Digging through the garden when you're struggling to find the best gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthdays, or other occasions. A gift of plants, seeds, or gardening tools and accessories will provide months and years of beauty and enjoyment.
With so many options, it's easy to find a garden gift for the recipient and their budget. Plants are always a good choice for those who love gardening. Smaller, more affordable plants are fun for gardeners to nurture, care for, and watch as they grow. Providing larger plants or unique items provides a gift that the recipient may hesitate to purchase on their own.
DIY Garden Gifts are a great choice for both beginners and experienced gardeners who love process and results. An attractive container, some seeds or plants, and potting mix is a good place to start. Consider giving a self-watering planter as a gift to increase success and reduce maintenance costs. Add some plant tags you purchased or use your artistic talent to create your own.
Cooking and gardening enthusiasts will appreciate gifts that help them grow their own fresh herbs. Herbs and seeds are always a good choice. Combine it with containers like Provence Self-Watering Planter, which is compact and spill-resistant for indoor use. A raised garden, such as the VegTrug® Herb Planter or VegTrug® Self-Watering Herb Planter, is a great way to grow, care for, and harvest herbs in a sunny spot on your patio, deck, or balcony.
For those who enjoy gardening outside, containers, sticks, cages, and tools are always welcome gifts. This tool holder that holds pruning shears, plant tags, and other small garden supplies is an easy way to store and transport hand tools around the garden. Consider a cart like the Mobile Tool Storage Cart, which makes it easy to transport long gloves, room for hand tools, and a basket for other supplies.
Make gardening easier with a gift lap, lap or garden bench. Protecting joints, kneeling and gardening reduce fatigue and increase gardening time and fun. The Bamboo Garden Chair and Basket does double duty by allowing gardeners to sit back and weed or bring home garden crops with ease.
Vegetable growers will appreciate Garden Hod. Maine clam fishermen used the tunnels to store and rinse their catch. The Garden Hod's oil-coated pine and maple frame and food-grade vinyl-coated mesh allow dirt and debris to be washed from vegetables straight into the garden.
Help the gift recipient fetch the birds with bird feeders and birdbaths. Adding these elements to your landscaping can help increase the number and variety of winged visitors. Bird watching and gardening is fun, inspiring and wonderful too.
Consider adding the gift of time. Help collect, place, or plant a garden treat. Spending time together makes each gift more special and enjoyable for both of you.
Melinda Myers is the author of more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening and The Midwest Gardening Handbook, 2nd Edition. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms. Gardener Supply hired her to write this article because of her experience. Her website is MelindaMyers.com.
