{"id":15221,"date":"2021-11-26T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moowy.co.uk\/?p=15221"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:01:20","slug":"gardeners-gifts-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moowy.co.uk\/gardeners-gifts-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardener’s Gifts: 10 Great Gift Ideas for the Keen Gardeners in your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that joyous time of year once again. It comes around quickly, doesn’t it? And while many of us cherish the run-up to the Christmas break, gift buying can be a real challenge. I mean, what do you buy for people who already have everything? Read on for our list of great gardener’s gifts.<\/p>

Keen gardeners love tools and gadgets that make their gardening tasks a little easier to tackle. Sure, every gardener loves their time in the great outdoors, but if you can make things like weeding or sowing a little bit easier, there are very few of us who would opt for the traditional hard slog.<\/p>

Luckily, most gardener’s gifts are particularly affordable, making Christmas a great time of year to replenish supplies for your green-fingered friends and family.<\/p>

Stay right where you are: we\u2019re going to suggest the Top 10 Gardener’s Gifts for a little Christmas inspiration.<\/p>

10. A Bee Hotel<\/h2>
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A bee hotel – Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Bees are a gardener\u2019s best friend, and there\u2019s barely a single gardener who doesn\u2019t want more of the buzzy insects visiting their plot. And while honeybees live in hives, many bees are solitary – making nests and laying their eggs in hard soil or pieces of dead wood.<\/p>

Bee hotels offer a safe spot for your local solitary bees to nest, mimicking the conditions the bee would find in the wild. Hollow bamboo canes supply a perfect habitat for nesting bees in the springtime – they’ll repay the favour come summer when your crops are bursting into flower.<\/p>

Bee hotels are particularly active in the spring when you’ll see adult female bees nesting, flying into the hollow canes carrying pollen or blobs of mud that help them create hospitable cell walls for their eggs.<\/p>

Of course, you can buy a ready-made bee hotel, but homemade gifts often mean so much more. So, create your own \u201cbox of holes\u201d from bamboo canes, hollow plant stems, reeds, and drilled logs for a great gift that shows true love.<\/p>

The RSPB offers a step-by-step guide to building your own bee hotel<\/a>. Gardener’s gifts don’t have to cost the earth.<\/p>

9. Personalised gardening gear<\/h2>
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Personalised tool belt – Image courtesy of NotOnTheHighSt<\/figcaption><\/figure>

We’ve probably all found ourselves in a last-minute supermarket sweep for Christmas presents at 9 pm on Christmas Eve. And the resulting gifts have likely demonstrated your total lack of preparation.<\/p>

On the other hand, nothing says that you\u2019ve giving a gift some real thought like personalised gardening gear.<\/p>

Think personalised:<\/p>