Kids gardening tools make great gifts for the youngsters in your life. Courtesy Corona Tools.
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 gardeners, paint pots, preferably with drainage holes, that they can use to display their favorite plants. 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 indoor plants looking their best.
Purchase a fun watering can or decorate one with decoupage. This is a great gift for kids and adults to make for family and teachers. Just select a plastic or metal watering can, gather pictures and secure and seal them to the watering can with a suitable material found at craft stores.
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 who 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 three quarters-inch 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 a yuletide 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.
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 three-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, Second 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 and radio program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine. For more, visit here. https://www.melindamyers.com/
