Shopping Tips
Many gardeners love browsing around nurseries or greenhouses. Others think shopping for garden supplies is a necessary, unavoidable task. Either way, arming yourself with a few shopping tips will simplify the process and help you navigate through rows and rows of plants, tools and garden supplies. Read the articles below for shopping ideas that make life easier while saving a few bucks in the process.
Shopping Tips
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Plant Pot Gifts: Tips And Ideas For Grow Kit Gifts
A winter gift for anyone who appreciates plants is a potted plant. Click here for ideas to brighten someone’s day with mini gift pots.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Living Wall Kit Info – How To Grow A Living Wall Kit
If designing yourself or looking for a gift idea, consider a living wall kit that provides materials and instructions. Learn more here.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Wedding Gift Plants: Giving A Plant As A Wedding Present
Wedding gifts can be so typical, and expected. Why not surprise the bride and groom with a green wedding gift? Give them something that will last and beautify their new home, and that will always make them smile and think of you: a plant. Learn more here.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Understanding Nursery Containers - Common Pot Sizes Used In Nurseries
Inevitably you've come across nursery pot sizes as you have browsed through mail-order catalogs. You may have even wondered what it all means. Read here for information on common pot sizes.
By Nikki Tilley
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Wedding Gift Trees: Can I Give A Tree As A Wedding Present
Giving trees for wedding presents is a unique idea, but it also makes sense. Will the couple really think of their special day when they use that food processor? A tree, on the other hand, will grow in their yard for years to come. Learn more in this article.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Gifting Used Gardening Books: How To Donate Garden Books
If you’ve ever wondered what to do with old garden books, consider gifting or donating them. Click here to learn how to donate garden books.
By Laura Miller
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Farm Share Gift Ideas – Giving A CSA Box To Others In Need
Looking for a unique gift idea? How about giving a CSA box? How do you give a farm share gift? Click here for more information.
By Amy Grant
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Unique Christmas Plants: Choosing Unusual Holiday Season Plants
Interested in incorporating different plants for Christmas? Click here to learn about unique Christmas plants outside the traditional.
By Amy Grant
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Mushroom Log Kit – Tips For Growing A Mushroom Log
DIY mushroom logs are just what they sound like: an easy way to grow edible fungi and they make excellent garden gifts. Learn more here.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Hard-To-Shop-For Gardeners: Ideas For Unconventional Garden Gifts
Garden gifts can be fun to give, and receive. Unconventional garden gifts make gift giving more meaningful. Click here for ideas.
By Tonya Barnett
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Holiday Garden Giving: Ways To Help Others This Season
As gardeners, we’re lucky people but have you been wondering how to give back? Click here for tips and ideas on holiday garden giving.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Gifting Seeds – Ways To Give Seeds As Presents
Giving seeds as gifts is a wonderful surprise for the gardeners in your life. Click here for helpful tips on giving seeds as presents.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Garden Gifts For Quarantine: Self-Care Social Distance Garden Gifts
Soothing gardening gifts can help develop a love for making things grow. Click here to learn how to put together a quarantine self-care kit.
By Teo Spengler
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Easy Garden Gifts: Choosing Gifts For New Gardeners
Surprise those new gardeners in your life with gifts they may not yet even realize they’ll need. Click here for beginner gardener gift ideas.
By Becca Badgett
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Garden Bookshelf: Best Gardening Books For Nature Lovers
Very few things beat the feeling of relaxing with a good book. Here we have compiled a list of our favorites for nature lovers and aspiring gardeners.
By Tonya Barnett
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Popular Wedding Favor Trees – Using Trees As Wedding Favors
Trees symbolize strength and hope, both being appropriate sentiments to honor a new marriage. So if you are about to walk down the aisle, why not think about giving trees as favors to your wedding guests? For more information, click this article.
By Teo Spengler
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Choosing Healthy Plants: How To Tell If A Plant Is Healthy
Plants are expensive and the last thing you want is for your beautiful new plant to keel over and die shortly after you bring it home, but knowing how to tell if a plant is healthy may help. Find more information and tips in this article.
By Mary H. Dyer