5 Mother's Day Flower Garden Ideas

By Jeff Bogle

May 03, 2024

Using easy flowers for beginners and fragrant flowers for mom, Mother’s Day flower garden ideas can make this Mother's Day bloom beautifully.

She may never admit which child is her favorite, but when it comes to Mother's Day flower favorites, she'll happily extoll the virtues of the fragrant flowers she loves the most when given the chance. All we have to do is listen and literally stop and smell the roses!

Before Mother's Day arrives this year, spend a morning walking around a garden center with Mom. Watch her and see which annuals, perennials, small trees, and bushes she gravitates towards. This knowledge will help you develop Mother's Day flower garden ideas sure to win the holiday! You can take mom on a Mother’s Day fishing trip, but here are 5 Mother's Day planting and gift ideas to get you started on making this the most fragrant and colorful holiday ever.

Bring Butterflies to Mom's Garden

Some of the most fragrant flowers for Mom also attract beautiful butterflies. Using either a container flower garden plan or planting in the ground, give your mom the gifts of a pleasing aroma twirling around her yard every time the breeze blows and glamorous winged friends arriving this Mother’s Day.

Plant Heart Shaped Red and White Perennials

When it comes to planting a DIY flower garden for mom you can use easy flowers for beginners to create a heart-shaped bouquet in the ground that will bloom anew year after year to remind her of your love. Choose red and white perennials and plant in the shape of a heart. Use black mulch to make your heart and the colors pop on Mother's Day. Check out even more outdoor Mother’s Day gift ideas!

Hang a Mother's Day Flower Box

Using the best flowers for spring planting, create a gorgeous flower box full of vibrant colors for mom to see all spring and into the summer right out her favorite window. Some of the best flowers for spring planting, be that in boxes, planters, or gardens, include beauties such as:

• Tulips

• Daffodils

• Hyacinths

• Snowdrops

• Geraniums

• Million Bells

• Verbena

Create a Star Shower for Mom's Garden

It's hard to beat planting flowers for Mother's Day, but one of the Mother’s Day flower garden ideas that comes close is a star shower artwork to place among her flowers. Using a hanging planter hook, a rustic metal watering can, and solar or battery-powered tiny LED lights, you can give Mom a stunning scene that looks like twinkling stars pouring into her garden.

Place a Personalized Garden Stone in her Garden Create a garden stone and place it in her garden to let mom know she's loved every time she’s pulling weeds or tiptoeing through her tulips. Border the personalized stone with easy-care flowers for beginners, like marigolds and pansies.

Looking for more things to do on Mother’s Day? Check out these 10 Mother’s Day activities for the whole family.

Jeff Bogle
Jeff Bogle
Jeff is a dad of teen daughters, avid traveler, photographer, and freelance writer. He’s penned stories on family travel, outdoor recreation, the environment, parenting, and more for Fodor’s, Reader’s Digest, Parents Magazine, Good Housekeeping, PBS, and Esquire, among other publications. Find him on his blog, OWTK.com and on Instagram @OWTK. Jeff is also the publisher of the quarterly literary zine, Stanchion