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 Gardening
Gifts That Keep Giving
By Melinda Myers
[November 01, 2025]
Gift the
gardeners in your life with tools that are sure to make them smile
as they put them to work throughout the coming years. No matter your
budget, you are sure to find the perfect gift for your favorite
gardener.
Help gardeners track the weather and rainfall in their backyard. You
can find decorative and functional low- and high-tech thermometers
in a wide range of prices. Consider giving them a rain gauge to help
monitor rainfall so they know when and how much to water.
For the indoor gardener, paint a pot, preferably one with drainage
holes, that they can use to display their favorite plant. If your
budget allows, add potting mix and a plant or gift certificate so
they can select a new or favorite plant from the garden center.
Include a pair of snips to help them trim, groom and keep their
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Dress up your favorite gardener’s gear with colorful tools like the
British Meadow Pruner & Holster Set endorsed by the Royal
Horticultural Society. The pruners have a comfort grip and are
perfect for cutting small branches and stems and the floral holster
will keep them handy when gardening. This makes a great gift for
gardeners that appreciate aesthetics as well as quality tools.
And what gardener doesn’t need a good bypass hand pruner with two
sharp blades to make clean cuts. Look for one with a large ¾”
cutting capacity if your gardener does extensive pruning. Select one
with narrow, comfortable nonslip grips like those on the ClassicCUT®
Bypass Pruner for those with small- to medium-sized hands. Stuff one
in their stocking, combine it with a new garden book, or wrap it up
as it makes a great gift on its own.
Don’t forget the youngsters on your list. Research shows children
exposed to the outdoors and gardening are more focused, do better in
school, and have less severe ADHD symptoms. Girls raised in a
landscaped environment are more confident and less subject to peer
pressure. By encouraging them to garden you might be helping them
acquire a lifelong skill and get help planning, planting and tending
the garden.
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Giving them their own kid-sized garden gear (coronatools.com) can
make gardening more fun and easier as they garden by your side or in
their own garden plot or container. Look for tools designed to fit
children’s hands like Corona’s kids 3-piece garden tool set that has
everything a young gardener needs to dig, explore, plant and tend
their garden. A kid-sized wheelbarrow is just the right size for
hauling plants, soil and mulch.
Don’t let the hustle of the holiday season put a damper on your gift
giving. Keep in mind this act of kindness generates happiness in
ourselves and others.
Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books,
including the Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, 2nd Edition and Small
Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything”
instant video and DVD series and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s
Garden Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a columnist and
contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine and was commissioned
by Summit for her expertise to write this article. Myers’ website is www.MelindaMyers.com.
[Photo courtesy of MelindaMyers.com] |
