Gifts for Gardeners

In short: The best gifts for gardeners, whether it’s for Christmas, a birthday, or Mother’s Day, are the ones they’ll reach for every time they head outside: great snips and pruners, a hori hori, a beautiful harvesting basket or trug, a good apron and sun hat, a really great hand balm, and seeds, bulbs, and tubers from a specialty grower, ordered early before the special ones sell out. If you want to go all out, fill a trug with all their favorite little things, and if you’re not sure what they need, a gift card lets them pick their own soil, seed-starting supplies, or grow lights.

Okay, confession time. People ask me for gardening gift ideas a lot, and I’m pretty sure it’s their polite way of telling me I talk about our garden way too much. Fair! I was recently answering some questions for a press story about what I recommend as gifts for gardeners, and my list just kept going, so I thought I’d share it with you all in case it’s helpful. It’s also serving as my own little wishlist, since I probably only have about 20% of these things, but the ones I do have, I love, and I can’t wait to make my way through the rest of the list (in a financially responsible way, of course!).

For context, between the Farmquarters, our 25-acre headquarters and flower farm in Gig Harbor, Washington, and our peony farm in Central Oregon, I spend a lot of time outside. I’ve also killed an embarrassing number of plants for someone whose entire career is flowers, so trust me when I say these are the things that actually make a difference. Some I use every single day, some I give to every gardener I love, and a whole lot I’m still dreaming about (and dropping very unsubtle hints about at home).

I’m also about to recommend a hose with the kind of enthusiasm most people save for diamonds. I’ve made peace with how boring I’ve become, and I promise the gardener in your life will totally get it.

Some of the links in this post are Amazon links, and as an Amazon Associate, Farmgirl Flowers earns from qualifying purchases. That did not sway any of my picks though, promise!

What’s in this guide

1. My quick picks
2. Snips, shears, and pruners
3. Keeping their tools happy
4. Digging and planting
5. Watering
6. Baskets, trugs, and harvesting bags
7. Things they’ll wear
8. For gardeners’ hands
9. For after the garden
10. Seed starting and growing
11. Seeds, bulbs, corms, and tubers
12. Gift cards
13. Personal, handmade, and a little creative
14. Books to curl up with in winter
15. Experiences
16. My all-out baller gifts
17. Something blooming right now
18. Gifts for gardeners by budget
19. FAQ

My quick picks

1. For anyone, any time: a bouquet from Farmgirl Flowers (I’m a little biased!), because no gardener ever says no to flowers they didn’t have to grow themselves.
2. For the everyday gardener: Chikamasa clippers or Felco pruners, plus a tool care kit to keep them sharp.
3. For the one who cuts flowers every morning: Japanese flower scissors and a kenzan for arranging what they bring in.
4. For the planner: the special peonies, tulips, ranunculus, and dahlias they’d never splurge on themselves, ordered early.
5. For the one with tired hands: a hand scrub, a hand balm, and an overnight hand treatment (trust me on this one!).
6. For the one who already has everything: a gift card to Niwaki, Gardenheir, Vego Garden, Johnny’s, Eden Brothers, Greenhouse Megastore, or Flamingo Estate.
7. For the one who’d rather do than own: a day at a flower farm, or a wreath or bouquet-making class.
8. For the one you really, really love: a trug filled with all of the above, or one of the dream gifts at the very end of this list.

Snips, shears, and pruners

Chikamasa clippers (my forever favorite)

We’ve used Chikamasa clippers exclusively at Farmgirl for over a decade, and I hand them out to gardening and flower friends the way some people hand out business cards. They’re Japanese, with over a century of blade-making behind them, and I have two favorite models depending on your person.

The T-550 is the everyday pair. It’s light and fast with a torsion spring, so your hand isn’t screaming at you after an hour of deadheading, and the back of the blade is rounded so you don’t bruise the flower right next to the one you’re cutting. It might be the best joy-to-cost ratio in all of gardening, which makes it a great stocking stuffer for literally anyone with a garden.

