Gift guide: Wrap up a greener Christmas
Posted 12 Nov 2025
This Christmas, help protect wildlife while spreading festive cheer with gifts that don't cost the Earth from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). Our green gift guide features sustainable surprises for under the tree so you can give a gift that's kind to your planet.
Deck the halls
Capy Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas with our Edinburgh Zoo capybara Christmas decoration! Handmade from sustainably sourced wood in the UK, light up your Christmas tree with our capybara cuties.
Have an ice Christmas
Take Edinburgh Zoo home with you this Christmas with our penguin trio bauble made from sustainably sourced wood. A 'cool' way to make your Christmas tree a little more green!
Adopt your favourites
Animal adoption is a great way to treat the animal lover in your life as well as supporting our wildlife conservation charity.
By purchasing an adoption, you are helping us take care of the animals at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park as well as supporting conservation, education and research projects here in Scotland and around the world.
From ribbits to roars, you can adopt any of the animals at our parks!
Adopt todayLittle green gifts
Give a wild(flower) gift
Add the perfect finishing touch to your present with these festive plantable gift tags! Each tag is made from seed paper that transforms into wildflowers once planted.
Paper with purpose
Give the gift of nature with this plantable notecard set. The biodegradable seed paper is embedded with wildflower seeds that can be planted to help support pollinators, such as bees.
Baa-th time
These original Goats Milk Soap fragrances make the perfect gift — with nine varieties of essential oil soap bars packaged in an eco-friendly gift box, treat your loved ones to a pamper session this Christmas.
Flamingo flair
Be as flamboyant as our flock of flamingos this Christmas in our flamingo scarf. Made from recycled bottles, not only is this scarf super stylish, it's also eco friendly!
Eco cuddles
Wildly huggable
Treat the armadillo fan in your life to this soft and huggable toy that is not only adorable but eco-friendly. This little legend is made from RPET, which comes from recycled plastic bottles.
Go bananas
Get your claws on our zoo branded chimp this festive season. Super soft and plush, this chimp is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and helps support our conservation of chimpanzees in the Budongo rainforest.
