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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 December 07, 2003
07:00 PM Post #726305
| There are a total of 122 votes:
| Plants or seeds are my favorites to get or give
(18 votes, 14%) |  |
| I always have a new tool on my wish list
(5 votes, 4%) | |
| A new gardening book or magazine subscription
(24 votes, 19%) | |
| Gift certificates to a favorite nursery or mailorder source
(62 votes, 50%) | |
| Other (please share!)
(6 votes, 4%) | |
| I prefer to buy my own gardening supplies
(7 votes, 5%) | |
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ZenZinnia
Lakeview, MI
(Zone 5a)
December 07, 2003
07:17 PM Post #726320
| Books and magazines, bring them on! It helps fill the long winter and provides lots of dreaming about my next garden.
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kitteness
EVERETT, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 07, 2003
07:25 PM Post #726325
| books and magazines there is always something new to learn! |
hopflower
Santa Rosa, CA
(Zone 9a)
December 07, 2003
07:27 PM Post #726327
| They are all such good ideas. I tend to go toward the gift certificates, beause I know how I enjoy so many different types of plants, bulbs and seeds; and the joy of going through a catalogue, which is usually sent with the certificate, is absolutely heaven! It so much fun to pick something out that you don't have to budget in yourself. I feel like a child in a candy shop, and the best part is that it's paid for!
This message was edited Dec 8, 2003 10:47 AM |
Monocromatico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
(Zone 11)
 December 07, 2003
09:19 PM Post #726403
| If one wants to make me happy, give me a plant. Happiness is just that simple. :^) |
rutholive
Tonasket, WA
(Zone 5a)
December 07, 2003
09:26 PM Post #726411
| I agree with Hopflower, I would be happy with any but gift certificates are the greatest. Donna |
sierrawoman
Honor, MI
(Zone 5b)
December 07, 2003
10:06 PM Post #726429
| I love to get and give plants and/or seeds, but gift certificates are wonderful, too!!
When I give gifts, I usually give plants or trees. Most of my friends are gardeners, too, and they love to get something live to plant. It's a lasting gift that grows with time and the love of a friendship.
This message was edited Dec 7, 2003 11:07 PM |
MsCritterkeeper
The Heart of Texas, TX
(Zone 8b)
December 07, 2003
11:30 PM Post #726488
| Here's a list of my favorites:
*Decorative flower pots
*Pretty vases for my cut flowers
*Pretty glass stones & decorative seashells to put in the vases.They hold the stems for arrangements or they look pretty if your rooting cuttings,too.
* Potting soil & compost
and of course plants,plants always more plants!
MsCritterkeeper |
MrJohn
Waco, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 08, 2003
01:50 AM Post #726535
| Joining me in my garden some morning to work on a special project. Or 1-2 hours each saturday in January. |
chelana
December 08, 2003
02:52 AM Post #726564
| You just gave me an idea for a gift I would like. Getting a gift certificate would delight me.
I collect seeds from my garden and around town and package them in those little florist envelopes and make pretty labels. I give them as small gifts. I am surprised how valued they are! Basically they cost me little and the labor is after all a labor of love.
I collect seeds when on vacation too. I try them out in my garden to see if things grown in other areas will grow for me. It isn't always successful but the few times I have success it is such a wonderful reward. Have a wonderful growing experience ...Chelana |
kt2342
December 08, 2003
07:45 AM Post #726611
| I love to choose a plant appropriate to the occasion, for example this year I gave a former student and his wife a bridal wreath plant as their wedding gift. And though, catalogs and gift certificates allow me to pick my own gift I really enjoy seeing what the giver likes--because I can't imagine a gardener giving another gardener a plant he/she doesn't love him/her self! |
frogsrus
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10a)
December 08, 2003
09:35 AM Post #726670
| Well I guess it would depend on the giver. I have many friends that I could buy plants for and vice versa. My DH, though he tries, doesn't know he difference between a daffodil and a dendrobium, (truthfully it is much worse than that.) so gift certificates are much safer for him. |
Janiejoy
Silver Lake, OH
(Zone 5b)
December 08, 2003
04:43 PM Post #726940
| I would just love a coupon book of "time" coupons from my able-bodied friends who would be willing to come and help me with my gardening chores that are too hard for me to go.
You know - 1 hours' worth of weeding... a day's worth of planting help... mowing while you are away... moving plants around for a day... trimming back your rose bush - that sort of thing. Wouldn't that be a great gift? I used to make those kinds of little "coupon" books for my mom - you could also include "good for 1 big hug" or "good for one home cooked supper" and really make it special...
