Need to do some peaceful, non-stressful holiday gift shopping? Come take a stroll at Gill’s and pick out a few gifts for the green thumbs on your list! We’ll help you find the right plants, useful tools, nature-related holiday ornaments, holiday cards, and all kinds of other unique and fun gifts to help connect your loved ones to the outdoors. Here’s our gift guide for gardeners!
1. Gifts that Grow
Now is a great time to plant winter flowers like petunias, geraniums, and snapdragons, and they’re quick and easy to plant! Easy for Santa to sneak in and secretly plant a few flowers.
Roses, herbs, and onions are all great to plant right now too. Or if you want to make it a truly memorable holiday, plant a tree! Remember that trees benefit greatly from being planted in fall and winter, including these gorgeous large citrus trees that already have fruit on them! And if you don’t want to do any hauling or digging, we’ll deliver and plant it for you.
2. Poinsettias and Other Holiday Classics
Poinsettias are THE classic holiday décor and centerpiece for holiday meals. They make great gifts for teachers, bosses, coworkers, and friendly acquaintances – they just make people happy!
A blooming Christmas Cactus or Kalanchoe is great too, or a small living holiday tree like a juniper, Norfolk pine, or rosemary. We can gift wrap these for you. Easy wow!
3. Custom-Planted Pottery
Let us help you put together something totally unique! Choose the pots and plants and we can pot it all up for you, or you can make a mess here at our potting shed. Houseplants, flowers, herbs, native plants for pollinators, and lots more can stand alone or be combined in the right pot.
4. Quality Garden Tools
We don’t carry a huge selection of tools, just nice tools that are made to last – the tools we sell are the tools our pros use. Pruners, loppers, kitchen/herb shears, or even a quality sharp-shooter shovel make great gifts. Working with quality tools makes gardening a lot more fun.
5. Soothing Wind Chimes
Lots of different tones and styles for relaxing in the garden, including our favorite chimes of all time, Music of the Spheres. Hand-made and hand-tuned here in TX.
6. “Gordo” Birdhouses + Birding Supplies
These Gordo birdhouses have been a huge hit this fall. People love them and birds too! Or go with a nice stone bird bath, quality bird seed + feeders, and some bird-attracting plants and you’ll make the birders on your list very happy.
7. Handmade Ceramic Snakes
These snakes are so cool! They come in a variety of colors and shapes, some are made to hang on the wall, and some are great for slithering into potted arrangements indoors or out.
8. Animal Pot Hangers
Cats, bunnies, gators, turtles, snails, birds, and so many more! Gardeners young and old (and medium old) love adding fun critters to pots.
9. Cosmic Herb Seed Kits
These herb seed kits make awesome stocking stuffers. Choose the herbs that align with your loved one’s astrological sign, or seeds that grow inside a beautiful ceramic mug – or both!
10. Houseplant Cutting Jars
Our cutting jars make great gifts for houseplant lovers. We collect interesting glass jars and use LECA (lightweight expanded clay aggregate) + water as the growing medium for cuttings that we take from rare mother houseplants. You can keep them growing like this long-term, or choose to transfer them to bigger containers whenever you wish. Beautiful, elegant, and alive!
11. Nature-Themed Children’s Books + Vintage Gardening Books
Have you browsed our new bookshelf yet? We’ve been collecting new and vintage gardening books and nature-related children’s books that your gardeners will love.
12. Nature-Themed Holiday Ornaments
We have such a cute collection of nature-themed ornaments this year. Come take a look!
13. Handmade Frog Houses + Bee Watering Cups
Did you know that Gill’s Asst. Manager, Wyatt Page is a ceramic artist?! He sells his cool frog houses and bee/butterfly watering cups here at Gill’s! Invite more of these beneficial creatures into your veggie garden by providing shelter and water.
14. When in Doubt – Gift Cards!
Can’t go wrong with a Gill’s gift card! Purchase in store or online here. Good for plants, supplies, and services too. You could give the gift of landscape design, a food garden next spring, a planted tree, or anything else we provide. We can help you with ideas too!
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