The gift that grows: We are obsessed with this new online Irish plant shop

Calling all plant ladies!

Established during lockdown earlier this year, when we all had to think outside the box a little in terms of shopping, Clay is an independent Irish plant shop, which offers a range of curated house plants to suit every part of the home. Even better? They have their focus firmly on being both environmentally friendly and sustainable too. When picking your plant from the website, all you have to do is pick your favourite plant, match it to one of their beautiful designer pots. And voila – just sit back and wait for your new plant baby to be delivered straight to your door! Clay's expert team of botanists will plant your new pride and joy into the right pot size – with a good helping of the right soil type – and just like that, your new plant will have the best start in life. And never mind just the plants, we are also pretty obsessed with Clay's range of Scandanavian-designed pots; all hand made in Italy, with pure Tuscan clay using an age-old process. Sounds gorgeous? They are! Oh, and even better? Before you click buy, you can even check out virtually how your new plant pot combination looks like first. Delivery is currently in Dublin only, but the founders are hoping to launch nationwide delivery in the new year. However, here is their note on that: "In keeping with our quality over quantity ethos, nationwide delivery will only happen when we can ensure all our customers receive the same premium Clay service no matter where they are." I don't know about you, but I think this pretty much sounds like the perfect Christmas preset for all those impossible-to-buy-for people on your list, no?!