When you’re trying to pick a gift for the gardener in your life, you may end up strolling for hours up and down your local garden center without making much progress. It’s normal to feel a bit overwhelmed by the variety of brands and products that make fantastic gifts for gardeners.
The first thing to consider is the recipient of your gift, their gardening abilities, and how much space they have. Are they just getting started, or have they been growing plants for years? Do they live in a small apartment or a large house with a backyard?
Once you assess all these factors, it’s time to have some fun. With that in mind, we’ve created this gift guide that spans everything from gardening bestsellers to uncommon and innovative products that suit gardeners at every level.
Most of the gardening gifts are crafted by small companies and artisans who pour their passion into creating these products, making them even more special and thoughtful.
Garden Gifts for Urban Dwellers
These gift ideas are ideal for those who live in small spaces and lead busy lives but still want to grow their own little green corner. The great thing about gardening is that no matter how big or small your home is, you can still successfully grow a small indoor garden.
Kitchen Herb Garden
For home chefs who dream of taking their cooking to the next level, you can’t go wrong with the Back to the Roots Kitchen Herb Garden. This nifty kit includes all the necessary elements to start growing an herb garden, including organic basil, cilantro, and mint seeds.
All your gift recipient needs is a sunny windowsill and some patience, and within just a few weeks, the little seeds will start sprouting and growing into baby plants. And since this kit is designed to grow indoors, this means a fresh supply of herbs year-round!
This eco-friendly grow kit comes with a custom potting soil blend that provides all the nutrients the herbs need to grow and thrive. This creates the perfect growing environment for the plants and avoids the need to transplant them to larger, space-consuming pots.
Plant Stand
When living space is limited, you learn how to take advantage of every little corner of your nest. And that’s why plant stands are such a great gift for gardeners with limited square footage. They come in all shapes and sizes — some even come with wheels — that you can squeeze anywhere.
Plant stands are not only wonderful home decor pieces but are also a creative way to grow plants with different needs. Growing species that need more sun? Place them on the top tiers. Growing a plant that prefers shade or partial shade? Position it on a bottom rack to protect it from the sun.
House Plants
House plants are a great gift idea for those who have little to no outdoor space. Even better, there are plenty of practically indestructible species, even at the hands of the most prolific “plant killer.”
Some great picks for newbies include the peace lily, spider plant, and snake plant. These are also air-purifying plants that remove toxins and improve the air quality in the home.
House plants also increase the production of humidity and oxygen in their environment and have been shown to reduce stress, increase productivity, and boost mood.
If you have a friend or loved one who just moved into a new place, giving them a house plant is a thoughtful good luck token and a way of showing them you wish them all the best in their new place.
Self-Watering Grow Kit
This item is one of the best gifts for gardeners who want a bit of nature in their homes but don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to gardening.
The Back to the Roots Self-Watering Grow Kit is designed to house succulents and cacti and grow them through a hydroponic system, a millenary method of growing plants without soil.
This incredible kit comes with a beautiful frosted glass planter built to last for years and a $5 rebate voucher, which you can use when buying your live plant.
Once your gift recipient has his or her succulent, all that’s left is to fill the jar with water, follow the instructions, and voila. Whenever their plant needs to hydrate, it will use its roots to get water from the jar. It doesn’t get easier than this.
Gifts for Seasoned Gardeners With a Large Garden
If you have loved ones with spacious gardens, they’re most likely to be passionate about gardening, plants, and nature. They probably don’t have space issues, which gives you a lot more gardening gift options. If you’re planning to buy something large — like a garden bed or compostable bin — make sure to make subtle inquiries before buying to make sure it’s something they want or need.
Garden Clogs
If you’re a gardener yourself, you know there’s nothing more annoying than spending an afternoon gardening in the mud wearing tennis shoes. After a day of trimming, planting, and digging, the poor shoes end up soaked and soggy, and your feet turn into freezing cold prunes. Enter garden clogs.
Garden clogs (and other garden shoes) are a life-saver for those who plan to spend a lot of time in their gardens. They’re made of waterproof and easy-to-clean materials that can be quickly washed with a hose or wet cloth. They come in a variety of colors, sizes, and patterns, so the sky’s the limit.
Garden Hat
If you’re looking for a gift for the plant lady in your life, a garden hat is the way to go. This beautiful option will protect her from the midday sun and allow her to spend more time working on her flower garden. Pair it with this plant mom mug for some extra cuteness.
Garden Bed
This is one gift for gardeners that you’ll want to confirm they need as it’s not exactly small.
Garden beds are a fantastic gift for gardeners who want to start or expand their veggie gardens or flower patch. These structures help prevent weed growth, and they also provide better drainage and more growing space for the plants.
For a more sustainable choice, opt for wood garden beds instead of plastic. Studies have shown that plastic products can release toxins when exposed to sun and water. By choosing a natural material like wood, you’re keeping your plants, veggies, and favorite gardener happy and healthy.
