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November 18, 2021 Lifestyle

25 Great Gift Ideas for the Gardener in Your Life

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Check out 25 great gift ideas for the gardener in your life – even if that gardener is you. Suggestions of gardener gift ideas for the holidays, or any birthdays or special events that pop up the rest of the year!

I love giving gifts. No lie, I start my Christmas shopping each year in October – even if just in the form of online window shopping and making lists of gift ideas. And unfortunately (/fortunately? I haven’t decided yet), my partner and both of my parents have autumn birthdays, so my gift giving muscles get quite the workout between September and December.

But while I love giving gifts, I recognize I’m a rather difficult person to give gifts to. Beyond books, which I’m always thrilled to receive, I’m picky about colors and fabrics. And as I’m trying to reduce consumption, I don’t want people to spend money on me if it’s something I won’t use and love.

So if you also have a picky gardener in your life, I thought I’d throw together this list of 25+ gardener gift ideas that I, and most gardeners, would love to receive.

(Also just FYI none of these gardener gift ideas are affiliate links, just products I love or think would make thoughtful gifts!)

While they weren’t a Christmas gift, two of the best gifts I’ve ever received were the raised wooden garden beds my partner built me last winter. As I told him then, he literally fulfilled a childhood dream of mine – one started when I first read the Little House and Anne of Green Gables books when I was six years old. So that, of course, is my first gift idea –

[potting bench photo courtesy of Ana White]

1. Go homemade – build a garden bed or potting bench

Find the plans we used to build our beds here, or check out these 65 DIY Potting Bench Plans.

2. Or go store-bought with a Vego garden bed

These modular metal raised bed kits can be reconfigured to fit your gardener’s space. And, being metal, they should last for ages!

3. Outfit the apartment gardener with a Greenstalk Garden

If your gardener has limited space, or is just trying to maximize the space they do have, a Greenstalk garden is an excellent gift. This tiered vertical planter can really grow so much food.

4. Bring the garden indoors for winter with a Microgreens Kit

Microgreens are a tasty little nutrient powerhouses. And, as far as gardener gift ideas go, a microgreens kit is a great way to give your gardener a growing outlet for when their outdoor beds are covered in snow.

5. Keep their feet dry with some cute clogs or Gardening Boots

Spring gardening is the best because you finally get to get your hands back in the soil and nurture growing things. Spring gardening is the worst because it’s mud and muck season. Keep their feet toasty and dry with some garden-approved footwear.

6. Upgrade their tools

Try these stylish gloves or this hori hori knife!

7. Help reap the harvest with a Garden Hod

At the height of summer, the bounty can get a little unwieldy. Make the trip from garden to kitchen counter easier with a garden hod.

8. …or with a Roo apron (or the Joey half-apron)

These are so convenient – both hands free to pick or weed or what have you!

9. Enable them to sport garden gear wherever they are with Nature Supply Co

“Eat Sleep Garden Repeat” is my official mantra.

10. Deck out the garden

In the words of Jessica Sowards, “the best medicine for the garden is the gardener.” Help make the garden a place they love to relax with decorative items like signs, wind chimes, or a fancy rain gauge.

Image courtesy of Gardener’s Supply Company

11. Invite nature in with a bee or bird house

Welcome all the pollinators!

12. Help them enjoy the space they’ve created with a Hammock

They’ll mentally thank you every time they take a nap in their garden next summer.

13. Get them the materials for a Vermicompost bin

Or if you’re on a tight budget, make a simple, city-friendly outdoor compost bin with this tutorial!

14. Help them level up next year’s garden with a Grow Light or Seed Starting Kit

15. Or challenge an intermediate gardener with a soil block maker

If they already start their own seeds, help them do so while reducing their plastic use with a soil block maker.

16. Protect their hands with a Gardener’s Spa Gift Box

Gardening wreaks havoc on the hands, so a classic gardener gift idea is a soothing hand salve – this gift box takes the basic salve up a notch!

17. Help them preserve the harvest with tools like a Fermentation Kit

18. …or a Dehydrator

I love my Excalibur. In spring of 2020, when everyone else was hoarding toilet paper, I panic purchased a dehydrator. And you know what? Totally worth it. I use it all the time.

19. …or a Vacuum Sealer

For the newbie gardener who’s still intimidated by canning, a vacuum sealer will let them freeze their harvests to preserve for future eating – no freezer burn!

  • Book cover of Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
  • Book cover of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
  • Book cover of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener

20. Books on Gardening

In my view, few presents can top a great book. I’ve attempted to restrain myself here, but the next few items curate a handful of books on garden-related topics. On gardening itself, try The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible, Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, or the Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.