I always loved making those gift coupon books and Momma loved getting them. She redeemed every coupon, too!
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langbr
Olathe, KS
(Zone 6a)
December 09, 2003
01:01 AM Post #727216
| If I give any gardening related gift it's usually some type of garden art or accessory. |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
December 09, 2003
08:47 AM Post #727367
| gift certificates are great i think! plants are good but it gets so cold up here-they freeze in shipping!
I want a membership for AHS!!! that would be a great gift for me!! :) |
MaryE
Baker City, OR
(Zone 5b)
December 10, 2003
10:34 AM Post #728137
| I could go absolutely wild with a gift certificate in a garden center. The homemade coupon book is also a great idea. |
Baa
December 10, 2003
11:59 AM Post #728212
| My Brother and Sister in Law gave me a good birthday present of 2 plant society subscriptions. I not only get quarterly magazines with good info but a choice of seed from looong lists, many species unavailable to me under other circumstances. There are usually trips, exchanges talks, shows and local groups to join in with too, although I rarely attend them. I also get the chance to contribute my own seeds which helps to ensure someone will continue to keep the varieties going.
They did ask me which I already belonged to (which was easy since most of my subs had lapsed) and I gave them a choice so I wouldn't know which they choose for me. |
sundry
Franklin, LA
(Zone 9a)
December 10, 2003
12:49 PM Post #728256
| A great gift would be Manpower, in the early spring.
But I voted for tools. The strange thing about me is that I have no issue with spending good money on plants, dirt or supplies, but I'm reluctant to purchase new tools. Fortunately, my family has no such reluctance. =)
Cheri' |
nicksgarden
Katy, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 10, 2003
06:31 PM Post #728504
| I love to go to nurseries to buy lots of plants! Someday I want to own a nursery |
ecobioangie
Mableton, GA
(Zone 7b)
December 11, 2003
10:08 AM Post #728934
| My fav is the gift certificates! That way you HAVE to buy plants! lol Like any of us need to be forced.
I was thinking though, and a good gift for a gardener that isn't on Dave's already would be a DG subscription! :) |
MsKaleidoscope
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 12, 2003
01:41 AM Post #729506
| I love gift certificates, but the best gardening gifts I received were those for my birthday last year. A tumbling composter and a leaf vac/shredder/mulcher. During the holidays, I usually enjoy getting encyclopedic books and an amaryllis bulb. |
mark
Antrim, Northern Ire
United Kingdom
(Zone 8b)
December 13, 2003
07:25 PM Post #730463
| I went for subscriptions.
What did you get Baa? are you still a member? |
Baa
December 15, 2003
05:57 AM Post #731270
| Mark
I was born at the tail end of the year so yes, still a member ;) I was given the Cottage Garden Society and the Scottish Rock Garden Society. In previous years it's been the AGS, NCCPG and HSL all of which have been useful and interesting. I must renew a couple of them! |
mark
Antrim, Northern Ire
United Kingdom
(Zone 8b)
December 15, 2003
06:25 AM Post #731273
| Scottish Rock have an excellent web site and forum. Do you use it? Have you been to any of their workshops? |
Baa
December 16, 2003
04:23 AM Post #731932
| Not yet Mark I've only just got it :) Thanks for the info though I'll go over and take a peek in a spare few. |
mark
Antrim, Northern Ire
United Kingdom
(Zone 8b)
December 16, 2003
05:41 AM Post #731952
| see you next October in Elgin for their study weekend?! |
snowey
January 05, 2004
07:31 AM Post #744759
| Help I need cool gift ideas for my small retail nursery in washington
state. What has anyone seen that is unusual and to die for
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snowey
January 05, 2004
07:40 AM Post #744764
| Its me again, I am just beginning to pick up the thread of this site.
I have to buy for my booth at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in
Seattle. Coming up the first week in February.
It is one week of gardening heaven.
The item has to garden related.. It has to very cool, small enough to carry easily, good price point. and unusual.
Anyone have any insites. If its a hot item I need at least 500 to 1000
to sell during the show. Thanks for the help. If there is anyother
lonely small retailer out there who wants to bat 1000 when they go
shopping. I do great on the plant part of the business, but hardgoods and gifty stuff has been a like shooting fish in a barrel. I need to get better at buyng the gifty. Love ya.
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