The T-710GDX is the heavy-duty one, and my personal favorite. It has a longer, hard-chrome-plated blade, so sap and pine pitch don’t gum it up, and a guard on the handle so it doesn’t go flying out of your hand into the mulch, never to be seen again (I’ve lost more clippers to mulch than I’d like to admit). This is the pair I reach for every day.

Felco pruners

Felco is another favorite of mine, especially for woodier stems and the rose pruning we do in late winter. The Felco 2 is the classic every gardener recognizes, and if your person has smaller hands, the Felco 6 is the same great pruner sized down. If you really want to spoil them, the Felco 2 80th Anniversary Edition is numbered, can be engraved, and comes with a leather pouch, which is basically the garden version of a monogrammed anything. One quick tip, though: buy Felcos from Felco’s own site or a store they list, because they’re one of the most counterfeited garden tools out there.

Japanese flower scissors (and a kenzan)

For the flower person who cuts arrangements from the garden, beautiful Japanese flower scissors are such a lovely, grown-up gift. They’re lighter than pruners and perfect for delicate stems, herbs, and deadheading. I love the Niwaki Rattan Snips and the Sakagen Flower Scissors, which are ikebana-style and come in the prettiest colors. And these Japanese flower scissors from Gardenheir actually hold onto the stem after they cut it, which feels like a magic trick when you’re cutting with one hand and juggling a bucket, your phone, and a coffee with the other.

And for arranging everything they cut, a Niwaki kenzan (a Japanese flower frog with brass pins) holds stems exactly where you put them, and the long version of the kenzan is perfect for long displays. Designing with these is my very favorite way to arrange flowers these days, and it makes it so fun!

Shears for shaping

If they’ve got boxwood, lavender, or anything else they like to keep tidy, the Niwaki Mini Shears are perfect for small shaping jobs. And the Friar Park x Niwaki Garden Shears are the kind of beautiful, made-in-Japan tool you’d keep for the rest of your life, and they come with a leather holster too!

Keeping their tools happy

A dull blade crushes stems instead of cutting them cleanly, so helping someone keep their tools sharp and clean is one of the most useful (and most underrated) gifts out there.

• The Niwaki Tool Care Kit comes in the cutest little yellow toolbox with a sharpening stone, camellia oil, and a cleaning block, and the Niwaki Sharpening Tools Bundle adds a diamond file to the mix.
• The Felco 903 diamond sharpener is pocket-sized and made for Felco blades, and a can of Felco 980 lubricant keeps everything opening and closing smoothly.
• A Redecker garden tool brush knocks the dirt off before it dries on, and it’s so pretty it can live right out on the potting bench.
• And a Niwaki Y-Type Tool Box gives all of it a home, so it’s not scattered across three different sheds, which is exactly where mine usually ends up.

Digging and planting

A hori hori

If you’ve never heard of a hori hori, it’s a Japanese garden knife that’s part trowel, part saw, and part knife, with a sharp edge on one side, a serrated edge on the other, and usually depth markings on the blade for planting bulbs. Gardeners use it for weeding, dividing perennials, cutting twine, opening bags of mulch, and just about everything in between. The Niwaki Hori Hori Pro is my favorite! It’s carbon steel and comes with a canvas sheath so it can ride on their belt, and it’s one of the top three tools I use all the time, so if you only buy one thing from this whole very long list, this might be it! The Barebones Hori Hori Classic is another beautiful option, with a gorgeous walnut handle.

The Niwaki Golden Spade (aka my golden ticket)

The Niwaki Golden Spade is a Japanese-style digging spade with a pointed blade that slices into the ground so much more easily than a flat shovel, which makes it perfect for planting bulbs, dividing perennials, and digging in heavy soil. I don’t have this one yet, but I kind of want two of them, one to use and one to hang on the wall, b/c it looks like the coolest art! :)

Watering

The Eley hose, reel, and nozzle (yes, really)

The Eley wall mount hose reel and Eley hose are hands down my favorite gift you can give your best gardening friend, or your mom, like I did for my mom’s birthday this year, which tells you either how much I love this hose or how boring I’ve become, or both! Even our marketing director, after using it just once (to take a picture of it, of course!), came back into the office raving about it, and that’s from a true city girl who probably hasn’t used many hoses in her life. The company is family-owned and makes them in the Midwest, which is where I hail from myself. The reel and fittings are aluminum and brass, so there’s nothing to rust (and I love the brass look!), and the hose is kink-resistant while still being light enough that you’ll actually drag it to the back bed instead of giving up and grabbing a watering can, like I did for years.

