Last-minute Mother's Day ideas for Salt Lake City moms
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Whether you need a gift or an experience to share, these options are still available for the procrastinating progeny among us.
Things to do
If Weekend Mixtape left you wanting more, here's some springtime fun for you and Mom.
🪷 Flower Parade: Admire the floats and costumes at the International Peace Gardens — and sneak away to buy a gift from one of the vendors.
- When: 10am-2pm Saturday
🐣 Cross E Ranch Spring Festival: Visit the baby animals, hop on the rides, scramble for candy and enter Mom in a raffle before the monthlong festival ends Saturday.
- Tickets: $18.95-$22.95
🍻 Plant and Pour: Build a framed work of moss art at Scion Cider's Mother's Day class.
- Tickets: $45 includes all materials and a drink voucher.
🐑 Gardner Village has gifts and experiences, including spa specials, a tea party, family photos and free admission for moms at the petting zoo and train.
Brunch
Here are a few Mother's Day brunches that still had seats as of Thursday:
- Flankers: Chicken 'n' waffles, salmon Benedict and drink specials are on tap for the 21-and-over crowd.
- Rouser: Enjoy live music and spring cocktails with an expansive buffet. $79 for adults, $35 for kids 5-12 and free for small children.
- Brighton: Moms who brunch ski free — and everyone gets to wolf down the warm pastries and carving station specialties. $65 for adults, $25 for kids
Gift markets
From garden plants to magic crystals, the markets of Salt Lake are focusing on moms this weekend.
🧑🌾 Wheeler Farm: Visit the central lawn's Mother's Day Boutique from 10am to 2pm Saturday for local handmade gifts.
- For $15, bring the pooch for a treat, obstacle course, crafts, photo ops, and wagon ride at the farm's Dog Mother's Day.
🎁 Kearns Community Market: Vendors and hourly giveaways fill the Element Event Center from 10am to 3pm Saturday.
🧑🎨 Craft Lake City Makers Mart: There's lots of original gifts to choose from at the monthlong DIY display at Millcreek Common. 11am-9pm daily
🧙 Alternative Mother's Day Market: For your punk, goth, crunchy, weird or witchy moms, vendors at Church & State are selling vintage goods, jewelry, crystals and other magical accoutrements 11am-4pm Saturday.
🪴 Spring plant sales: Two biggies are this weekend.
- Wasatch Community Gardens is bringing hundreds of fruits, veggies and ornamental plants to the State Fairpark 8am-1pm Saturday.
- Red Butte Gardens' popular spring plant sale opens to the public at 9am Saturday, with everything from water-wise perennials to hanging baskets.