| Selecting a gift for a gardener can be easy. Whether | | | | A garden stone is another favorite gift for gardeners. |
| they are just learning or an old hand, you'll find the | | | | Garden stones can be found in unusual shapes and |
| holidays are the ideal time to give them gifts they will | | | | colors, or inscribed with famous quotations or poems. |
| enjoy. By the time spring rolls around, they'll have had | | | | Kits are available to make garden stones with a child's |
| plenty of time to decide how and where to use the | | | | handprint and name added to it. That's the making of |
| gift you've given them. | | | | wonderful memories for the child and for the |
| You won't have to go far to find the perfect gift. | | | | gardener. You can also buy a garden stone and |
| You probably have a gardeners' catalog in your | | | | personalize it by putting your favorite gardener's |
| mailbox, a garden supply store nearby, and access to | | | | saying, or the year the garden was established. |
| the Internet. There are many websites for wonderful | | | | Personalization can turn an ordinary gift into |
| selections. | | | | something unique. |
| Giving Practical Gifts | | | | On the more practical side, there are hundreds of |
| Your local hardware store or garden supply should | | | | gifts to choose from. Hose carts and attractive pots |
| have a good line of practical gifts. For the gardening | | | | for storing garden hoses out of sight are easy to |
| beginner, gifts such as a shovel or trowel, garden | | | | find. Water sprinklers and fertilizer sprinklers are also |
| hose or other digging and planting tools will be valued. | | | | good gifts. You can find fun water sprinklers, such as |
| Perhaps your gardener would like to attract | | | | one in the shape of a John Deere Tractor. |
| butterflies and hummingbirds. There are certain | | | | Whimsical And Imaginative Gifts |
| flowers and plants that will draw them to a garden, | | | | Some gifts add whimsy and fun to a garden. They |
| and you can most likely find them at your local | | | | are easy to find, and make perfect gifts, whatever |
| garden supply. Not too sure about buying plants? | | | | your gardener's experience. Gazing balls are available |
| How about a gift certificate to a garden supply | | | | in all sizes and colors, and add a creative dimension to |
| store? | | | | the garden. Holders for the gazing balls come in |
| Gift Baskets | | | | dozens of different shapes, sizes and materials, too. |
| Another great gift present is a basket full of | | | | Among the most trendy gifts for gardeners are wind |
| excellent "stuff" for the gardener. You can buy one | | | | spinners and flags. You can find wind spinners in a |
| already assembled, or find a basket you like and fill it | | | | wide range of colors, such as the patriotic red, white, |
| with some of the many items you will find in a | | | | and blue spinner, or the rainbow spinner. Garden flags |
| garden shop. A basket with just essentials is a great | | | | are a popular gift because they can be changed to |
| choice for the beginner. It could include gloves, poison | | | | coordinate with the seasons, or more frequently just |
| oak/ivy medication, flower seeds, plant food, a rain | | | | to create a new look in the garden. |
| gauge, a Farmers Almanac, and special hand cream. | | | | Unusual Gift Ideas |
| Books By The Wheelbarrow Full | | | | Searching for something a little more unusual? Your |
| How-to books on gardening can be a treasured gift | | | | gardener might love an exotic plant, such as the |
| for the gardener on your list. Any bookstore will | | | | amaryllis exotica, a gift of unusual Iris bulbs, or a sago |
| carry books covering a variety of gardening topics. | | | | palm. How about a succulent garden growing kit, or a |
| Select among specialty garden books, such as | | | | Shitake mushroom log? |
| wildflower gardens, vegetable gardens, or | | | | Sculptures of animals, gnomes or angels of have |
| drought-tolerant gardens. Buy them a book on the | | | | regained popularity after many years of being out of |
| subject of perennials and annuals. Which flowers are | | | | favor, and they make great garden gifts. Birdbaths |
| best suited to their climate? How do you select | | | | and bird feeders attract birds, a source of pleasure |
| plants that grow best in their type of soil? These and | | | | for most gardeners. You'll also find whimsical |
| countless other questions are answered in the many | | | | hummingbird feeders that will keep these beautiful |
| books available on gardening. You'll find that some of | | | | birds coming all rear round. |
| the larger bookstores have whole sections devoted | | | | Whatever your gardener's tastes are, you'll have no |
| to gardening. | | | | trouble finding them the perfect gift.. |
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