Winter is usually a tough time for gardeners who feel more at home outdoors than in. This holiday season, cheer them up with gifts that will remind them that soon enough, it’ll be time once more to feel the soil beneath their knees and the sun on their back. Here, 10 ideas for the green thumb in your life:
Above: Required reading for anybody who’s interested in gardening, A Garden Can Be Anywhere, by Lauri Kranz and her husband Dean Kuipers, is $26.77 on Amazon. (For a peek at the contents, see Michelle’s review of the book.)
Above: And the prize for most stylish bird feeders in the world goes to Farmhouse Pottery, the makers behind this beehive-inspired Fieldstone Hanging Bird Shelter and the Fieldstone Bird Pod (built to be installed to the side of a building or fence); $95 and $85, respectively. Above: This striped heavy-duty cotton twill Garden Apron is designed by British designer Sophie Conran; $29.95 at Williams-Sonoma.
Above: Hunter’s versatile Gardener Clogs come in the pictured Dulse and Vintage Green colors as well as Dark Olive; $95. Above: Saipua’s gritty Gardener’s Hand Soap contains saponified oils of olive, coconut, and castor, with shea butter, cornmeal and essential oils; $18 at Alder & Co.
Above: We love Maria Schoettler’s garden-inspired illustrations. Her 2020 Seasonal Produce Calendar is both helpful and beautiful; $38. (You. may also want to check out her Year in Flowers Calendar for $19.) Above: Made of beechwood, Manufactum’s Wooden Seed Box has three compartments and measures 14.5 by 30 by 16 cm. For wider seed packets, simply remove a divider; €32. Above: Floral Society’s Edible Flower Seed Kit contains nasturtium, marigold, bachelor’s button and calendula seeds, as well as four zinc garden markers labeled with each type of flower; $38 at Boston General Store. Above: A must for gardeners who love dirt but only if it’s outside. Bürstenhaus Redecker’s Shoe Cleaning Hedgehog is $80 at Design Within Reach. Above: For the master gardener with the highest standards, a trio of hand-forged Titanium Hand Tools from heritage tool maker Sneeboer; $698 at Terrain.
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