Affordable Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners

Winter can feel like forever to a gardener who is anxiously waiting for spring to arrive. Help them survive the wait with these affordable Christmas gift ideas. You can buy great Christmas gifts that won't empty your wallet.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Gift Baskets

Crates make good gift baskets. Stop by a farmer's market or vegetable stand and ask if they have a crate they want to get rid of. Other container ideas are metal tubs, a garden themed tote bag, or a window flower box.

Fill the basket with hand tools, seeds packets, garden twine, gloves and other gardening necessities. Tuck a few artificial spring flowers in between the gifts, and you have a think spring Christmas gift basket.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Relaxation

Help the gardener in your life relax when they're not in the garden. Books or magazines on gardening are appreciated. They can read up on the latest gardening techniques or about their favorite herbs and spices.

Buy flower scented candles, a garden themed mug, a box of herbal tea, and a package of cookies for relaxing at night. A bottle of flower scented hand lotion, body wash and body lotion lets them relax and pamper themselves.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Coupons and Gift Cards

Give them a homemade coupon book for things such as help weeding the garden, plant sitting, or for mom gardeners, a coupon for babysitting the kids to get uninterrupted gardening time. Buy a gift card for a store that sells gardening supplies.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Outdoors

Gardeners spend a lot of time in the sun, squatting or bent over tending the garden. Help protect their skin with a bottle of sun screen. Water bottles are always handy, gardening is thirsty work. Protect their knees with a knee cushion or buy a small stool for them to sit on.

Garden markers are always appreciated to help them remember what they've planted in the garden. Temperature is important to gardening, get an outdoor thermometer so they know when the temperature is right for planting.

Christmas Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Writing Essentials

Gardeners who like to keep track of planting dates and the progress of their gardens will love a garden themed calendar for the new year or a journal. Give them stationary, pens and envelopes with flowers on them to write to friends and family.

Bring sunshine and warmth to the gardener in your life with these affordable Christmas gift ideas. Every time they use it they'll be thinking of you.