I know no one has ever put a hose on their wish list, but I promise they’ll be thrilled to get one. The full set is a splurge, so if you’re not ready for that, the Eley spray nozzle set alone is a wonderful gift. It puts out a lot of water with a super soft flow that doesn’t beat up the heads of your flowers. Yes, I’m officially a gardening nerd, and yes, I’ve accepted it :)

A beautiful watering can

And for the pots, the porch, and the seedlings, nothing beats a Haws watering can. The Haws x Gardenheir limited edition can in olive is so beautiful, and The Warley Fall two-gallon can from Haws has a long reach that gets water right to the base of the plant instead of all over the leaves, and it’s so pretty you can leave it out on the porch where it actually adds to the ambiance!

Baskets, trugs, and harvesting bags

I’ll admit I have a bit of a basket problem, but in my defense, you really do need something to carry all those flowers in! Here are a few I love, although I promise I don’t own all of them (but someday I probably will!):

• The Gardenheir waxed canvas origami harvesting trug in olive folds flat when you’re done, which my overstuffed shed very much appreciates.
• The Garrett Wade large woven galvanized basket is made in France, and you can hose it right off after a muddy harvest.
• The Garrett Wade vintage-inspired garden trug is based on a 1950s English design and has a swivel handle.
• The Garrett Wade handwoven wicker basket is made by a family workshop in Poland and is just as pretty holding blankets inside as it is holding dahlias outside.
• The Amish garden harvest caddy is handwoven with leather straps and is perfect for a morning flower or herb harvest. I grew up in Amish country in northern Indiana, so this one feels a little like home to me.
• The Gardenary galvanized garden trug has a wooden handle and is the perfect little caddy for carrying snips, twine, and hand tools out to the garden, and it looks so cute sitting on the potting bench or kitchen counter in between.
• And a classic wooden trug, like this Burgon & Ball trug made in England, never goes out of style.

Things they’ll wear (and definitely use)

Aprons

A great apron keeps snips, twine, labels, and a phone within reach, so they’re not patting every pocket looking for their clippers, which I do roughly forty times a day. Any Hedley & Bennett apron is perfect for your gardener, your cook, or a new homeowner, so just pick the style that fits your person. And the company was founded by Ellen Bennett, one of the coolest female founders ever! I also love the ARTIFACT Garden Waist Apron, which is handmade in Omaha, for anyone who just wants pockets for their tools. The Niwaki Split Front Apron is another great heavy canvas option.

Sun hats

A good sun hat is one of those gifts that will absolutely get used. After a few long days planting in the sun, I’ll never garden without one again, and my skin thanks me. For the prettiest hat in the garden, I love the Jenni Kayne Crochet Raffia Sun Hat, and for the one that gets thrown in the bag and the wash on repeat, the Terrain Cotton Crusher Hat is packable and has UPF 50 sun protection.

Overalls, gloves, and boots

• Overalls. A good pair of Carhartt women’s bib overalls means they can kneel in the mud and not think twice about it. The Railroad Stripe Denim Bib Overall is my personal fave, although I do love their insulated bibs for fall and winter farm work!
• Gloves. Cream leather gloves are my favorite for looking pretty and holding up to thorny jobs, and Womanswork makes lovely deerskin gloves for women (I love that it’s a female-founded company). For anyone with a lot of roses, their Rose Gauntlet gloves go all the way up the forearm. And for everyday planting and weeding, we buy these Kebada nitrile work gloves by the case at the Farmquarters! They’re breathable and grippy, you can still use your phone with them on, and they come in a six-pack, which is perfect since gloves seem to disappear around here like socks in the dryer.
• Clogs. If you know their size, a great pair of garden clogs is such a treat. I love my XTRATUF Legacy Clogs and my Muck Muckster Lite Clogs. They slip on and off at the back door, they hold up to mud and wet grass, and they hose right off afterwards.
• Boots. For the wetter, muddier days (which, in the Pacific Northwest, is most of them), Muck’s women’s Muckster II boots come in an ankle height and a mid height, and both come in some really cute prints, but I’m a classic all-black boot girl myself :) I also love my XTRATUFs! The women’s 15” Legacy boot is the classic tall one, and their women’s Legacy collection has ankle heights and some fun prints too.

