In times like these, anything with the power to create delight or elicit a smile or a laugh has value beyond measure
Though it’s my tradition at this time in December to offer a few ideas on gifts for family members and friends who garden, I acknowledge that there is a different feeling about this year. For many among us, managing the upcoming holiday season will be an uneasy balance of priorities.
Home. Home-grown gifts are both cost-effective and appealingly personal. I begin in December to look around for what might be on hand as material for making small gifts for my pot luck group members, other friends, and an assortment of neighbours and companion gardeners — people I see regularly. Sometimes it’s fragrant swags made with stems from the sweet bay tree. Sometimes it’s kiwi fruit.
Need. The most prized gifts are things a person really needs. Among family members and close friends who garden, some may lack tools or aids essential to basic gardening projects: a good pair of secateurs for hand pruning, a hand cultivator, garden tote to carry materials destined for the compost, a comfortable trowel, a pair of garden gloves, or a book on the topic of a person’s current special interest.
Diversionary fun. . Knowing the person to receive the gift will be the guide to just the right thing.
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