Now that we’re nearing December, we wanted to give you a helping hand with your Christmas shopping. We’ve put together a gift guide for you introducing you to some of our favourite British brands that give back to nature in some way. If you are looking for a gift for a nature loving friend or relative, then I hope this gives you some inspiration. Happy Shopping!
Ivy & Rigg
Following passions not trends, Ivy & Rigg has been designed to bring you stylish, ethical and affordable clothing that looks great, lasts a lifetime and does some good for the environment too.
Ivy & Rigg is a clothing and accessories brand that produces quality, classic styles fashioned from environmentally conscious materials. So if you are looking for a gift for someone that likes to dress well but also cares about how their clothing is made, then have a look at this range.
For every item sold, a tree is planted in the Ivy & Rigg forest which can be found in Madagascar, where only 10% of the islands' original forests remain. As the reforestation efforts go on, healthy forests will begin to remerge and the negative effects of deforestation will begin to disappear. Each tree planted will offset 40kg of carbon over its lifetime. From the comfort of your home, you are able to give back to nature! Click here to visit the Ivy & Rigg site.
NHBS
If you know any ecologists, conservationists, naturalists or just anyone with a real love for nature, then the NHBS website is a great place to look for gifts for them. They currently offer the largest range of wildlife, ecology and conservation books and equipment in the world. Here you will find everything from trail cameras to bee hotels. There is also a vast selection of books to pick from, there are over 300 just about bats! Amongst some of their other gifts, you will find some of our very own Creature Candy mugs. Click here to start browsing.
Creature Candy
We obviously had to give ourselves a mention here. We have a selection of new gift boxes for Christmas this year and we have teamed up with the Cotswold Candle Company and Laura’s Confectionery again to create these. You can choose which animal design you would like for each box and there is plenty of choice! If you’d like to create your own gift box, then why not select one of our empty gift boxes and then hand pick items from our range to go inside. Gifts can even be sent straight to the recipient with a hand written note included, to add a personal touch. Click here to view all products.
Clouded Leopard
If you are looking for a gift for a gin lover, then look no further. Clouded Leopard Gin was launched in 2019 by chef and gastropub owner Will Phillips. Will set about creating his own gin brand in honour and support of the clouded leopard, a beautiful and elusive animal in grave danger of extinction and rarely seen in the wild.
Fifteen per cent of profits from every bottle sold is donated to the Born Free Foundation. The foundation works to protect leopards from the threats they face in the wild and rescues them from lives of misery and exploitation in captivity by rehoming them in spacious sanctuaries surrounded by their natural habitat.
Throughout the pandemic, Clouded Leopard have also been donating £1 from each bottle sold, to the NHS. Another great reason to support them! Click here to shop.
Big Wild Thought
Big Wild Thought are a clothing and accessories brand that like us, have a huge love of animals. Back in 2018 when BWT was founded, the aim was to create a brand that allows people to wear and care at the same time. Through sales of the range, over 10 animal charities are now being helped. Buglife, Cool Earth and The Gorilla Organization are amongst them. For each sale made, 10% will be donated to one of the charities. Click here to view the range and learn more about the brand. There is a men’s, women’s and kid’s range, meaning that you can buy for the whole family here.
Green & Blue
Green & Blue, founded in 2005, are based in the beautiful seaside town of Perranporth in Cornwall, by husband and wife team Kate and Gavin Christman. After years of designing in their spare time, Kate and Gavin created the Birdball and moved down to Cornwall to start the company. At the heart of Green & Blue is a passion for designing beautiful, stylish products that help wildlife.
Bee houses, bird feeders and bat roosts are just some of the items that you can buy from them. They also sell bee, bat and swift blocks that can be incorporated into new buildings to create habitats for wildlife. Click here to visit the Blue & Green website. If you are looking for an original gift that gives nature a helping hand, then this is a great place to look!
The Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity. Since they began in 1972, they have planted over 38 million trees and saved more than 950 woods from being destroyed. Not only do they have a range of gifts, books and stationery, they have a selection of virtual gifts to consider. ‘A breath of fresh air’ is one example of these and costs £25. This gift could plant 25 square metres of new woodland, with the potential to lock up one tonne of carbon dioxide. If you are wanting to buy a loved one something more unique this year, then this is something to consider. Click here to find out more.
Seed and Bean
Seed & Bean was founded in June 2005 with the idea to create an ethical range of confectionery. All products are 100% organic and Fairtrade where possible, as well as being ethically sourced and handmade in England. Each individual wrapper is also fully compostable, making it kind to the environment.
You can buy single bars of chocolate or bundles of chocolate goods that vary in size. For the serious chocolate lover, there is also the option to purchase a subscription box, meaning that they will never run out! Click here to view all products.
We hope that this has given you a few ideas to get started. Happy shopping!