For gardeners’ hands (and faces)

This might be my favorite section, because gardening is so hard on your hands, and I don’t think anyone ever buys these things for themselves. We all just keep using whatever hand soap is by the sink and wondering why our knuckles look like that.

• Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. I slathered this stuff all over my face, lips, and hands (well, really everywhere!) while we were planting peonies in 29-degree temps, and it was the only thing that made me feel even slightly human, or at least less like a windburned potato! Now there’s a tube of Eight Hour Cream in every bag I own, and it’s a little gift that’ll get used every single day.
• Naomi After-Cooking Hand Scrub. It’s made for the kitchen, but the Naomi hand scrub in Santal is our absolute favorite! It gets garden dirt out of every little crease, and it smells so good.
• Soft Services Theraplush. The Theraplush Set is an overnight hand treatment that feels like the most luxurious reset for dry, cracked gardener’s hands.
• Flamingo Estate Sage Rich Cream. The Flamingo Estate Sage Rich Cream for Hands & Feet is rich and herby and feels like a little bit of the garden in a jar.

For after the garden

• A candle that smells like the garden. The Flamingo Estate Jasmine Damask Rose Candle smells like the very best summer evening, and the Jasmine Sampler pairs a mini candle with a mini rich cream, so it’s a lovely smaller gift.
• A cookbook for everything they grow. The Lost Kitchen by Erin French is a four-season cookbook from her famous little restaurant in Freedom, Maine, full of simple, beautiful recipes for cooking with whatever’s in season, which is exactly what you want when the garden hands you a hundred zucchini at once!
• Something for the birds. The Pidät Silo Bird Feeder in Camp Green is made in Finland and is so much prettier than any bird feeder I’ve ever seen, which matters when it’s hanging right outside your kitchen window.

Seed starting and growing

Vego Garden seed trays (the best I’ve found)

I’ve bought more seed trays than I can count, and I mean that literally, b/c I stopped counting. The Vego Garden Giga Seedling Trays are the best I’ve found. The cells are extra deep, so seedlings have room to grow big, healthy roots before they go in the ground, and they hold up season after season.

Rolling planters for porch trees

I love these so much! If you know they have room for them, the Vego Garden Classic Rolling Tree Planter lets you roll big porch trees and plants into the light as needed (or into the garage when a freeze is coming), which is a game changer for anything in a big, heavy pot and for anyone whose back has opinions about lifting it.

Grow lights

For anyone starting seeds indoors, a SUNPACK light stand kit from Greenhouse Megastore is a complete tabletop setup they can use for years. And if they already have a greenhouse, the Barrina TX-L63 grow lights are my favorites! Grab the four-pack, which comes with a timer, since the panels link together and hang right over the benches, so seedlings get nice, even light on those short, gray winter days.

A galvanized seed organizer

If they save seeds or collect a lot of packets (guilty!), the Gardenary Galvanized Seed Storage Organizer keeps everything sorted and dry instead of scattered across shoeboxes and kitchen drawers. It’s galvanized steel with little brass accents and a leather handle, with two sections inside for sorting packets by season or plant family, and it’s so pretty you can leave it right out on the counter.

Seeds, bulbs, corms, and tubers (order early and be their hero!)

Seeds and bulbs from Johnny’s Selected Seeds or Eden Brothers are a gardener’s dream gift, and here’s my best tip: order early. The specialty and unusual varieties sell out fast, sometimes months before planting season, so if you snag the special ones before they’re gone, you’ll be their hero!

