ADVENT TREATS: The calendar contains 24 packets of seeds (Images: B&Q and Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty)
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If you’re looking for a gardeners’ advent calendar, we’ve found a cracking deal. Count down to Christmas with a gift that keeps on giving, as there’s a packet of seeds behind each door – plus you can get it for free.
The Verve Shelter Seed Advent Calendar costs £15 at B&Q, but sign up as a new TopCashback member and you’ll get £15 cashback on your purchase. This means you essentially pay nothing for lots of new seeds and the fun of opening doors.
They include a mix of flowers, herbs and vegetables, plus a surprise behind door 25. In addition, Shelter receive a donation from every sale, helping support those who need a safe place to call home this Christmas.
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It’s a great alternative to chocolate calendars and is ideal for seasoned gardeners or beginners. The Verve Shelter Seed Advent Calendar contains 24 seed varieties – skim the next bit if you don’t like spoilers…
The festive countdown includes carrot, lettuce, courgette, pea, runner bean, beetroot, onion, spring onion, cucumber, sweetcorn, spinach, pumpkin, cress, basil, flat-leaf parsley, coriander, mint, sunflower, marigold, nasturtium, cosmos, zinnia, sweet pea and poppy seeds. But that’s not all, as the final door reveals everything you need to get growing, reports the Express.
“What really wowed me was what’s inside the hidden 25th door” wrote a reviewer on Ideal Home. “You’ll slide out a complete grow house, two soil tablets and a collection of plant labels on Christmas day. Talk about saving the best till last!”
How to get the B&Q Seed Advent Calendar for free
To claim the new member bonus, sign up to TopCashback here
Search for B&Q and click ‘Get cashback now’
Shop and check out as normal
You’ll get £15 cashback when you spend £15 or more on any purchase on the site
Cashback will then track and appear in your TopCashback account within seven working days of your purchase
The cashback will become payable (and available to withdraw and spend) once B&Q has paid TopCashback the commission for your purchase.
If you’re looking for alternatives, the Seeds Advent Calendar costs £32 on Amazon, but a voucher for £8 off brings it down to £24. It includes a two-piece greenhouse with compartments to germinate the 24 different crops, plus soil tablets and a seed scoop.
Or create your own wildflower meadow with the OwnGrown Flower Seeds Advent Calendar, which costs £29.99 on Amazon. It includes 24 heirloom varieties including daisies, red poppies, marigolds, black-eyed susans and more, with string and pegs to hang up the numbered seed packets.
Or A Gardener’s Year: Moments in Bloom costs £15 at Menkind and has 12 doors to open throughout December, for 12 months of growing. The kit includes three grow pots (with coir and seed sachets), two booklets of seeds, five seed bombs and a one metre flower seed carpet.
Prices correct at time of publishing.
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