Ho, Ho, Holiday Gifts For Gardeners!

Time to purchase gifts…this can bring either joy or dread.  Get it done early and you can relax in your garden and admire your Camellias!

Here are a few ideas for the gardeners in your life:

$5 - $10

• Packet of seeds: no-fail options like sunflowers or beans are a good choice
• Gardening gloves: always needed!
• Plant markers: you can make some hand-made ones with popsicle sticks
• Soap with shea butter: to clean those dirty and chapped hands
• Succulent plant in a small terra cotta pot – if it’s for grandma or grandpa have your child decorate with stickers, glitter, pom-poms

$10 - $25

• Small hand rake: find at your local Evergreen Nursery in San Leandro
• Hori hori weeding tool: find at HIDA Tools in Berkeley on San Pablo Ave.
• Gift subscription to Sunset Magazine: go online and you don’t have to leave the house!
• Nature-inspired ornaments: try Flowerland Nursery in Albany on Solano Ave.
• Amaryllis or paper-white bulb forcing kit: Trader Joe’s has some now. 

$25 - $50

• Camellia ‘Yuletide’ in a pretty pot: C. ‘Yuletide’ is blooming now and this is a gift that keeps on giving!
• EBMUD’s book Plants and Landscapes for Summer-dry Climates
• Gardening books and garden-inspired knick-knacks at Mrs. Dalloways in Berkeley on College Ave.

$50 - $75

• A nice, sharp pair of pruners – Corona, Felco or ARS are good options
• One-year membership to UC Berkeley’s Botanical Garden: also can be purchased online
• Nice vase or serving dishes: try The Gardener in Berkeley on 4th St.