Christmas is Just Around the Corner.
Let's review some lovely Hostess gifts for your friends who love to garden.
If you are anything like me, even though we've had fair warning, Christmas seems to have been sprung upon us in very short order. Along with Christmas coming so quickly, invitations to visit with family and friends have also been coming in quicker than the squirrels can empty the bird feeders.
What can you do when you really know you'd love to visit, but refuse to come empty-handed? The first thing is Don't Panic. Let this list help you figure out the best and nicest hostess gift to bring to your friends on your upcoming visit.
Gardeners by their very nature love Plants!
Everyone loves flowers, but gardeners love things that grow! So a really nice idea would be to bring a potted plant to your host or hostess. At Christmas time you will find lovely bulb sets that will surely be enjoyed by your gardening friends. Amaryllis and Paperwhites are typically sold around this time of year as Christmas gifts, but they also make lovely and thoughtful Hostess Gifts. Most of these are sold with a pot, all the planting media and the bulb which may already show signs of growth. All it needs is a lovely gift bag and a bow!
Amaryllis will grow for years after the initial gift has had its day and bloomed. Gardeners will take care of the bulb so that it will bloom for them again and again in years to come. It will remind them of you and your thoughtfulness.
This plant will give your gardening friends something really beautiful to look forward to. These blossoms are just out of this world beautiful. I can't think of a single person whether they are gardeners or not, that wouldn't marvel at this beauty.
Can we spice it up a bit?
Along with things that grow, you will find many herbs available at this time of year as well. Rosemary makes a lovely scented gift that your gardener friends can use to make the kitchen smell really nice and they can use the herbs for cooking as well. Just add a nice little pot and you have a lovely gift. Gardeners can get creative with the rosemary, as it prunes really nice and can be trained into shapes that are really quite interesting. Something to keep your gardening friends happy during the cold months of the year.
How about something More Christmassy?
Typically available at this time of year are Christmas Cactus. Not at all prickly, they are usually covered in either white, pink or red flowers at the end of their scapes. A very pretty and easy to grow plant that any gardener would enjoy wholeheartedly. Give them some light and water and they will happily bloom for a few weeks or more. These will also continue to grow throughout the year and rebloom the following year again on new growth. Each year these plants become more beautiful and larger in size. They are easily contained though if space is at a premium.
Remember that Plants are Living and Cold will Affect Them.
Just one word of caution, if you are bringing plants as a Hostess Gift, and you live where winter is cold, please take care to wrap your gift well so that it doesn't freeze or suffer from getting cold. Preheat your vehicle and wrap the plant with two layers of plastic and tie or secure it shut so that the cold air doesn't touch the plant and all will be well.
My friends already have too many plants, don't you have any other suggestions?
If you don't want to bring a plant and would prefer another gift that is not subject to the weather, let me let you in on some little gift ideas that every gardener I know would appreciate.
Every gardener I know never ever has enough pairs of gardening gloves. I have at least 4 pairs on the go at any one time. So a pair of gardening gloves and a few packets of seeds done up in a little package will bring smiles of gratitude from your Host or Hostess.
A nice hand cream is also something that we can never have enough of either. Hands even when protected by gloves, can become rather dry. A lovely scented hand cream would be nice and not too expensive.
Another handy gift would be a thermal mug or cup for coffee, tea or water. Sipping while you work in the garden is a luxury and much needed in the summer months. Not having to stop what you are doing to get that sip of water is even better.
Gardeners love a great apron. One with pockets in them to hold the seed packets, clippers or gloves when they stop for a minute. It also helps to keep them just a little cleaner while they are working away in their little paradise.
Do you need more suggestions?
There are many more gifts for the Gardener Friends on your list. Just for your enjoyment and for their pleasure I am including another list of Host/Hostess gifts that would be sure to please. So here goes:
- Garden Stakes or Markers
- A Small Watering Can
- Books or a Magazine subscription, Farmer's Almanac
- Funny Garden inspired T-shirts
- Bonsai Gift Set (available at Amazon)
- Garden inspired Coffee Mug
- Kangaroo Garden Bag (a collapsible compost bag, also available at Amazon)
- Gardener's Journal
- Windchimes or Suncatchers
- Willowtree (tm) Figurine "Angel of the Garden"
All of these suggestions are under $25.00, and I know from personal experience that Gardeners who love to entertain, would enjoy any of these suggestions.
Let the Friend who invites you over the holidays know how much you appreciate his/ her efforts in the garden and I'm sure you will see the biggest "Thank You" smile for miles around.
Appreciation of family and friends never gets old and at Christmas time or over the holidays even more so.
May your Holidays be filled with good friends, and family! May there always be smiles and lots of laughter! Happy Holidays.
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