Are you looking for a nice gift for Christmas, a birthday or another occasion? Does the recipient enjoy gardening? We have some nice ideas and suggestions for you. Here you will find the 8 best gift ideas for gardeners.
What are good gifts for gardeners?
The best gift ideas for gardening lovers include weatherproof planting tables, seeds for your own Christmas tree, garden project books, unusual planting sets, rare seeds, Ravensburger puzzles, gardening calendars and professional secateurs. These gifts will delight every garden lover and bring more joy to gardening.
1. Weatherproof plant table
Who doesn't know the problem: you want to plant or repot and have to do it on the patio table or even on the ground in the garden. This weatherproof planting table solves the problem: Here you can sow, repot or otherwise pamper your plants as well as store tools and weatherproof materials. Thanks to its high-quality design, the table visually enhances any vegetable garden. Four packets of seeds are included in the price.
The key data:
- made of acacia wood
- Galvanized metal worktop
- 1 drawer
- H/W/D not specified
Who is this gift suitable for?
This weatherproof planting table fits both large vegetable gardens and small balcony gardens. Just make sure that the recipient has enough space for the one meter long table and you have the ideal gift for every garden lover.
Tip
Combine this gift with special seeds as in gift option 4 (unusual vegetables) or 5 (rarities).
2. Grow your own Christmas tree
A good gift idea not just for Christmas: This Christmas tree comes in seed form and, with good care, can be decorated and used as such in 7 to 8 years. A beautiful gift that grows and thrives.
Who is this gift suitable for?
This Nordmann fir can be grown both in a pot and in the garden, so there must be at least one sunny balcony or terrace. A little gardening skill doesn't hurt either, although the manufacturer has included five seeds in the packet for less talented gardeners. If it doesn't work the first time, then maybe the second or third time. It's nice to sow the tree with children, who will watch it grow and thrive with amazement.
3. The gift for creative people: Garden Projects Book
Do you want to make a creative gardening friend happy? Then this gardening book with original projects and numerous instructions is just the right gift! Here you will find instructions for building cold frames, bed borders, trellises, garden shelves, mini ponds and much more.
Who is this gift suitable for?
This gift is more for big gardeners, as most projects require some basic knowledge of handling materials and tools. However, among adults, the book is suitable for all types: even gardeners with two left hands will find ideas here that they can easily put into practice.
There is a project for everyone in this creative gardening book
4. An extraordinary plant set
Red Brussels sprouts, striped tomatoes and purple carrots? This planting kit makes it possible! This vegetable set contains the seeds of five extravagant vegetables as well as everything you need to grow them:
- 5 growing pots
- 5 peat blocks
- 5 marker sticks
- and tips for growing
Who is this set suitable for?
- For plant-loving people who like to sow and plant
- Hobby gardeners to professionals
- particularly suitable for children to show them the variety of plants
When is the best time to give this gift?
Even though you can of course give this plant kit as a gift at any time, the seeds should only be sown in spring. This gift is therefore particularly suitable for Christmas (here the recipient only has to wait a few months until sowing) or for birthdays from January to May. The seed set is also particularly suitable for Easter.
5. Eight forgotten seed rarities
If you not only want to grow something special, but also want to revive old vegetable varieties, this seed set is the right one for you! It includes:
- Chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum): These small beets combine the taste of several tubers: gourmets can discover potatoes, celery, parsnips and even chestnuts here.
- Purple carrot 'Black Spanish' (Daucus carota): This carrot variety is probably the oldest carrot known to date.
The purple carrot impresses with its strong color and beautiful, white flowers
- Beetroot 'Crapaudine' (Beta vulgaris): This gourmet variety is at least 300 years old. The beets are rather elongated.
- Green orach (Atriplex hortensis): This pretty leafy vegetable was previously used for lung diseases or to stimulate metabolism. The leaves can be eaten cooked or raw.
- Good Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus): This spicy leafy vegetable is ideal as an extra in salads or as a cooked side dish
- Horse bean (Vicia faba): These broad beans are not that thick. The original form of the broad bean is just as protein-rich as the new varieties - and at least as tasty!
- Sugar pea 'Early Heinrich' (Pisum sativum): The only type of pea that can be eaten raw!
- Sea kale (Crambe maritima): The leaves of this cabbage, which tastes similar to broccoli, can be harvested gradually over a longer period of time. Cultivation requires some gardening skill.
This gift is also ideal as a Christmas gift or as a gift in winter or spring.
Who is this gift suitable for?
Lovers of the unusual and lovers of experimentation will particularly enjoy this gift. Even experienced gardeners will greatly appreciate the rare vegetables.
6. Ravensburger Puzzle: Grandiose garden shelf
During the cold season, a lot of time is spent indoors in the warmth. If you want to give something as a gift during the cold season that can be used immediately and is fun, but still reminds you of the garden, this Ravensburger puzzle is the ideal gift. Thanks to its 1000 pieces, the puzzle offers activity for several days even for experts. In the original illustration you can discover a lot of garden tools, plants and also small, fantastic garden inhabitants.
Who is this gift suitable for?
This puzzle is great fun for young and old, although the many pieces will certainly pose a big challenge for very young gardeners.
7. The Gardener Calendar
This garden calendar, which is published every year, contains funny sayings, tips, poems and recipes. For Christmas or the end of the year, give your loved ones this original calendar for gardeners, which will bring joy and the desire to garden every day.
Who is this gift suitable for?
This special calendar brings joy every day to gardeners and those who want to become gardeners. The recipes and poems are aimed more at an adult audience.
Tip
Complement this more theoretical gift with a packet of seeds (for example option 4 or 5).
8. Professional secateurs
Winter is the best time for pruning fruit trees. Sharp, good cutting tools are the basic requirement for a clean, successful tree cut. With these bypass secateurs (€9.00 at Amazon), cutting trees becomes child's play. Here are the key details:
- Non-stick coating
- High-quality steel blades
- 22, 5cm long
- For branches and stems with a diameter of up to 2.6cm
Who is this gift suitable for?
This gift is for experienced hobby gardeners who work on their trees themselves. A connoisseur will greatly appreciate this high quality gift.
