These indoor/outdoor herb gardens from UncommonGoods (for $16 each), would make nice house-warming gifts, even for someone who doesn't have a green thumb. Each garden comes in a biodegradable pot made of renewable grain husks, mainly rice hulls, with soil and seeds to grow lemon basil, garlic chives, or parsley. These are the only selections, but if they had cilantro and sage, I'd cover my deck with them during the spring and summer, and set them by my kitchen window during the winter.