Gift ideas for keen gardener?

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Please can you recommend a gift - can be a plant or related item - for a 60yo female who is a keen gardener

Budget £25-£30ish

Thank you

How about a beautiful David Austen rose? They are £25 - £30 . They are well known to most gardeners.

also someone bought me this and I absolutely love it!! :

marshallsgarden.com/products/kent-and-stowe-dig-for-victory-stainless-steel-hand-trowel-10909883

What about a quality pair of gardening gloves? Always appreciated.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardening-Folding-Portable-Kneeler-Reduces/dp/B08S3QGVDB/ref=asc_df_B08S3QGVDB/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12700427629219901405&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9199213&hvtargid=pla-2281435179818&psc=1&mcid=807b4e3d532938e98ef1556f34d9a434&hvocijid=12700427629219901405-B08S3QGVDB-&hvexpln=74&gad_source=1

Hori hori knife
Good gardening apron

I came on to say hori hori knife too. Or may be one of those long handled trowels like Monty Don has

Thank you for the suggestions

Good gardening hand scrub for when you come inside.

A bird bath, the RSPB bird bath is £25, but there's a wide range available for less than that.

there are some lovely ideas on here but if you already have one of them you probably arent going to need two. gloves depend very much on the size of your hands. i would choose gift vouchers.

I am a 60yo keen gardener. I already have all the above, or have very specific needs/tastes.

Please buy me some gift vouchers from somewhere special - David Austin, Sarah Raven, Crocus or Implementations (copper tools) would all be very gratefully received.

I’m a 70+ gardener. My garden is full. If you bought me a plant, I’d have to dig up another plant to make space for it.

I agree. Tbh older people who are into any hobby or sport usually have the kit they need and/or have quite specific requirements.

It might be worth asking her if she'd like a hori hori, I hadn't heard of them till reading about them on this board last year - that solved my Xmas present from DH! I wouldn't want a second one though.

I am a keen gardener and was recently gifted these. Best tool i have and using them all the time

Compost. Seriously, I always need compost. SylvaGrow is good quality.

Good quality secateurs - reviews on Amazon are useful. Multiple secateurs are always useful because they're so easy to lose.

A hori hori is great but do check first, I love mine but wouldn't need another.

Garden vouchers are always welcome - National Garden Scheme or Crocus would suit me best.

A gardening tool bag? I've just bought this one ->

Good quality secateurs - reviews on Amazon are useful. Multiple secateurs are always useful because they're so easy to lose.

Yes, but gardeners can have distinct preferences about the type (anvil vs bypass), size, grip etc. Really good ones might be a bit beyond the OPs budget.

I'm a 60+ gardener and while I have everything I need, there are some things I can never have too many of. Secateurs/gardening gloves for example as I leave them all over the place so the more I have the better. Similarly I have a few trugs but would never say no to another for collecting fruit, veg and flowers. Also can't have too many nice pots, planters or hanging baskets. Or those slate plant labels are good.

Probably a bit late in the season to be buying compost (though I agree with the poster who suggested Sylva Grow).

I'm a 60-ish keen gardener and you know what I'd prefer? A day or couple hours of assistance. I really need to add compost and mulch but the bags are getting too heavy for me.

If someone would accompany me to the garden centre, help me transport such items (I pay) and return to help spread it about, it would be the best birthday gift ever. A glass of wine and small cake afterward optional.

Also a couple of months ago someone posted here about taking a friend to multiple garden centres in one day as a birthday celebration; that sounded wonderful.

I like those slate or metal plant markers someone suggested, too.

True, I definitely have my favourites but an extra pair of decent, sharp secateurs that I can actually find will always be more useful than the really good ones you put down somewhere last week and haven't seen since 😂

I deadheaded a rose using kitchen scissors yesterday...

I'm now seriously wondering if AirTags are sufficiently water resistant to use on a pair of secateurs. Though my current pair doesn't have any holes in the handle to allow attachment.

I don’t wish to dampen your enthusiasm, but whilst I’m not a keen gardener- I’m lucky enough to have someone who does that for me, I really love my garden and I have plans for it. I should hate to be given a plant that I didn’t want, particularly as my garden hasn’t a lot of room left to squeeze plants in and where it does, I know what I want to go in there. I bitterly remember being asked what plant I wanted as a thank you present, looking forward to getting it only to be presented with something completely different that I didn’t want, because the people who’d gone to the garden centre rather liked the look of this other thing. Get your friend some vouchers: Sarah Raven, Beth Chatto or Claire Austin for example

I agree, don’t buy plants or seeds and even gift vouchers would tie me down a bit unless you knew which nurseries I’d love to receive them from. Personally, I love more bare steel plant supports but that kind of thing may depend on the style of garden they have - have you seen it? Can you engineer a conversation to find out where she buys her plants or what plant she particularly loves and then find a specialist nursery that offers gift vouchers and mail order.

Powered secateurs or a mini handheld chainsaw.
Decent gloves
Arm guards to prevent scratches.
Garden vouchers

A trug. You can never have too many of those. The willow ones are £20ish, and you could put a few other bits in as well. A mug, plant labels, one of those permanent non-fade pens, a dibber, twine, a couple of packets of herb seeds, chocolates, wine...