Gardening – Choose a Good Gift For Your Gardener Friend
Gardening as a hobby has become very popular. Most of us have a friend or two who is into gardening. There can be no doubt that they would love to receive a gardening gift on their special occasion. You can choose from a wide range of gardening gift, irrespective of the fact that your friend is a novice or an expert gardener. The best part of giving a gardening gift is that you can buy one from almost anywhere: a nearby nursery, farmer’s market, feed store, hardware store, online or even from your nearest Wal-Mart.
You van choose your gift according to the expertise level of your friend. A beginner would welcome a good gardening book with how to dos about gardening. Basic books will help them tackle the daily battles with weeds, insects and diseases. The books will also give them information regarding different types of plants and their soil, sun, nutrient and water needs.
You can buy good books at a book store, a nursery or even online. If your friend is technically oriented you may even gift a gardening CD instead of a book.
Another great gardening gift that even non-gardeners will love is a plant. It’s a gift that is always welcome whether the person is an expert or novice gardener. You could buy traditional flowering plants or even go for unusual gifts like cacti or moss. A plant will always be appreciated and enjoyed. You could even gift seeds or even a bulb which can be then transplanted by your friend. If you opt for a perennial then your gift will bring joy year after year.
You could get innovative by giving theme gifts. Like some potted herb could be coupled with a bunch of recipes using that herb or a flowering plant that attracts butterflies and a couple of books on butterflies could go together nicely.
You can think of more such innovative gifts.
Garden tools. They are the most common and easily found gifts that you may buy for your friend. You could pick up simple tools like a hoe or a rake. Or maybe something high tech, like a vacuum or electric blower. These are a good gift for removing leaves, grass or debris from the side walks and driveway. You could also choose from sprinklers, hedge trimmers or gloves.
A calendar is a useful gift that rarely crosses the mind. A gardener can use the calendar to observe the moon phases and if it is garden theme based calendar it adds to the pleasure. A Farmer’s Almanac is another very useful gift that a gardener would love to have. It carries a lot of pertinent information regarding weather, moon phases, when to plant and when to prune.
One of the best gifts that you can give them is a gift certificate from a nursery or a store that stocks gardening gifts. This way they can choose what they would like to have maybe a tool they don’t have or a plant they had wanted. Nothing can beat the joy they will have in choosing exactly what they need or want.
Giving a suitable gift is always an unsettling thought, but with gardener friends you need look no further. Gardening gifts are available easily and you can choose from a very wide range of products. You may choose from an inexpensive pair of gloves or may be a high end power tiller. So next time round look for appropriate gardening gifts, for your gardener friends with green thumbs.
