obtained from growing these plants can be saved and used for sowing in the following year, too.
The Advent Calendar comprises 24 colour-printed, numbered paper packets along with mini wooden pegs and a string for hanging them on. Each packet has a surprise seed sachet hidden inside. The kit also contains a detailed, beautifully illustrated planting guide along with plant-by-plant profiles of our favourite plants from the Magic Garden Seeds assortment.
As a special extra there’s also a large poster printed with the gorgeous hand-drawn illustration of the calendar theme. On the reverse you’ll find a comprehensive seed-sowing calendar in table form so you can tell at a glance when the different varieties need to be sown. A folding card is included for your personal greeting, along with our suggestions for creative ways to display the Advent seed packs.
We hope you enjoy discovering, growing, sharing and harvesting some of our favourite plants.
Grow your own magic!
These mini-surprises will continue to delight after Christmas, too – from around February the first seeds can be sown indoors, and then there’s all the pleasure of waiting and watching, seeing those first green shoots, watering, pricking out, tending, and then harvesting, savouring and enjoying. This Advent Calendar will continue to bring joy through a whole year and more ...
The calendar is locally made in Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is virtually plastic-free and all materials can be recycled. All the contents are vegan with the exception of the beeswax used on the string for hanging up the packets. This string is designed to be re-used after Advent – it’s perfect for using as a wick in candle-making.
Magical Time [dt] - a time of reflection and joyful anticipation
The shimmering, evanescent beauty of the “blue hour” just before sunset, the butterflies you feel inside when you’re in love, glow-worms on midsummer nights, the heart-warming glimmer of candles in darkness during Advent, the deep mystery of those dark days before a new year begins, the feeling of a new life coming into being, nature’s re-awakening in spring each year …
... there’s something of all this in our Advent Calendar to accompany you through this magical season and into the new year.
