The Gift of Green

Gifting can be tough depending on the person, but I have found the secret to giving a good gift every time. Over the years I have found that the best places to get gifts for friends and family are the more unexpected places, like farmers markets, farm stores, and plant nurseries. These places are most often family run. Plants being sold are usually grown by the family, and wares are usually made locally by artisans or made by the family themselves.

As people turn to “cottagecore” living – a way of life characterized by romanticizing a slow life, with fresh baked goods, canned preserves, and botanical and mushroom motifs, gifts are turning from the mass produced to the handmade. Being gifted a tree that will give its shade or fruit, a fresh loaf of homemade sourdough bread with churned butter, or homemade garlic scape sea salt is so much more heartfelt than a wallet or belt.

Gifts are personal, and gifting is truly an art. Consider getting a gift around your holiday or your birthday. You might not say it – and you shouldn’t say it; it would be incredibly rude to the giver – but you do know in your heart when a person buys you a thoughtful gift compared to just throwing some random items together without considering your wants or personality. Think about the chain stores that make pre made gift baskets of lotions and body washes: these packs do in a pinch, but selecting just one of each in the perfect scent that you know the person will love has much more value. So, giving gifts is an important way to let the person know that you were thinking of what they like and would want.

This is why when you are thinking of places to go shopping for gifts, you should absolutely have plant nurseries at the top of your list. Keep reading to find out why.

The Best Gift Guide You’ll Find For Plants

This is the perfect gifting guide for the gardener you didn’t know you needed. Plant nurseries are the ideal, go to spot to find a great gift for the gardener in your life. It couldn’t be easier than to get plant gifts from our online nursery. When you support a nursery like Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, you are supporting a family run business, instead of a large corporation that sells mass produced products.

When taken care of properly, plants last a very long time. Giving the gift of plants will make sure that the person remembers the person who gave them that gift for years to come, whenever they look at that plant. It is always a joy to give a person a plant and then hear updates on if it is flowering, if it sent up new babies to propagate, or if it has started to grow a new branch.

Keep reading below to see my guide to the best gifts for the gardener in your life. I include my top 10 ideas to make sure the recipient will have a smile on their face! Trust me, they are going to absolutely love their gift.

The Kinds of Gifts You Would Want to be Gifted:

Give them tools: When plants aren't needed, the next best thing to buy are good tools to get the gardening done right. Find a handheld Japanese gardening hoe to make weeding by hand quick and easy.

Give them the gift of surprise: These plant of the month subscriptions are a great way to give your loved one a small and curated gift each month. They will be waiting by their door each month to see what is next! Each of these plants are carefully selected and are a top seller that will brighten up his or her garden.

The gift that is best for birders: Do you have a hummingbird lover in your life that has room for more plants? You can’t go wrong with giving them this pack of 10 hummingbird plants that will be perfect in their garden.

Give them a flowering tree: Does the recipient have a larger space that can grow a tall tree? If the answer is yes, gift them this beautiful Jane magnolia. It is a low maintenance tree that will bloom with gorgeous pink flowers in the spring. They will remember that you gave this tree to them every time it blooms! Magnolias are long lasting, and your love will be felt whenever they look at it. This is an excellent gift for the magnolia collector, too.

Give them the gift of choice: When you aren’t sure what their plant style is, our digital gift cards are the best way to make sure they get exactly what they want. As a bonus, if you procrastinated getting them a gift or you can’t see the recipient in person, these virtual gift cards are delivered immediately through their email. They’ll never know it was a last minute idea – just that you had a thoughtful plan!

Give them berry bushes: Do they have a berry lover? Give them raspberry bushes that they will be able to pick ripe raspberries from every year.

Give them a gift for the office: Did they just get promoted or change jobs? The perfect celebratory addition to the corner office or desk is our bamboo plant, which will thrive in a spot with indirect light.

For the eco conscious friend: Give them the gift of pollinator friendly plants that will support the local wildlife.

Don’t forget about the outside: Give them a large, beautiful ceramic pot to grow their new plants in.

Give them the Gift of Fresh Fruit: Give them two Paw Paw trees, and they will enjoy the most delicious fruit they can’t buy in the store!

What Else You Can Gift to Your Plant Lover

When one thing just isn’t enough to show your appreciation or if you aren’t satisfied by giving one plant to your loved one, you can always include something else or personalize your gift. Or you can make it even more practical and create a beautiful gift basket. Add in a plant themed card, and gardening tools like a seed dibbler or a fresh pair of pruners. Or add a colorful waist apron perfect for carrying their tools: you will have given them their newest favorite way to plant new seeds or deadhead their plants!

It is the smallest details that always make the biggest difference, and to make your gift extra special, you can place it in a beautiful reusable wooden crate and add a handwritten note on how to take care of their new plant.

When you buy plants with the intention to gift them, you are giving meaningful gifts that you know will be appreciated – and know that they will not wind up at the bottom of a closet or hidden away in the basement. These plants are living and lasting gifts that will be taken care of and cultivated for years to come, and in many cases, appreciated by future generations.