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Nov 01, 2024

Green Thumb or Budding Florist? 25 Gifts for Gardeners | Vogue

Products are independently selected by our editors. We may earn an affiliate commission from links. Winter isn’t exactly peak gardening time. But one could argue there’s no better moment to remind

Products are independently selected by our editors. We may earn an affiliate commission from links.

Winter isn’t exactly peak gardening time. But one could argue there’s no better moment to remind someone of the splendor of spring than in those dark and barren months. I always find that as soon as the branches are bare, and the flower beds are put down for the winter, my mind turns to what might be around the corner. Nothing fosters possibility like a blank slate. Here are some gifts for the gardeners or the green-thumb-curious in your life.

Of course, you have to tend to any of your charges that might have moved indoors for the winter—and you need the right tools to do it. This fall, I’ve moved my geraniums, some weedy rosemary that’s suffered through the driest stretches of summer, and a small fig tree indoors to see if they will survive my overheated house, a fate that has in the past killed off all but the hardiest of succulents and citrus plants. And after years of letting my secateurs rust, I’m hopeful that an investment in a truly artisanal pair of shears and some anti-rusting oil will motivate me to keep them sharp and clean.

Haws

10-ounce plant mister

AMAZON

Barebones Living

small scissors with walnut handles

REJUVENATION

Niwaki

tool cleaning oil

NIWAKI

Niwaki

Shuro brush

GARDENHEIR

Haws

1 liter metal watering can

GARDENHEIR

Even when it’s just too bitter to be outside, there are ways to keep your garden fresh—or at least gather inspiration. This season, I’m hoping to find time to take Dan Pearson’s Create Academy Course. Pearson is the gardener responsible for (among other things) creating the Delos garden at Sissinghurst. This fall, Rizzoli is putting out a book I am quite obsessed with, a facsimile of the memoir by the famous 19th-century gardener William Robinson, the father of the wild garden movement, about the only garden he made for himself. I keep Penelope Lively on my shelf to dip into in darker months, and then for a loving splurge for the antique-minded, consider this first edition of Vita Sackville West’s garden writings—what could be better?

Create Academy

gift card

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CREATE ACADEMY

William Robinson and Tom Coward

Gravetye Manor: 20 Years’ Work round an Old Manor House

RIZZOLI

BARNES AND NOBLE

Penelope Lively

Life in the Garden

AMAZON

Vita Sackville-West

In Your Garden Again

HARRINGTON BOOKS

The point of gardening is to get dirty, so clothing should of course be secondary. That being said, some solid, practical apparel goes a long way. You know what they say about dressing the part…

Gardenheir

Italian garden clogs

GARDENHEIR

Waverly hat

SHOPBOP

Gardenheir

Le Laboureur coveralls

GARDENHEIR

Brunello Cucinelli

leather-trimmed rubber rain boots

THE OUTNET

Sometimes you need a little manufactured greenery, or the scents and sounds that bring it to mind. And some of these candle holders will leave you with a beautiful object, once the wax has burned away. I once planted an actual tomato plant in the Loewe container—and it worked!

Henry Holland Studio

Green Fingers scented soy wax candle

HENRY HOLLAND STUDIO

Loewe

small tomato leaves candle

LOEWE

Nonfiction

Santal cream hand care set

SSENSE

Artifaqt

heirloom tomato candle

GRDN

Catswood Design

tree peony fabric

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CATSWOOD DESIGN

Mad et Len

Spirituelle refill fragrance

FARFETCH

Saipua Soaps

goat milk soap with basil

AMAZON

Simon Pearce

Woodstock bud vase

2 MODERN

For when your loved one is ready to get back to work, here are some recommendations for the person who really likes to get their hands dirty (the ultimate backyard composter!) or not (some sturdy and always handy gardening gloves).

Jora Composters

outdoor dual chamber compost tumbler

AMAZON

Benjamin Nauleau

handwoven Willow fitched gathering basket

ABASK

Rejuvenation

Lyre terracotta planters

REJUVENATION

Barebones Living

Classic leather work gloves

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