Top Ten Gift Ideas for Gardeners

Do you know someone who is always puttering around outside, or thumbing with green fingers through a gardening catalog?Then you might find something on this list they would enjoy recieving as a gift.

1. New Garden Tool: Spades, shovels, shears, pruners and weeders; there are a wide assortment of tools both large and small, gardeners use on a regular basis. Depending on how much you are spending on this person a small tool like a spade or pair of gloves could be the whole gift, like for a Secret Santa gift exchange for a co-worker you know enjoys gardening, or tied on the outside of the package of a larger gift. New gardening tools always come in handy around the yard! 

2. Indoor Seed Starting Kit: Many gardeners enjoy starting seed indoors before planting outside and some even save seeds from plants intheir garden from last year. A seed starting kit would make an excellent gift, allowing your gardener to enjoy his or her hobby indoors during a season why typically very little is happening outdoors. Some deluxe kits come with warming trays, covers or even grow lights. 

3. National Home Gardening Club Membership: Memberships are available by the year or for life and include public garden directories, a garden design magazine, and more. I enjoy feeling connected to the hobby on a broad level, meeting gardeners all across the country. I also love the magazine that is part of my membership. If your gardener isn't a member yet consider purchasing a membership for them as a gift. It will be something they enjoy and appreciate each time the new magazine comes to the door! 

4. Beautiful Containers: Container plantings allow a gardener great flexibility in the garden, brightening up any trouble spot with moveable plantings that aren't permanentlyin one spot. Consider giving your beloved gardener a designer container to plant in. Generally speaking, larger containers are better as they have more possiblities in terms of what can be planted in them. Look for containers that have drainage holes, and are treated for year-round outdoor use.