How to Select Stocking Stuffers for a Gardener

Stuffing a stocking for a gardener is easy - garden tools are good, as well as anything flowery.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Rain Gauges
• Peat Pots
• Lip Balm
• Hand Pruning Shears
• Biodegradable Twine
• Metal Plant Address Labels
• Flowers
• Rubber Boots For Gardening
• Herbal Teas Packets
• Garden-themed Ornaments
• Nail Brushes
• chocolates
• Garden- Or Flower-themed Jewelry
• Soil Or Compost Thermometers
• Floral Or Herbal Essential Oils
• Gardening Gloves
• Flower Bulbs
• Soothing Soap
• Christmas Stockings

1. Start with some useful gear: a small hand tool, a new pair of gloves or a pair of hand pruning shears.
2. Remember other helpful trinkets such as metal plant labels, a packet of superabsorbent crystal polymers for pots and other containers, a rain gauge, a roll of biodegradable twine, a soil or compost thermometer, bulbs for forcing, small peat pots or clay "water worms" that indicate when containers need water.
3. Indulge your gardener: Tuck in floral- or herb-scented essential oils, soothing soaps, a nail brush to deal with grungy garden hands, lip balm with sun protection, garden-themed ornaments, garden- or flower-themed jewelry, herbal tea packets or foil-wrapped chocolates with botanical motifs.
4. Top off the stocking with a few stems of brightly colored fresh or dried flowers or a spray or two of berries.

Tips & Warnings

• Be creative when thinking "stocking" - it can be fun to jazz things up a bit by hanging a large garden glove or small burlap bag on the mantel instead. Or buy your favorite gardener a pair of garden clogs and fill them to overflowing with little garden-themed trinkets.