The Best Holiday Gifts For Gardeners 2021 (Approved By A Gardener!)
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If you’re here it’s either because you’re a gardener OR the gardener in your life sent you here for some gift ideas. Either way, I hope you get some inspiration for your holiday shopping! These are all products I’ve tried and loved or have on my own wish list. So it’s a 100% gardener approved holiday gift guide.
I’ve divided this 2021 Gardener Gift Guide into three sections:
- For Beginner, Rookie Gardeners
- For Expert Gardeners
- For All Plant Lovers
P.S. Leave a comment on this post and be entered to win a $50 gift card for West Coast Seeds (giveaway closed, winner selected on Nov 30, 2021).
*Disclaimer*
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For Beginner, Rookie Gardeners
GrowOya Hands-Free Waterer (exclusive discount code!)
The GrowOya (pronounced Grow-Olla) is a brilliant life hack that will reduce the amount of time you spend watering the garden. Weekend away at the lake? No problem. The GrowOya is a porous terracotta pot that you fill with water and bury in your garden bed. The moisture seeps out slowly through the walls to water your plants right at the roots. Refill it every few days to keep your soil and plant roots hydrated. Brilliant, right?
Get 5% off your purchase of the GrowOya with code SOILTOSOUL at checkout!
This is on my own wish-list for our raised beds! And it’s great for all types of plants — flowers, veggies and herbs.
I would never lie to you and say that weeding can be fun but….the Hula Hoe Hand Weeder makes it so.much.easier. Truly a game changer. I love this tool and have been using it for years.
Known as the “weeder with wiggle,” the sharp blade gets below the root of the weed and easily pulls it up. The short handle makes it comfortable and pain-free to use. Great for weeding between rows of plants and in hard to reach places.
Sea Magic Fertilizer (available in the shop!)
A perfect stocking stuffer! Sea Magic is my most fav all-purpose, organic and plant-based fertilizer. Perfect for all your gardening needs, including houseplants, seedlings, veggies, flowers and herbs.
Sea Magic is available to shop exclusively here on fromsoiltosoul.ca!
Sea Magic is made from seaweed harvested from the cold, clear waters of the North Atlantic. It is specially dried to preserve all nutrients and pressed into a powder. It’s so easy to use. Just mix the package with 1 gallon of water to create your concentrated formula. Then, add 1 tbsp to a litre of water and apply to plants once per month.
Heavy-Duty Seed Starting Trays
The perfect gift for new gardeners getting into the world of seed starting. These heavy-duty seed trays by Bootstrap Farmer are built to last many, many seasons. A statement you typically can’t make with the regular plastic seed starting trays. Made from recycled plastic, these trays are seriously durable and better for the environment.
Trays come in various sizes and cell amounts for you to choose from as well as different pack sizes. I like the 72 cell trays for starting different herbs and veggies.
High Yield Vegetable Gardening Book
This is the book to read for beginner gardeners looking to get serious about growing their own food. It’s the book I come back to year after year to plan my garden layout and to determine how much of each vegetable I need to grow.
High Yield Vegetable Gadening is written by the folks at Seattle Urban Farm Co. It’s an essential gardening tool for rookie gardeners, complete with scheduling charts, spacing guides and field notes.
70s Vibes Cotton Gardening Gloves (available in the shop!)
Every new gardener needs an adorable pair of gardening gloves. Because there’s nothing cute about dirt under your nails. I love these 70s-style patterned gloves. They’re a light weight jersey cotton material made to fit small-medium sized hands.
Available to shop exclusively here on fromsoiltosoul.ca!
Machine washable. Comes with a set of three 70s style patterns.
Keep your seed packs organized with these craft dividers. This is one of my go-to gardening hacks. Label each container by planting out date so when Spring comes you’re ready to plant! A great gift for new gardeners OR long-term gardeners who’s seed collections are getting out of control….a good problem to have!
Here’s a video that shows how I label and use my organizers.
For Expert Gardeners
Soil Blocker (enter to win a $50 West Coast Seeds GC!)
Level up your seed starting game with this tool from West Coast Seeds. It’s a waste free solution to seed starting — I love it!
You use this hand-held device by pushing it into wet soil. Squeeze the handle and it ejects 4 individual blocks of soil measuring 2 inches on each side.
