'A Shovel? I love it!' Gifts for the Gardener

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by Sabrina Johns

'A Shovel? I love it!' Gifts for the Gardener

Do you have a gardener you need to buy a gift for? The holidays are perfect times to buy gifts for the gardener. They will have time to decide how they want to use the gift and where by the time spring rolls out. You don't have to look far to find suitable gifts for gardeners. Several on-line websites have wonderful gardening gifts. A couple of them are www.redenvelope.com and www.behnkes.com. I found both sites to have an abundance of unique gifts for the gardener. Your local hardware store or home improvement store will also have a good line of gifts for that special gardener in your life.

You can buy practical gifts such as a shovel or trowel, garden hoses or other digging and planting tools. You also will find whimsical items to add that extra special touch to a garden.

A basket full of items for the gardener is also a great gift idea. You can buy one already made or you can personalize it by adding your own special touches. A basket with just essentials is a good choice. It could include gloves, poison oak/ivy medication, fertilizer, twister ties, rain gauge, and disposable towels. You could also include an Old Farmers Almanac to let your favorite gardener know the best time to plant their vegetables and flowers.

Books on gardening are also a good gift for the gardener in your family. Gardening books can be found anywhere and found in a variety of topics. Choose specialty garden books, such as vegetable gardens, wild flower gardens, or formal gardens. Buy a book on the subject of perennials and annuals. Which flowers are best suited for your climate? How to buy the plants that are best suited for your soil type. These and dozens of other questions can be answered in the many books on gardening available to purchase. Your local bookstore will have a whole section devoted to gardening books.

Does your gardener want to attract butterflies or hummingbirds? There are appropriate types of flowers to plant to draw them to the garden. You also will find delightful hummingbird feeders that will keep these beautiful birds coming back again and again.

Garden stones are another popular article for gardeners. Garden stones can be unusual shapes, colorful and can be personalized. Kits are available to make garden stones with a child's handprint and their name added to it. What a wonderful memory that would make both for the child and for the gardener. Round garden stones can be bought and painted with the family name to make an extra special gift for a garden lover. You can even put the year the marriage was established or maybe the year that the garden was started. Personalization can make an ordinary gift something very special.

аQuote of the Day

To each they offer gifts after his will,

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

On the practical side, there are hundreds of 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. One of the cutest water sprinklers I found was in the shape of a John Deere Tractor.

Another popular item for gardens is the gazing ball. They can be found in all sizes and colors and add a special touch to the garden. Holders for the gazing balls come in different shapes, sizes and materials. One of my favorites is a little angel holding a small gazing ball.

Wind spinners and flags are also popular for the gardener. Wind spinners can be purchased in a variety of colors such as the rainbow spinner and a patriotic, red, white, and blue spinner. Flags can be changed throughout the year changing with the seasons. You will find a large variety of garden flags and are popular because they can be changed frequently to give the garden a different look.

Looking for something a little more exotic? You can find exotic plants such as the amaryllis exotica, or unusual items such as the shitake mushroom log. How about an Italian herb garden or a ginkgo tree growing kit?

Animal or angel statues of any size are also great gifts. Birdbaths are another added attraction to a garden. Whatever your gardeners tastes are, there are gifts out there for everyone.

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