Gardener Gift Guide: 17 Christmas Gifts for the Green Thumb in Your Life
Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the green thumb in your life? We’ve compiled a gardener gift guide of unique items for anyone who likes to care for plants. From gardening books and tool sets to growing kits and seeds, these gifts are sure to please hobby growers and master gardeners alike.
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Culpeper’s Complete Herbals: Illustrated and Annotated Edition
If you happen to be friends with a gardener keen on herbal remedies, look no further than Culpeper’s classic book on herbal medicines. This volume is considered the definitive book on the subject matter and has been updated to include commentaries and beautiful illustrations to wow any recipient.
Garden Hoops
Talk about a gift that packs a punch. These adjustable super hoops are easy to put together and benefit anyone who wants to grow something on the vine or protect their garden from curious critters.
Gardener’s Pocket Tool Set
Every gardener knows that you need a handy set of pruning tools in your pocket when harvest time rolls around. This tool gift set includes pruners, snips and a sharpener in a beautiful box that only needs a gift tag to be ready to go.
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Survival Garden Seed Kit
Know someone dreaming about growing a survival garden? This is the perfect gift to get them started. The survival garden seed kit has everything they need to begin planting the garden of a lifetime.
Well-Tended Gardeners Kit
Gardeners have notoriously dirty hands and nails from spending so much time in the great outdoors, but this kit includes a special soap and nail brush to help them clean up after a long day in the sun. It also includes a cooling mist and insect repellent as bonus items.
Mystic Garden Kneeler and Potting Gloves
It won’t take long for sore knees to arrive on the scene during the planting season. You’ll be the star of the show for gifting the gardener in your life with this comfortable kneeler and potting glove set.
Herb Drying Rack
Many gardeners double as foodies, and this herb drying rack is going to knock out two birds with one stone. Simple to put together and a blast to use, this is one gift that is sure to impress.
Waterfall Rain Gauge
For the gardener friend or family member who is particularly interested in the science of nature, this waterfall rain gauge makes the perfect gift. Designed to hang on a porch, deck or fence railing, this handy device allows the user to accurately measure how much water falls in their garden.
Garden Trug
A garden trug is simply another name for a carrying basket, and every gardener needs one like this in their life. Beautiful and classic, it is designed to help your flower- and produce-loving friend haul their bounty inside after harvest.
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My Gardening Handbook
Experience is everything in the wonderful world of gardening, but you need to be able to take notes in order to apply the lessons you learned this year in the following season. That’s why this handy gardening handbook is an absolute must for any gardener in your life.
Birth Month Flower Grow Kit
The birth month flower grow kit is a little quirky, but we can bet that you will have the most unique gift around if you decide to wrap this up and put it under the Christmas tree. The kit comes with seeds, a glass grow bottle, a soil-less growing medium and instructions on how to make the most of the growing experience.
Shiitake Mushroom Log Kit
We simply couldn’t pass up the opportunity to put the shiitake mushroom log kit on the Christmas list this year. Who wouldn’t want the chance to grow their own culinary mushrooms? It’s a surprisingly easy DIY as long as your recipient has the patience to wait for these gems to grow.
Reusable Cotton Flower Tote
Everyone could use another cotton bag or two, so why not go with this beautiful flower tote to acknowledge your gardener friend’s love for nature? This is a particularly good present for those who like to pick fresh bouquets from the farmers market.
Seed Poppers
Wildflower seed poppers are a fun and festive gift for the gardener in your life, but they also make a wonderful treat for children who are curious about nature and the environment. All you have to do is twist, pop and plant these non-invasive wildflower seeds that include everything from lavender hyssop to black-eyed Susan.
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Garden Spoon Markers
Once a gardener has painstakingly chosen their seeds for the year and planted them in the ground, they need something to label each spot. That’s where these garden spoon markers come in. Who wouldn’t love this addition to their garden?
Stacking Solitary Beehive
Because bees are fantastic pollinators, many gardeners go above and beyond to attract them to their habitat. A stacking solitary beehive will do just that – plus, it’s small enough to work for any size garden.
Hummingbird Swing
Last but not least is the hummingbird swing. Many of those who spend their time enjoying the garden also like to enjoy the company of the birds. A small hummingbird swing is a minimal but high impact addition to any garden.