P.S. Comment on this post to win a $50 gift card from West Coast Seeds!
*Winner will be selected November 30, 2021. Must be located within Canada.*
Niki Jabbour’s Book — The Year Round Vegetable Gardener
The Year Round Vegetable Gardener is a must-read book for gardeners ready to extend their growing season into the Winter. Nova Scotia-based gardener, Niki Jabbour shares her techniques for gardening year round.
I love this book, and love Niki! She’s been a reoccurring guest on The Grow Guide podcast and I’ve been on her radio show, The Weekend Gardener, a few times too.
Unusual Seed Collection from Row 7 Seeds
Give the gift of unusual seeds from Row 7 Seeds. A great gift for the foodie gardener.
Row 7 is a seed company built by chefs, farmers and breeders. Their objective is to enhance the flavour of traditional veggies by cross pollinating new varieties. Some of their more exciting, experimental seeds include Badger Flame Beets and Tetra Squash.
Full Spectrum Grow Light (enter to win a $50 West Coast Seeds GC!)
An ideal gift for gardeners who love indoor gardening, growing microgreens and/or seed starting. These SunBlaster Grow Lights are my preferred brand! They come with the tube, ballast, link cable, electric cord and 2 mounting clips.
P.S. Comment on this post to win a $50 gift card from West Coast Seeds!
*Winner will be selected November 30, 2021. Must be located within Canada.*
Turn your kitchen scraps and food waste into high quality fertilizer for your garden. This is a great solution to easily compost year-round. Worms and bedding material are included, so you can get composting right away!
This specific worm factory by Nature’s Footprint comes highly recommended by fellow gardeners. It is apparently the worm composter to have.
Floating Mesh Row Cover (enter to win a $50 West Coast Seeds GC!)
No more stressing over pests eating away at your plants! I use this row cover from West Coast Seeds each season in our garden. It has helped me grow beautiful cabbages, broccoli and salad greens. It creates a physical barrier between your crops and insects, like cabbage moths, slugs and aphids.
The Mesh Row Cover has a fine mesh that sits over galvanized steel hoops. The ends seal with an optional drawstring. You can easily water over the top or set up drip irrigation below.
Acurite Wireless Weather Station
If you’ve ever listened to The Grow Guide podcast then you’ve certainly heard me talk about my love for my digital weather station. I actually have three sensors (one in the garden, chicken coop and greenhouse) so I know what the temp is outside at all times. Acurite is the brand I trust and use.
This is a great gift for a more advanced grower looking to extend into the shoulder seasons. But it would also make a great Dad-gift. Dad’s love the weather, right?
For All Plant Lovers
A gorgeous wicker basket makes harvesting flowers, herbs and veggies that much more beautiful. I like shopping on Etsy for my baskets and supporting small makers. Or, hit up your local thrift store! There’s many beautiful designs to choose from.
A perfect gift for flower and puzzle lovers alike! You are likely familiar with Floret Flower, the incredible Washington-based flower farm that has inspired thousands (if not millions) of gardeners to grow uncommon, heirloom flowers. They transformed some of their most famous flower photos into puzzles.
This 500 piece double-sided puzzle features the flower farm truck on one side and a beautiful dahlia ombre on the other.
Mini Mushrooms Garden Decor (available in the shop!)
I fell in love with these mini mushrooms as soon as I saw them and knew I had to sell them here on From Soil to Soul. They’re the perfect addition to a raised bed or container. They’ll give your garden that whimsical fairy garden vibe.
Mushrooms come in a pack of 4 colours – pink, yellow, blue, red.
Bogs make my fav boots of all time that I wear in the garden, for winter hiking and in the wet and mud that comes with Spring. They’re a sustainably focused brand that uses natural rubber and algae-based EVA foot beds to reduce their carbon footprint.
Their garden shoes are easy to slip on and off and 100% water-proof from top to bottom.
Braided Straw Bucket Hat (available in the shop!)
Keep your skin protected and happy while in the garden with this cute braided straw bucket hats. I sourced these from a California-based company owned by two sisters who design all the hats themselves.
Shop for them here at fromsoiltosoul.ca.
Makes a great gift for a gardener or sun-lover!