And if you really want to spoil them, these are the varieties at the very top of my list:

• Pastelegance peony. The It girl of the peony world right now, but they literally go for hundreds of dollars, so only for your super special gardening friends!
• Etched Salmon peony. My absolute favorite peony, a warm salmon-pink double that looks like a garden rose.
• Copper Image tulip. A copper-toned, peony-flowered tulip that looks like it belongs in a painting.
• La Belle Époque tulip. Antique rose, peach, and butterscotch all in one flower, and SO hard to get, because they sell out so quickly!
• Cloni Success Hanoi ranunculus. Light pink, with layer upon layer of thin petals and a little green eye.
• Butterfly Ariadne ranunculus. Soft blush with a waxy, almost iridescent sheen, and lots of flowers on every stem.
• KA’s Cinder Rose dahlia. A smoky mauve and dusty rose blend that I can’t stop thinking about, and we’re definitely adding a couple to our garden next year!
• Café au Lait Rose dahlia. One of the dinnerplates we grow at the Farmquarters, with huge, ruffly blooms in rosy pinks that are a little more vibrant than the classic Café au Lait.
• Café au Lait Royal dahlia. Another one of our dinnerplates, in the most gorgeous raspberry pink, with flowers that are literally bigger than your face.
• Penhill Watermelon dahlia. Big, shaggy dinnerplate blooms in a dreamy mix of peach, pink, and lavender, and another favorite in our garden.
• Coral Fountain amaranth. Amaranth is the trendiest flower right now, and this one is our favorite! Its long coral-pink tassels drape right over the edge of the vase, and it grows easily from seed.
• Mollie Rilstone sweet pea. Cream with pink-edged, ruffly petals, and the most amazing fragrance.
• Apricot Whirl daffodil. Ivory petals around a frilly apricot-pink center, and one of my favorite daffodils we’re planting this fall.

And once everything arrives, I’ve written up when to plant tulip bulbs, how to grow peonies, and how to store dahlia tubers over winter, so they’ll know exactly what to do with all of it!

Gift cards (when you don’t know what they need)

Gardeners are particular, and I say that with love, as a very particular gardener myself! A gift card lets them pick out exactly what works for their garden, whether that’s their favorite seed-starting or potting mix, a new batch of seeds, or greenhouse grow lights. My favorites are:

• Niwaki, for Japanese snips, shears, hori horis, and tool care
• Gardenheir, for harvesting trugs, flower scissors, Haws cans, and twine
• Vego Garden, for seed trays, rolling planters, and raised beds
• Johnny’s Selected Seeds, for seeds, tools, and seed-starting supplies
• Eden Brothers, for seeds and bulbs
• Greenhouse Megastore, for grow lights, greenhouse supplies, and everything in between
• Flamingo Estate, for the candles, hand creams, and cookbooks they’ll never buy themselves

And of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention sending them flowers for all the months when their garden is sleeping and there’s nothing to cut, like our Fall Guy bouquet right now! There’s nothing like fresh flowers on the kitchen table in January ;)

Personal, handmade, and a little creative

If you want to get super creative, these are the gifts that will mean the most.

• A handmade garden journal. Make one with sections for what they planted, where, and when, plus room for notes on what worked and what didn’t. I’ve learned not to trust myself when I say I’ll remember something in the spring, b/c I absolutely will not, so I promise this one gets used. If you’d rather buy one, A Gardener’s Journal from Lee Valley holds ten years of notes in one beautiful book.
• Custom seed packets. Fill them with seeds you saved from your own garden, or buy in bulk and package them yourself in simple kraft or glassine envelopes with a little note. Add a custom stamp (see below!) and they look so pretty and modern, and so much more personal than anything you could buy.
• A personalized garden stamp or embosser. Stamp seed packets, labels, journals, and gift tags with their name or garden name, like this “From the Garden Of” stamp on Etsy.
• Black metal plant markers. They look beautiful in the garden and they’ll actually still be readable next spring, which is more than I can say for most of the labels at our place. These matte black steel markers on Etsy are cut with each plant’s name.

