Practical gifts such as a shovel or trowel, garden hoses or other digging and planting tools are always most welcomed but there are also the fanciful items to add that extra special touch to a garden.
A basket full of goodies for the gardener is also a great gift idea. Buy one already made or personalize one by adding your own special touches. A basket with the essentials is a good choice. It could include gloves, fertilizer, twister ties, rain gauge, and disposable towels. If your favourite gardener would appreciate ‘old school’ methods for finding the best time to plant their vegetables and flowers you could buy an Almanac.
Gardening books may need to be on your gift list. Gardening books can be found on an endless variety of topics. Choose among specialty garden books, such as vegetable gardens, wild flower gardens, or formal gardens. Maybe a book on the subject of perennials and annuals, which flowers are best suited for your climate? How about buying plants that are best suited for your soil type?
Perhaps your gardener wants to attract butterflies or birds? Or maybe they will after reading a book you gave them as a gift about the appropriate types of flowers to plant to draw them to the garden. You can also will different bird feeders that will keep the birds coming back again and again.
Garden stones are another popular gift for gardeners. Garden stones can be unusual shapes, colourful, humorous and can be personalized. You can get kits to make garden stones with a child’s hand print and their name added to it.This is a wonderful way to span the generations and bring the little ones into the gardening world. What wonderful memories that would make for the child and the gardener. Round garden stones can be bought and painted with the family name to make an extra special gift for a garden lover. Your personalization can make an ordinary gift something very special, a real tribute.
On the more practical side, there are countless gifts to choose from such as special boxes to store your garden hoses and hose carts. Fertilizer sprinklers and water sprinklers are also good gifts.
A popular item for gardens is the gazing ball. They’re found in all sizes and colours and add a fanciful touch to the garden. Holders for the gazing balls come in many shapes, sizes and materials.
Wind spinners and flags are also popular for the gardener. Spinners are available in a variety of colours such as rainbow spinners or a patriotic spinner. Flags can be changed throughout the year changing with the seasons. They can give the garden a different look by changing them frequently, with the seasons, the crops, or the weather.
Have you got a taste for the exotic? You can find a variety of exotic plants or unusual items. How about an Italian herb garden or a bonsai tree growing kit? You may be surprised to learn of all that is available.
Animal or angel statues of any size make great gifts as well. Birdbaths are another added attraction to a garden that never goes out of style. Birds can add so much to a garden and can also help control insects.
But whatever you decide on know the greatest gift is the thought you put into it. There are gifts for every gardener, it’s a growing world and you can never go wrong as long as your heart is in your gift.
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