Light up your garden space with these pathway solar lights that cast a beautiful pattern on the ground when glowing. These are a must-have and super high quality. They also have rechargeable batteries!
And there you have it!
That’s your From Soil to Soul 2021 Gardener Gift Guide!
I encourage you to keep sustainability in mind this holiday season. Use newspaper and recycled paper to wrap gifts, avoid using name tags, bows and other single-use items that will end up in landfills and purchase from vendors who are committed to creating long lasting products.
Don’t forget to comment on this post for your chance to win a $50 gift card to West Coast Seeds. *Winner will be selected November 30, 2021. Must be located within Canada. Giveaway is sponsored by West Coast Seeds*
Thanks so much for this awesome gift guide for gardeners! I’d like one of everything please!
And consider this my official comment to be entered into the WCS draw! Thanks!
Love it! Thank you!
I made my mom (rookie gardener) a DIY oya last year for her raised beds: just gorillaglue 2 unglazed ceramic pots together and then glue something over one of the drainage hole to block it (ie. Broken piece of pot). It worked great!
What a good idea — I love a DIY project! I’ll have to try that for some of my raised beds. Thanks for sharing Kristina 🙂
So many great ideas for things I can ask my kiddos to wrap up for mom this holiday! Thank you!
Thanks for this curated list! Loving everything and definitely bookmarking this big post. 🙂
I love everything on this guide but the GrowOya is really catching my eye!!
This is great! Forwarding it on to my husband so he can buy me more gardening goodies for Christmas!
Great list! Already forwarded to my mom and husband for gift ideas 😂
This list is perfect!!! Can just forward this to my family
Love all these items, bring on 2022 gardens 👩🏼🌾
Amazing gift ideas!
Have always been interested in the growoya since I first saw it at an event. Also, soil blocking also looks like a great idea. I’m currently using winstrip trays, which I love, but are more limited as they only come in one plug size. Love your idea for organizing seeds, mine are definitely out of control! Thanks for some interesting gift ideas (for myself 🤣)!
Such great gift ideas! Sure to please any gardener 😊 I have a couple of these products and highly recommend. Thanks
So many items on your list are on my wish list. I’m going to print it off a circle what I want like I used to do with the Sears catalogue when I was a kid.
A soil blocker 😍😍 this years dream addition!
Thanks for the great guide. I conveniently sent the link to my hubby, hoping he would take the hint! He can not go wrong with any of these choices. 😉
Thanks for the great guide. I conveniently sent the link to my hubby, hoping he would take the hint! He can not go wrong with any of these choices. 😉
Congratulations, Rhonda! You’re our winner of the $50 gift card. West Coast Seeds will reach out to you directly with the e-card. Thanks for commenting!
I want all of these! Thanks so much for sharing.
Love the ideas!
Hmm, now how do I convince my family to buy me ALL the things? 😅
Thanks so much, Maggie. Randy just got riddled with screenshots of Xmas gift ideas 🥰
Great list! I really want to give the soil blocker a try!
What a great list of gift ideas! I love that you organized them into the categories that you did, very helpful!
Soil blockers are absolutely on my list this year! So is a mortar and pestle for grinding up fresh herbs and dried chilies 🙂
I too get my baskets from thrift shops!
great site, just discovered…🤩
The High Yield Vegetable Gardening Book looks very useful! Thank you for this wonderful guide 💗
Love the gift guide!! Will definitely be getting the growOya, looks so cool!
Hello! I’ll be honest – I’m submitting this comment for the WC Seeds GC. Love row covers for keeping the flea beetles and moths off the brassica and this season was able to keep my plants completely bug free! Because of the size and shape of my bed (keyhole design) I had to sew two covers together to down the area and can report they’re very easy to sew. Also looking forward to using a soil blocker for the first time in my new greenhouse come the spring.
I totally want to try out a soil blocker some day! Thanks for the awesome list. 🙂
Love the list! 10 years into gardening and I could still use one of everything on this list 🙂
Thank you for the gift ideas list. Love the wicker baskets, can you have too many? I thinks not. Lol
Awesome gift guide with so many awesome goodies!
Awesome gift ideas! Can’t wait to gift them to… myself!
Thanks!
So many good ideas!
Those Terra cotta pots that keep your garden hydrated look amazing but I would need so many! Thanks for all the great gift ideas.