Books to curl up with in winter

• Anything from Gardenary. Nicole Johnsey Burke’s books are my favorite! Kitchen Garden Revival and Leaves, Roots & Fruit are both wonderful, unfussy guides for anyone who wants to grow more of their own food and flowers.
• Slow Flowers and The 50 Mile Bouquet by Debra Prinzing. Slow Flowers is a beautiful book about arranging with local, seasonal flowers through the year, and a perfect pick for the gardener who loves to cut and arrange what they grow. The 50 Mile Bouquet is her earlier book, all about the flower farmers and florists behind locally grown, seasonal flowers, with gorgeous photos throughout, so the two make the perfect pair. The Slow Flowers Society even sells signed copies of both!

Experiences (my favorite kind of gift)

A day trip to a flower farm

Take them on a day trip to a nearby flower farm! There are flower farms all over the country now, and many offer u-pick days, farm stands, or tours during the growing season. You can usually find one within driving distance using the Slow Flowers Find Flowers directory or the LocalFlowers.org grower map. Pack snacks, grab a coffee for the road, and you’ll have so much fun making memories together.

A wreath or bouquet-making class

A wreath-making class in December or a bouquet-making class in spring or summer is such a fun way to spend an afternoon together. Look at local flower farms, florists, and garden centers, since many of them host workshops during the holidays and the growing season, and the Slow Flowers directory even has a workshops and classes category. You’ll both come home with something beautiful, a great story, and probably a few evergreen needles in your hair.

Online courses for brand-new gardeners

For your friends who want to be gardeners but are just starting out, a Gardenary e-book or online course is such a thoughtful gift, because they get to learn from one of the very best (and it’s not me!!). Nicole makes growing your own food and flowers feel so doable, and there’s something for every level, from $9.99 e-books on things like indoor seed starting, to $27 courses on seed starting, herbs, and salad gardens, all the way up to her full Kitchen Garden Academy for anyone who’s ready to really dive in. And since it’s all digital, it makes the perfect last-minute gift too! Oh, and they should definitely be following her too, at @gardenaryco on Instagram and on the Gardenary YouTube channel, where she shares so many great tips for free!

My all-out baller gifts

A filled garden trug

If you really want to go all out, this is my favorite gift to give, and (hint hint, to anyone in my house reading this) to get! Start with a beautiful trug or harvesting basket from the list above and fill it with:

• A beautiful pair of Japanese snips or Chikamasa clippers
• A canvas garden apron
• A favorite pair of gloves
• Black metal plant markers and a permanent garden marker
• Nutscene garden twine
• The Niwaki Tool Care Kit, so their tools stay in great shape
• A tube of hand cream
• A garden journal
• A few packets of unusually good flower seed, or a couple of the special bulbs from my list

Every single thing in there will get used, and the basket itself becomes the one they carry out to the garden every morning.

The Felco 933

The Felco 933 is another baller gift. It’s a Felco 2 plus everything they need to take care of it for years, including a spare blade, a sharpener, lubricant, resin remover, and a wrench, all in one kit.

A Gardenary arch trellis

The Nicole Arch Trellis from Gardenary is a big, beautiful splurge that makes any garden instantly feel like a secret garden. It’s powder-coated black steel, a little over seven feet tall, and it slides together without any tools, so it’s perfect for climbing roses, sweet peas, pole beans, or cucumbers. And bonus, shipping is free to the lower 48, and it comes with Nicole’s e-book on growing vertically! I’m planning on getting my mom one of these next year once she has her raised beds in place!

The super luxe gift

For a truly super luxe gift, the Friar Park x Niwaki Collector’s Edition is a canvas tool bag filled with Friar Park shears, a Hori Hori Pro, a pruning saw, pruners, and even a vinyl record. It’s the most beautiful garden gift I’ve ever seen, and I may or may not have it open in a browser tab right now.

And one for me

Okay, so this one isn’t exactly an appropriate gift for most people, but I couldn’t leave it off the list because it’s pretty much at the top of my personal wish list right now. I’ve been dreaming about the Vego Garden Victorian Greenhouse for ages. The glass walls, the Dutch doors, all of it. I can already picture it filled with seedlings and overwintering eucalyptus, with me tucked inside, coffee in hand, pretending it’s not raining sideways outside. And wouldn’t it be amazing to host a little dinner party in there, surrounded by plants and candlelight? I mean, come on. A girl can dream. ;)

Something blooming right now (shameless plug!)