Garden beds can be found in any garden center or garden aisle at your local Walmart or Home Depot.
Garden Gifts for the Little Ones
If you have children in the family or friends with kids who love to play in the dirt, getting them started with gardening is a great way to connect them to nature. Involving them in gardening sessions is a fantastic and intuitive way of teaching kids how to care for plants and respect the planet.
Terrarium
Terrariums are a fun and magical way of introducing children to ecosystems and how they work. A terrarium is nothing more than a glass garden where plants grow but it can open kids’ minds for years to come. These miniature gardens have gained more popularity in recent years as indoor gardens become the latest must-have.
The Back to the Roots Organic Terrarium is specially designed for kids to learn about the planet’s ecosystems and to create a relationship with the food they eat.
This grow kit comes with all the things they need to create their own terrarium, including decorative sand and glow-in-the-dark stickers to personalize it. It also comes with an activity booklet that explores the wondrous connections in an ecosystem, turning the whole experience into something genuinely educational.
Mini Gardening Toolset
If your little ones keep chasing you around when you’re trying to prune your rose bushes or tend to your veggie garden, getting them their own gardening tools is a fantastic way of introducing them to gardening and spark their DIY spirit.
This cute gardening set created for kids comes with a fork, trowel, shovel, grip garden gloves, a watering can, plant markers, and a floral tote bag to carry all these items.
They can now learn the basics of weeding, identifying herbs, playing with flower pots, and connecting with Mother Earth.
Water Garden
If you’ve always wanted a self-sustainable garden and your kids have been begging you for a pet, then we have two words for you: water garden.
Back to the Roots Water Garden is one of the most unique gifts for gardeners that will make kids (and adults) shriek with excitement. It’s literally a fish tank that produces food!
This award-winning home ecosystem kit comes with everything needed to start growing plants — even a coupon for a betta fish.
You can use the fish tank in two ways: hydroponics or aquaponics.
If you decide to omit the fish, your plants will hydrate by using their roots for drinking water from the tank, becoming self-sustainable. This is called hydroponics.
On the other hand, when you add a fish friend, you’re using the aquaponics method. The waste created by the fish fertilizes the plants on top, and the plants clean the water, creating a self-cleaning, self-sustainable fish tank that grows food on top.
Gifts For Aspiring Gardeners
Nothing can get an aspiring gardener more motivated than a few useful gardening tools. It’s as if the moment they get a gardening toolset in their hands, they turn into professional weeders.
If you have a friend or loved one who keeps Googling garden tools or starter kits, then getting them one of the items in this section will make them jump with joy.
Garden Tools
Any respectable gardener — newbie or seasoned — needs a good set of gardening tools. The best tools are usually made with stainless steel, which won’t rust, crack, or split with prolonged use. A basic set should include:
- Fork: Used for loosening, lifting, and turning over soil
- Trowel: Similar to a small shovel, it’s used to dig and scoop soil
- Pruners: Type of gardening scissors used for cutting plants
- Gardening gloves: They prevent cuts and scrapes and keep hands clean and dry while gardening
You can pick up garden tools at any garden center or local plant nursery. When in doubt, don’t be afraid to ask for help from a staff member.
Gardening Tote
If your aspiring gardener already has a garden kit, they might be missing a gardening tote to store it. Totes are super useful, as they keep tools organized and prevent unnecessary trips to the tool shed.
When selecting a gardening tote, make sure you choose a sturdy and heavy-duty option, able to withstand the weight of gardening tools. Etsy has plenty of beautiful, customizable options that will make the gardeners in your life smile with delight. It wouldn’t be surprising if you ended up buying one for yourself too.
Indoor Gardening Starter Kit
This Back to the Roots Indoor Gardening Essentials is the ultimate gift for gardeners who are just getting started. It comes with everything necessary to successfully grow mushrooms, chili peppers, cherry tomatoes, basil, mint, and cilantro.
It’s 100% organic and non-GMO, but the coolest thing about this growing kit is that Back to the Roots products come with a 100% Guaranteed to Grow promise. This means that if you somehow can’t grow your item, you’ll get new seeds for free until you succeed!
It’s a perfect gift for a young adult who’s about to live alone for the first time and loves cooking, or for that friend who lacks a green thumb and believes the only thing they can keep alive is their cacti.
In the end, this gardening kit is fantastic for those who need a boost of confidence with their gardening skills or for anyone who doesn’t have a lot of space but still wants to grow fresh produce.
The Best Gifts for Gardeners Are the Ones They’ll Use
No matter the skill level of the gardener in your life, you’ll be sure to find some great gift ideas after reading this guide. The great thing about gardening is that there are fantastic options for everyone, regardless if they have a huge garden or a tiny windowsill.
When buying your gardening gifts, consider using your money to support small businesses and local shops to keep them running. Buying from sustainable companies that focus on biodegradable products and packaging — like Back to the Roots — is also a mindful way to support our planet and invest in our future.
