How to Create a Gift Basket for a Gardener

You can easily create a custom gift basket for a gardener by choosing from a select number of items at a garden center. Pack the items in a special basket and the gardener will remember your gift for years to come.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Gift Ribbons
• Ribbons
• Tissue Paper
• Greeting Cards
• A Variety Of Flower Bulbs
• Baskets
• Cellophane Gift Wrap
• Garden Hand Tools
• Gardening Gloves
• Gift Bags
• Gift Bows
• Wrapping Paper
• Gardening Magazines
• Gift Certificates
• Shredded-paper Filling
• Gardening Videos
• a variety of flower, vegetable and herb seeds

Choosing the Gifts and Basket

1. Select from the following: gardening magazines; flower seeds; vegetable seeds; herb seeds; videos on garden design; specialized gardening books; gardening gloves; a hand tool set; and assorted bulbs, including tulips, hyacinths, crocuses, anemones, daffodils, irises, bearded irises and lilies.
2. Choose a basket with a single handle. It will be perfect for carrying flowers, vegetables or herbs from the garden into the kitchen. Make certain the basket is large enough to hold the gifts you have selected.
3. Choose a basket color that complements the gardener's kitchen decor. If in doubt, select a natural wicker basket, which is neutral in color.
4. Use shredded paper filling so that the gifts fit snugly in the basket.
5. Buy a flower-filled greeting card.

Packing the Basket

6. Wrap each present with a flower-themed gift wrap.
7. Put a layer of shredded paper filling in the bottom of the basket.
8. Place the wrapped gifts vertically or horizontally in the basket, as space allows, pushing the filling between gifts to ensure a very snug fit. Cover some of the gifts completely with the filling, to create mini-surprises when the basket is unpacked.
9. Place the basket in the center of a large piece of clear or tinted cellophane gift wrap. You may need two pieces of the wrap to completely cover a large basket.
10. Bring all sides of the wrap to a few inches above the top of the basket. Secure the wrap by tying it with a long, colorful ribbon.
11. Tape your greeting card to the wrap.