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Gifts for Gardeners 🌸🍅🥬
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items Don’t know what to get the gardener on your life? Here are some ideas from someone who is tired of receiving the cheap tool bundles (the worst - they break!!!) I really love growing flowers.
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GIFT CARDS 💝
Gear 👩🌾
Tools
Books 📚
Seeds
Soil/Supplements 🪴
GIFT CARDS 💝
Real talk: gardening can get very expensive. So we want to pick our own stuff. Nothing makes me happier than going and buying a new tool from Lowe’s! Half-moon edger here we come!!
Lowe’s is where it’s at! They have an excellent garden center, plant selection, tools, seeds, pots, growing mediums, treatments, nutrients, backyard decor, etc.
Lowe's $200 Gift Card
Buyers choice - I think men like Home Depot over Lowe’s. They too have an excellent garden center, plant selection, tools, seeds, pots, growing mediums, treatments, nutrients, backyard decor, etc.
Gift Cards
Gear 👩🌾
These are the essentials. I would be happy if I received 50 of these as duplicate gifts - they would all go to use!
You never can have too many of these! Every gardener loves to have a fresh pair of gloves to grab for a quick bit of work. My favorite pair of reasonably priced gloves, and as a bonus they hold up well in the wash. It’s just as easy to throw them awa...
COOLJOB 6 Pairs Women's Gardening Gloves, Medium
There’s nothing like a good hat when you’re out in the sun! Bonus points for ponytail room.
Sun Hats for Women Wide Brim Ponytail Hat
There’s nothing like being able to see on a sunny day!!
YOZISS Polarized Cycling Sports Sunglasses
Take your gift to the next level! The crocs elevate with a little something extra. You’re welcome.
BOWNDY Shoe Charms for Clog Decoration, Bulk
My favorite garden shoe. Versatile, lightweight, comfortable. Provides a little cushion if you drop, say, a trowel onto your foot. And I don’t feel bad about getting them filthy or scratched- a quick rinse with the hose will fix them up real nice. Tr...
Crocs
Sunscreen is essential! And this doubles as my foundation (not that my flowers care what my skin looks like). As an added bonus, it’s mineral-based so a safer option for the natural and coral-conscious mamas out there.
UNSUN Mineral Tinted Moisturizer
After a hard workout/house cleaning/yard work, this smells incredible and the French Grey Sea Salt feels so luxurious. If you can find this time for yourself, it will rejuvenate you more than an average soak. 🛁
Pursoma Sweat It Out BODY Bath Soak
Tools
It is SO satisfying to just rip the thorns off of the roses from my front garden with this. They pop right off! And into a vase they go. Free roses 🌹
Thorn Stripper
These are supposed to be bonsai scissors, but they are excellent for cutting flowers and woody stems of all kinds. There’s a real satisfying snap when the iron clicks together. They’re also a little bit weighted, which feels really good in the hand. ...
Wazakura 7in Bonsai Scissors Japan
Yes, worth buying. You gotta keep those tools clean somehow! This is inexpensive and reliable compared to other suggestions out there. I’ve been a big fan.
3-IN-ONE 10038 Multi-Purpose Oil 8 oz (Pack of 2)
The Cadillac of pruners. Incredible craftsmanship, meant to last a lifetime (as long as you don’t lose them out in the garden).
Felco 2 Bypass Pruner with Leather Holster
This is so affordable and easy for the front! I have a soaker hose hooked up to this and my front yard has never looked so lush. Just put a battery in and forget about it all summer!
Melnor 65164AMZ Sunrise Daily Water Timer
While not exactly practical for a big garden, it’s always nice to have a beautiful metal watering can for the front flower boxes (especially because it looks nice next to the flowers). 💐
Megawodar 1 Gallon Metal Watering Can with Spout
Think of this like a dirt knife. It cuts into the soil and scoops-to-hold really well. It’s great for measuring and precise placement!
Wilcox All-Pro 14" Garden Trowel 202S
Books 📚
This has been my favorite reference for garden bugs. Simple, easy to use, and showcases the need-to-knows without getting too deep into localities. Bugs are so hard to photograph and describe if you only see them fleetingly - before this book it woul...
Good Bug Bad Bug: Manage Garden Insects
This really ignited a passion for growing flowers for me. Like, I always loved them, but it didn’t really occur to me that I could just grow flowers for myself. So much of gardening literature focuses on growing food, but that comes with so many chal...
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow & Arrange
The title says it all. This is another great reference with excellent photos and descriptions. Seems information-heavy until you get to what you’re looking for - then it’s just right with clear instructions and guiding images. Love.
Pruning and Training: What, When, and How
Lisa has been in the flower farming game for many years and is such an expert! She really simplified the process for me, and has excellent recommendations for both beginners and experts alike. While there’s another book on this list that got me to fa...
The Cut Flower Handbook: Select & Grow Blooms
For the intellectual, climate-conscious gardener.
What We Sow: Personal & Ecological Seeds
Birding is an adjacent hobby to gardening - and can be exciting in the off-growing season (winter birds)!
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America
Seeds
This is a huge and beautiful catalog. Worth the $15 - it will entertain your favorite gardener for hours! If you don’t feel like springing for the large catalog, sign them up for the free slim option in its place - it’s just as nice.
Heirloom Whole Seed Catalog Seeds
Comes wrapped - I received this a few years ago and was do excited by the possibilities. There are veg options too!
Black Friday Flower Bundle
Soil/Supplements 🪴
Look - this stuff isn’t cheap. And when you wake up to your precious seedlings straight munched to the ground, you want to sprinkle this EVERYWHERE. This is how you win the war on slugs. Get it. Your fave gardener will thank you.
Monterey Sluggo Plus Snail & Slug Killer
A “soiless” medium aka the best kind. Great for pots!
Compressed Organic Potting Soil - Expands 4x - Coconut Coir & Worm Castings
Just for fun ⛲️
Isn’t this adorable? Buy this inexpensive cooler and go on a picnic with your fave gardener - they will pack the fresh produce.
Insulated Picnic Cooler Bag with Zippered Top
Such a fun little gift activity!
4" x 4" Sunprint Kit
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