Great last-minute gift ideas for the gardener on your holiday list

By Realestates News On Sep 22, 2024

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Small hand tools, seed packets and garden gloves make great stocking stuffers for gardeners.

I don’t particularly like shopping at the mall or at department stores, especially during the holiday season. But turn me loose with my debit card in a garden center or gift shop with garden-related gifts, and I can quickly fill the largest shopping cart.

This year, if that hard-to-buy-for individual on your list happens to be a gardener or environmentalist, consider treating them to a garden-related gift. Whether you are shopping for an experienced gardener or an aspiring one, he or she will eagerly await spring when they receive a gardening gift this holiday season. If you like to shop without leaving your recliner, there are many online options for garden-related gifts.

Here are some ideas for useful last-minute gardening gifts this holiday season:

Gifting a plant a colorful option

No gift says Happy Holidays better than a live plant. Traditional holiday plants such as poinsettia, amaryllis, Christmas cacti, and paperwhites are always appropriate and make beautiful live holiday decor. Other flowering plants such as red or white cyclamen make festive holiday gifts, and tropical houseplants and succulents make excellent gifts no matter the holiday or season. Unique plant gift options include terrariums, air plants, orchids and small indoor aquatic gardens. For those unable or unwilling to commit to plant care, cut flowers mixed with seasonal greens are always an option.

Suggestions to help stuff stockings

Gardening supplies make great stocking stuffers. Seed packets, gardening gloves and hand tools all fit nicely into a stocking. Most gardeners can use an extra set of pruning shears, and gardeners can never have too many hand trowels! Gardeners love to get their hands dirty, so consider adding high-quality hand soap, some soothing salve, or hand cream to your favorite gardener’s stocking. Other practical gardening gifts that fit into a stocking include plant stakes, tags and ties as well as gardening-related magazines.

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Decorative pots add festiveness

An incredible variety of decorative pots in a wide range of styles and materials are currently on the market for both outdoor and indoor use. Resourceful shoppers may even find deep discounts right now on outdoor pots, which retailers hope to clear from their inventories before year’s end. Whichever style of pot you choose, be sure that it contains a drainage hole near the bottom of the pot. A hand-decorated pot makes a fun holiday craft project for kids and a cute gift for grandparents.