| Buying a present for a gardener should be easy. | | | | gardeners. Garden stones can be found in unusual |
| Whether they are a novice or an expert, you'll | | | | shapes and colors, or inscribed with famous |
| find the holidays are the ideal time to give them | | | | quotations or poems. Kits are available to make |
| gifts they will enjoy. When spring rolls around, | | | | garden stones with a child's handprint and name |
| they'll have had plenty of time to decide how and | | | | added to it. That's the making of wonderful |
| where to use the gift you've given them. | | | | memories for the child and for the gardener. You |
| You won't have to go far to find the right gift. | | | | can also buy a garden stone and personalize it by |
| You probably have a gardeners' catalog in your | | | | putting your favorite gardener's marriage year, or |
| mailbox, a garden supply store nearby, and | | | | the year the garden was established. |
| access to the Internet. There are many websites | | | | Personalization can turn a plain gift into something |
| for wonderful selections. | | | | 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 |
| have a good line of practical gifts. For the | | | | pots for storing garden hoses out of sight are |
| gardening beginner, gifts such as a shovel or | | | | easy to find. Water sprinklers and fertilizer |
| trowel, garden hose or other digging and planting | | | | sprinklers are also good gifts. You can find fun |
| tools are perfect. Perhaps your gardener would | | | | water sprinklers, like one in the shape of a John |
| like to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. There | | | | Deere Tractor. |
| are certain flowers and plants that will draw them | | | | Fun Gifts |
| to a garden, and you can most likely get them at | | | | Some gifts add whimsy and fun to a garden. |
| your local garden supply. Not too sure about | | | | They are easy to find, and make perfect gifts, |
| buying plants? How about a gift certificate to a | | | | whatever your gardener's experience. Gazing balls |
| garden supply store? | | | | are available in all sizes and colors, and add a |
| Baskets Of Gifts | | | | creative dimension to the garden. Holders for the |
| Another great gift idea is a basket full of excellent | | | | gazing balls come in dozens of various shapes, |
| "stuff" for the gardener. You can purchase one | | | | sizes and materials, too. |
| already assembled, or find a basket you like and | | | | Among the most fashionable gifts for gardeners |
| fill it with some of the many items you will find in | | | | are wind spinners and flags. You can find wind |
| a garden shop. A basket with just essentials is a | | | | spinners in a variety of colors, such as the |
| good choice for the beginner. It could include | | | | patriotic red, white, and blue spinner, or the |
| gloves, poison oak/ivy medication, flower seeds, | | | | rainbow spinner. Garden flags are a popular gift |
| plant food, a rain gauge, a Farmers Almanac, and | | | | because they can be changed to coordinate with |
| special hand cream. | | | | the seasons, or more frequently just to create a |
| Gardening Books Are Nice | | | | new look in the garden. |
| Gardening books can be a treasured gift for the | | | | Exotic Gift Ideas |
| gardener on your list. Any bookstore will carry | | | | Wanting something a little more unusual? Your |
| books covering a variety of gardening topics. | | | | gardener might love an exotic plant, such as the |
| Choose among specialty garden books, such as | | | | amaryllis exotica, a gift of unusual Iris bulbs, or a |
| wildflower gardens, vegetable gardens, or | | | | sago palm. How about a ginkgo tree growing kit, |
| drought-tolerant gardens. Buy them a book on | | | | or a Shitake mushroom log? |
| the subject of perennials and annuals. Which | | | | Statues of animals, gnomes or angels of have |
| flowers are best suited to their climate? How do | | | | regained popularity after many years of being out |
| you select plants that grow best in their type of | | | | of favor, and they make great garden gifts. |
| soil? These and countless other questions are | | | | Birdbaths and bird feeders attract birds, a source |
| answered in the many books available on | | | | of joy for most gardeners. You'll also find |
| gardening. You'll find that some of the larger | | | | delightful hummingbird feeders that will keep these |
| bookstores have whole sections devoted to | | | | beautiful birds coming all rear round. |
| gardening. | | | | Whatever your gardener's inclinations are, you'll be |
| Garden Stones | | | | able to find the perfect gift.. |
| A garden stone is another perfect gift for | | | | |