Gifts for Gardeners

November 8, 10:57 AMBackyard Living ExaminerJane Gates

Previous Next

2 comments Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the Backyard Living Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

Gifts for gardeners can be bought or ordered by catalog.
Photo by Jane Gates

If you know a garden enthusiast, shopping for the holidays – or birthday, or other event – should be relatively easy. The number of handy tools and gadgets, wearables and books available to buy for gifts is huge. Check catalogs, garden centers and on-line to get some ideas. Or just bring up the topic of gardening and see where it leads. Usually some particular area will make your garden-lover’s eyes light up and that will be a clue where gift shopping will be the most rewarding.

Many gardeners love to collect themes. Ladybugs, mushrooms, frogs and other subjects can come in the form of statues for the garden, prints on fabrics or other forms of décor. Plants themselves are often the favorite items to collect. Many gardeners are collectors of indoor or outdoor plants and can always find room for a new member for their collection. If your gardening friend loves plants of a specific color, family or growing habit you can buy a potted plant or a collection of bulbs or seeds for a gift.

A gardener who loves to learn will always be pleased to receive gardening books, subscriptions to garden magazines or invitations for tours to private or public gardens.

And if you aren’t sure of the exact items to give, you will probably be safe giving a gift certificate for a nursery, mail order catalog or local garden center where the recipient can happily pick and choose his or her favorite items.

Yes, if you have a garden-lover on your list for buying presents, you should have no problem shopping for a great gift. As for the other people on your gift-giving list, well, I hope they are all this easy!