Even the most devoted gardener has a few months a year when there’s nothing to cut, and that’s exactly when a box of flowers on the doorstep feels like the best surprise. A few of my favorites from Farmgirl right now:

• Fall Guy. Autumn roses and mums in the coziest fall colors, and one of my favorites of the season.
• A fresh wreath. For their front door, so the gardener in your life has something green to look at all winter long.
• A plant. Something to keep their hands busy indoors until it’s time to start seeds again.
• Flowers on repeat. Set up recurring deliveries so fresh flowers keep showing up all winter, right up until their own garden takes over again.

Gifts for gardeners by budget

Stocking stuffers

Chikamasa T-550 clippers, Gardenheir Japanese flower scissors, Eight Hour Cream, Nutscene twine, a Redecker tool brush, Felco 980 lubricant, a few packets of special seed.

Thoughtful middle

Japanese snips, a hori hori, the Niwaki Tool Care Kit, a kenzan, Naomi hand scrub, a sun hat, a garden apron, cream leather gloves, a harvesting basket, Vego Giga seed trays, a galvanized seed organizer, a Flamingo Estate candle, a Gardenary, Slow Flowers, or Lost Kitchen book.

Splurge

An Eley hose reel set, a Haws watering can, XTRATUF or Muck clogs, Muckster II or XTRATUF boots, Carhartt overalls, a Vego rolling planter, the Felco 933, a Gardenary arch trellis, Friar Park shears, special peony roots, a fully filled trug.

Dream gifts

The Friar Park x Niwaki Collector’s Edition, the Vego Victorian Greenhouse (for me, obviously!).

Experiences

A day at a nearby flower farm, a wreath or bouquet-making class, a Gardenary online course.

Flowers now

A Farmgirl Flowers bouquet, wreath, plant, or recurring delivery.

And if you’d love to give them something blooming right now while all those seeds and bulbs wait for spring, you know where to find us ;)

xx,

Christina

FAQ

What is a good gift for a gardener?

A good gift for a gardener is something they’ll use every time they head outside, like quality pruners or Japanese flower scissors, a hori hori knife, a harvesting basket, good gloves, a garden apron, or a rich hand balm. If you’re not sure what they need, a gift card to a seed company or garden supplier lets them choose their own soil, seeds, or grow lights.

What do you get a gardener who has everything?

For a gardener who has everything, choose something personal, luxurious, or experiential: special peony roots or rare bulbs ordered early, a beautiful Japanese tool they’d never buy themselves, a hand care set, a handmade garden journal, a day trip to a flower farm, or a wreath-making class.

What is a good luxury gift for a gardener?

Good luxury gifts for gardeners include handmade Japanese garden shears, a Haws watering can, an Eley hose reel, a Felco pruner maintenance kit, rare peony roots like Pastelegance, or a complete collector’s tool set. For a true dream gift, a glass greenhouse tops most gardeners’ wishlists.

What should I put in a gardening gift basket?

Fill a gardening gift basket or trug with snips or pruners, leather gloves, a garden apron, plant markers and a garden marker, garden twine, a tool care kit, a hand balm, a garden journal, and a few packets of special flower seed. The basket itself becomes a harvesting basket they’ll use for years.

What are good stocking stuffers for gardeners?

Good stocking stuffers for gardeners include small clippers like the Chikamasa T-550, Japanese flower scissors, a tube of hand cream, pruner lubricant, a tool brush, garden twine, and packets of unusual flower seed. They’re small, useful, and get replaced often.

What is a hori hori knife used for?

A hori hori knife is a Japanese garden knife used for digging, weeding, planting bulbs, dividing perennials, cutting roots and twine, and opening bags of soil or mulch. It has one sharp edge, one serrated edge, and usually depth markings on the blade, which makes it one of the most versatile hand tools a gardener can own.