Holiday Gifts for Gardeners
Whether you're shopping for the gardener in your life or you are the gardener in your life, we’ve got gift recommendations. We’re sharing our favorite tools, books, seeds, gear, and meaningful experiences to spark inspiration or encourage growth when you give this holiday season. These are items we genuinely use and love — beautiful, practical, and perfect for gardeners at every level.
And if you are the gardener? No shame in sharing this guide with the person doing your holiday shopping — or add them straight to your own wish list.
1. Stocking Stuffers
Abi’s Pick: Seed Packets
Our favorite Botanical Interests seeds fit perfectly into stockings or work as a hostess gift. Grab the Beginner’s Garden Seed Bundle (zinnias, cherry tomatoes, basil, kale, early spring lettuces, and more) or pick some interesting varieties that are new for 2026 for your more adventurous garden friends. Affordable, joyful, and full of future color and flavor.
Sarah’s Pick: Seeding Ruler / Dibber
These little gadgets are simple, inexpensive, and surprisingly useful for planting seeds at the perfect depth and spacing.
TKG Pick: Mini Trowels
Kids and adults alike go crazy when we bring out one of these cute little shovels. They are perfect for transplanting young seedlings into the garden.
2. Essentials for Beginner Gardeners
For the enthusiastic new gardener who wants to start with quality gear.
Sarah’s Pick: Barebones Hori Hori Knife
The multi-tool of gardening: dig, weed, plant, divide. You’ll use it daily.
Abi’s Pick: Corona Forged Pruners
Reliable, comfortable, and essential. And not so expensive that you’ll beat yourself up if you (inevitably) leave them out in the rain.
An excellent regional guide for understanding what grows well in Tennessee and the rhythm of our seasons.
Bonus: Garden Coaching Session with TKG staff. Email us to purchase a gift.
3. Didn’t-Know-They-Needed-It Garden Extras
These might seem like luxuries, but we couldn’t imagine gardening without them.
Abi’s Pick: Wifi Weather Station
Ever wonder how much rain your garden got in the last storm but the weather app doesn’t seem accurate? Now you can know for sure.
Sarah’s Pick: Concrete Bird Bath
Welcome wildlife into your space by offering water to drink and bathe. Gardens just seem to grow better when they are full of bird activity.
TKG Pick: Hoselink Hose Reel or Garden Obelisk
These two are everyday lifesavers: There’s really no need to wrestle with tangled hoses in 2026 when the Hoselink exists. And we love these classic sturdy obelisks for sugar snap peas, slicer tomatoes, or even eggplant support. We have them in stock. Email for pricing.
4. Books We Love
Winter is for reading, dreaming, and planning next season’s beauty.
Abi’s Pick: Cut Flower Garden – Erin Benzakein
A gorgeous guide to growing flowers for cutting— endless inspiration and clearly organized how-to info.
Sarah’s Pick: The Food Forward Garden — Christian Douglas
The pictures. The concepts. This one is constant inspiration.
This book is full of beautiful photos of gardens that provide food -- but inside spaces designed to support joy and calm for the people who tend them. Practical design tips that anyone can use are explained throughout.
5. Gifts for Little Gardeners
For the budding botanists, diggers, plant-lovers, and explorers.
Sarah’s Pick: “Little Fingers” Seed Collection
Sugar snap peas, radishes, and sunflowers — perfect for tiny hands and big enthusiasm. Fast-growing and satisfying.
Abi’s Pick: Kids’ Gardening Gloves
Some kids (and adults if we’re honest) resist gardening because they don’t like getting their hands dirty. These gloves are so cute, come in three (little) sizes, and still allow you to maintain dexterity while not getting hands too icky or scratched up.
TKG Pick: Get Out and Garden Books
Picture books about gardens abound and are fun and inspiring, but we also love these publications that provide real science and hands-on projects. Try Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt or 52 Family Gardening Activities for a year full of outdoor fun.
6. Garden to Table
Our must-haves for processing and storing fresh harvests.
Sarah’s Pick: Tea Kettle and Glass Teapot with Strainer
Garden goodies need to be washed and dried and this workhorse makes it quick and easy.
Abi’s Pick: Cosori Food Dehyrator
I run this baby at least once a week, drying herbs, ginger, scallion, peppers, even tomatoes. Pretty much anything I have too much to eat gets dehydrated.
TKG Pick: OXO Salad Spinner
Garden goodies need to be washed and dried and this workhorse makes it quick and easy.
7. Local, Community & Experience Gifts
For the gardener who loves connection, place, and purpose.
Abi’s Pick: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens Membership
A year of gorgeous garden inspiration, events, exhibits, and classes.
Sarah’s Pick: Garden Center Gift Certificate
Every gardener loves plant shopping. When fully stocked in spring, these local retailers are just about as inspiring as a botanical garden. Our faves are Bates Nursery and Garden Center, Gardens of Babylon, and Wonder Gift & Garden.
This organization brings people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city. We support that!
8. Give the Gift of Tennessee Kitchen Gardens
These gifts offer support, beauty, and joy for the whole season.
Abi’s Pick: Monthly Garden Care
Perfect for busy families, new parents, retirees, or anyone wanting a gorgeous garden with minimal stress. a.k.a “Visits from Your Garden Friends” or “Emotional Support Gardeners.”
Sarah’s Pick: Garden Design Consultation
For the person who’s been dreaming of a new garden or an upgrade, gift them an hour with an experienced garden designer and let the dream take shape.
9. Explore More of Our Curated Favorites
If you still haven’t found the perfect gift, browse more of our favorites at these sites:
Amazon Storefront: Our most-used tools, gadgets, and gear.
Bookshop.org Lists: Our ever-growing library of gardening and nature titles, with profits benefitting local bookstores!
Epic Gardening and Botanical Interests Seeds: Seeds and supplies we love. (Get an extra 5% off when you use this link.)