  • Book cover of the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
  • Book cover of Food in Jars
  • Book cover of The Forager's Pantry

21. Books on using + preserving the harvest

Or, help your gardener enjoy and preserve their bounty with one of these cookbooks: Food in Jars, the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving, or The Forager’s Pantry.

  • Book cover of Braiding Sweetgrass
  • Book cover of Gaia's Garden
  • Book cover of The One-Straw Revolution

22. Books that feed a gardener’s soul

Finally, check out Braiding Sweetgrass, The One-Straw Revolution, or Gaia’s Garden for a book that speaks to their plant-loving soul.

23. Membership to a local arboretum or botanic garden

Give the gift of inspiration – or at least a place to walk among growing things when their garden is dormant.

24. Gardening journal

Give them a handy place to record their notes so next year’s garden can be better than ever!

25. Finally, you can’t go wrong with a seed catalog and gift card!

Let them pick exactly what they want to grow in next year’s garden. Find some of my favorite seed companies in this post!

I have so many more ideas that I didn’t have space to include here (Indoor mushroom logs! Copper plant markers!) but I want to hear from you, fellow gardeners – what’s on your holiday wishlist?

Pen drawing of an onion, some lettuce leaves, some peppers, a radish, a tomato, carrots, and a head of broccoli in dark green ink

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  1. Danielle says

    November 22, 2021 at 12:09 pm

    Such wonderful ideas! I’m going to save this for Mother’s Day for my mom who’s such a great gardener.

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    • Meaghan says

      November 23, 2021 at 9:47 am

      Thank you!

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  2. Savannah says

    November 22, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    Sending this post to my husband for Christmas gift ideas! This list is perfect! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Meaghan says

      November 23, 2021 at 9:48 am

      Ah yay! I’m so glad!

      Reply

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Baking the sun into a pie to coax the light back o Baking the sun into a pie to coax the light back on this day of deepest dark. 

Of all the things the garden gives me, one of the gifts I most appreciate is its invitation to live in alignment with the seasons, at least in the growing months of the year.

That alignment is a bit harder come by in the cold months, and so I try to cultivate rituals to fill that gap. Often, they come in the shape of kitchen work.

In recent years, I’ve taken up making wassail and pairing with a savory pork and apple pie. We’ll eat cozy, warming food and burn what we’re looking to release from our lives in the beeswax candles I made at the height of summer.

If Christmas is all about turning outward, celebrating with loved ones, parties and feasting, the Winter Solstice - Yule - invites us to turn inward, to release ourselves into the earth’s rhythms, to rest. 

To embrace the darkness, even as we await the return of the light.

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Homemade marshmallows are way easier than you thin Homemade marshmallows are way easier than you think and the perfect way to welcome in the holiday baking season. I’ll enjoy these peppermint ones in bedtime hot cocoa and give some as gifts.

·       3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
·       1 cup cold water (divided)
·       1 ¼ cup (408g) honey and maple syrup (you choose the ratio – I like more syrup but honey will give you a whiter marshmallow)
·       2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
·       ¾ teaspoon peppermint extract
·       Pinch of salt
·       Red food dye (optional)
·       A butter knife, toothpick, or wooden skewer (optional)
·       Powdered sugar, arrowroot starch, or tapioca flour
 
1.     Grease a pan well with avocado oil spray or coconut oil. I used an 11x7 but a smaller pan will yield thicker marshmallows. Also grease a spatula.
2.     In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine gelatin with ½ c cold water. Use the whisk attachment to gently combine, then allow to bloom while making the syrup mixture.
3.     In a deep, thick-bottomed saucepan, combine honey, maple syrup, and remaining ½ c cold water. Bring to medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, and cook until syrup reaches 235-240°F. A clip-on candy thermometer makes this easier.
4.     When syrup is ready, turn mixer onto medium and slowly pour syrup in along the side of the bowl.
5.     Turn the mixer up to medium-high and allow to whip for ~8 min. You’ll see the mixture change color and texture until it looks like marshmallow fluff. Add salt, peppermint extract, and vanilla, and whip for another minute.
6.     Working quickly, pour mixture into your prepared pan and smooth with spatula. If you want to add the red swirl, drip dye across the surface of the marshmallows and quickly swirl in with your butter knife or skewer.
7.     Allow to set for at least six hours. Loosen the edges of the marshmallow from the pan, then tip onto a cutting board dusted with powdered sugar, arrowroot or tapioca flour. Cut into whatever size you wish then dust with more powdered sugar to prevent sticking. Store in an airtight container.

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