A printable 2027 botanical calendar is one of the nicest plant-lover gifts under $10. It downloads the moment you buy it, you print it at home or at a print shop, and the person gets a different vintage plant painting to enjoy every month of the year. Ours cost $5.99 each.
Our picks, by the kind of plant lover
Every calendar below has 16 pages: a cover, a 2027 year-at-a-glance page, 12 monthly pages with big date boxes, a page naming all 12 plants, and a print-and-hang guide. Each one comes as 4 fillable PDF files: US Letter and A4, in Sunday start and Monday start.
For the flower lover
2027 Vintage Botanical Flower Calendar. Twelve restored flower paintings by Pierre-Joseph Redouté: roses, lilies, a tulip, a narcissus and more, matched to the seasons.
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For the herb grower or houseplant fan
2027 Vintage Herb & Fern Calendar. Lavender, rosemary, peppermint, spearmint, an olive branch, tea tree and six ferns. Calm greens for a kitchen or home office.
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For the vegetable gardener
2027 Vintage Vegetable Calendar. Restored 1880s vegetable paintings picked by season, from winter savoy cabbage to August tomatoes and October carrots.
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For the flower lover who loves a good quote
2027 Wise Words Quote Calendar. A gentle quote and a different Redouté flower each month (none repeated from the Flower Calendar).
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If your budget stretches to $10, a set of 6 vintage prints makes a lovely gift on its own or next to a calendar. You print them in the frame size you like (5 PDF files cover most popular frame sizes).
Vintage Herb Prints, set of 6
Lavender, rosemary, olive, peppermint, spearmint and tea tree. A pretty set for a kitchen wall.
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Vintage Green Fern Prints, set of 6
Six fresh green fern studies from an 1856 fern book. Calm and easy to match.
$9.99 · instant downloadSee it on Etsy →Prices are what our Etsy shop shows in November 2026, before any tax Etsy adds at checkout.
Why a printable calendar makes a good gift
- It is used every day. A calendar hangs where people look all the time: the kitchen, the hallway, the desk.
- It brings something new every month. Turning the page shows a new plant, so the gift keeps giving all year.
- It is ready tonight. No shipping and no waiting. Buy, download, print and wrap. That makes it a great last-minute gift.
- It fits a small budget. The file is $5.99. Printing at home costs a few sheets of card stock and some ink.
- It can be personal. Before you print, type birthdays, anniversaries or a little note into the date boxes in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- It lasts beyond 2027. When the year ends, the plant pictures can be trimmed and kept as small prints.
How to give a printable gift
- Pick the right file. Use US Letter in the US and Canada, and A4 almost everywhere else. Choose Sunday start or Monday start, whichever the person is used to.
- Add a personal touch (optional). Open the PDF in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and type in birthdays, family dates or "Happy New Year!" on January 1. Save it.
- Print it. Print single-sided on matte card stock, 65–110 lb (about 175–300 gsm). Our printing guide walks you through the settings.
- Put it together. For a store-bought look, ask a print shop for "wire binding with a calendar hanger" along the top. At home, a ribbon through two punched holes looks lovely and lets it hang straight away.
- Wrap it. Slip it into a large envelope or between two sheets of card, tie it with twine, and tuck in a sprig of rosemary or a small potted herb if you like.
Gift tag idea: "A new flower for every month of 2027. Happy New Year!"
About the artwork
We want you to know exactly what you are giving. Our calendars and prints use real vintage botanical paintings that are now in the public domain, carefully restored by us. We clean up the old paper, stains and printed labels and set each plant on a soft cream background so every page matches. They are not AI art, and they are not painted by us.
- Flower and Wise Words calendars: paintings by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the famous French flower painter (1802–1824).
- Herb & Fern calendar and herb prints: herb plates from F. E. Köhler (1887) and fern plates from E. J. Lowe (1856–1857).
- Vegetable calendar: plates from the Album Benary (Germany, 1876–1886).
Questions people ask
Is a printable calendar a good gift?
Yes, when you print it first. A printed, bound or ribboned botanical calendar is a useful gift the person sees every day for a whole year, and it costs less than most store-bought calendars.
Will anything be mailed to me?
No. Our calendars are instant downloads. Etsy gives you the PDF files right after you buy, and you print them at home or at a print shop.
Can I send the file to the person instead of printing it?
Our files are for personal use, so the best way to give one is as a printed calendar. Print it, bind or tie it, and wrap it.
Is the artwork made with AI?
No. Every picture is a real vintage botanical painting, now in the public domain, that we cleaned up and restored. The flower calendar uses paintings by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1802–1824).
What sizes and start days come with the calendars?
Each calendar comes as 4 fillable PDF files: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) and A4, each with a Sunday start and a Monday start.
Can the person write or type in it?
Yes. The date boxes are fillable, so you can type plans in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader before printing, or write on the printed pages by hand. Don't have the Reader? Download it free at get.adobe.com/reader on a computer, or search "Adobe Acrobat Reader" in the App Store or Google Play.
Do the seasons match where I live?
The plants are picked for the Northern Hemisphere seasons (for example, tomatoes in August). In the Southern Hemisphere, the calendar still works perfectly as a calendar; the plants just follow the northern growing year.