"Garden Gifts"

Plants have always been traditional garden gifts and flowers grown in your own garden are wonderful presents for that extra special person in your life.

If you havent got your plants and flowers ready for giving away this year, look at the stunning garden gifts available in the shops or online. I've been scouring the net for interesting ideas - here are just a few:

All these Bonsai trees are available at Amazon....

Bonsai Tree in Water Pot

Bonsai Tree Fern

Bonsai Golden Gate

Books - see Amazon for a wonderful collection of gardening books - there are a few mentioned on almost every page on Flower and Garden Tips!

Seeds and containers - available from a number of wonderful suppliers. Thompson and Morgan supply seeds all around the world as well as a number of gardening gifts and essentials.

Thompson and Morgan UK
Thompson and Morgan US
Garden Gifts at Thompson and Morgan Worldwide

Tools, hand tools and larger items such as mowers and other power tools. Find these at:

Gone Gardening in the UK Winter Garden and gifts at Gone Gardening UK

and Nature Hills in the US Gift ideas at Nature HIlls US

To save a few pennies and still give a wonderful gift, get a little creative!:

- Buy a colourful pot - or paint one yourself and fill with small sealed bags wrapped in coloured tissue paper of seeds you've collected through the year. A few fennel seeds, nasturtiums, squashes, whatever you have.

- If you have too many winter greens ready for outside planting, re-pot them into decorative pots and give as gifts.

- Collect dried grasses, pine cones and interesting branches with berries, such as holly and mistletoe. In some parts of Europe, mistletoe grows on apple trees, starving the trees of the nutrients they need and if you remove the mistletoe you will be doing the apple trees a favour! Find a log or piece of driftwood and make a table decoration. Or buy a nice vase and fill with dried grasses, perhaps sprayed silver or gold.

And what about the kids!! Instead of a play station game or a new dvd, encourage their interest in nature.

My new book, Granny's Book Of Good Old Fashioned Common Sense, is packed full of great ideas and tips all around the home and garden - and is available to pre-order right now!.

In the UK Crocus have a wonderful collection of gifts for kids , friends and family. This terracotta pot kit would make a lovely gift for a young artist!

Great Garden Gifts at Crocus UK This link will take you to their homepage. Choose 'gifts' from the drop down box in the garden shed search space.

Whether you decide to buy or produce your own, garden gifts are always welcome. Even if your friends aren't green-fingered a well-chosed pot plant or a windowsill container of herbs will always be appreciated.

Happy Gardening!

More "Garden" reading

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