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Save money and bring a smile to the gardeners on your gift list by making a unique gardening gift. These gifts are quick and easy to make. Hopefully, these gardening gift ideas will help you choose something lovely whether that be for a birthday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or any other event.

Store-bought gifts are nice, but there’s something extra-special about making a gift for someone you care about. The very nature of gardening implies a bit of do-it-yourself spirit on the part of the gardener. So many people have improved their mental health by spending more time with nature too.

Practical DIY gardening gift ideas

Customised seed collection

Buy a collection of seed packets. Choose flowers, herbs, or vegetables based on the type of gardens your gardener grows. Tie them together with a pretty ribbon, raffia, or twine and place them in a reusable container, such as a basket that can be used later to bring flowers or vegetables inside or in one or more pots. If you enjoy painting, purchase one or more plain terra cotta pots and paint them in bright colours.

Gardener’s hand cream

Gardening can be very tough on the hands, sometimes to the point of causing cracked and peeling skin. Using a thick, soothing hand cream before going to work in the garden is a good preventive measure to protect the hands. Using the same cream afterwards can also help sore fingers and damaged skin heal. (A word of caution: As with any skincare product, be careful of possible allergic reactions to any of the ingredients).

Garden plant markers

For gardeners who plant a wide variety of plants, flowers, herbs, or vegetables, or those that vary their plantings from year to year, garden plant markers are a great garden addition. In addition to being an interesting addition to the garden, they help gardeners remember what’s planted where. Markers can be made from a wide variety of materials, including wood, rocks, metal, and even popsicle sticks. The main thing to consider when choosing a material is making it waterproof so that your markers will be able to withstand the outdoor elements over time.

Whimsical DIY gardening gift ideas

Birdbath

My all-time favourite DIY birdbath idea comes from Daring Diva. Possibilities for the bowl are endless. Try visiting thrift shops for glass or ceramic bowls, or try decorating a terra cotta pot tray with stained glass or ceramic mosaics. You can also buy a plain bowl and paint it yourself. Large, shallow bowls tend to work best. Be sure that the centre of the bowl on the outside bottom is a solid, flat surface since that’s where the flange will need to be glued in place.

Birdhouse

Purchase a simple wooden birdhouse from a craft store like Michael’s or Ben Franklin. Paint it in bright colours or decorate it with mosaic tiles.

Windchime

Wind chimes come in a variety of sizes and styles, and they make a whimsical and relaxing addition to any garden. A trip to the local thrift store is likely to yield lots of ideas, such as wind chimes made with old keys, seashells, flatware, or sheets of coloured glass.