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Searching for amazing gifts for kitchen gardeners is not always as easy as it seems.

Kitchen gardeners generally are so passionate about their hobby they all ready own many essential items. However by understanding the fundamental interests of the kitchen gardener we can soon put together a clearer picture of the options available!

The biggest excitement for kitchen gardeners is the growing, harvesting, preparation and then consumption of crops.

​Not only is this ethical it is also extremely good for health. From a sustainable point of view kitchen gardeners are always the top of the class.

Reducing food miles is one of the most effective ways we can reduce climate change. Home grown vegetables also taste far superior to supermarket ones with the added benefit of no chemical exposure.

Hence, when searching for effective kitchen gardening gifts these fundamentals should be kept in mind.

There is a whole range of exciting and interesting gift ideas which can not only enhance these goals but also make gardening a little bit easier. 

Below we have put together our top 16 gifts for organic gardeners, perfect for any occasion including Christmas, birthdays or just to show you care. 
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The kitchen gardener is always looking for an effective way to produce more with less space. Traditionally potatoes are grown in the ground in drills with soil earthed up around stems as they grow.

These grow bags are an effective way to grow potatoes on a patio or confined space.

With handles for portability and a harvesting flap at the bottom this has to be the most versatile way of growing spuds.

Potatoes are looked upon as a main staple for the kitchen gardener providing a rich store of carbohydrate. These potato grow bags make for an affordable but high impact gift! 
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​Potato grow bags

The vegetable seed sack has to be the ultimate gift idea for any kitchen gardener. It contains a whole range of exciting, novelty vegetable seeds including carrots, lettuce, chillies and multicoloured chards.

In fact this seed sack gift pack has 30 varieties of vegetable seeds! A small booklet contained has a page of information on each vegetable which also includes growing instructions.

​The seed sack makes for a useful and compact gift for kitchen gardeners who love to experiment. 
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​Vegetable seed sack

The kitchen gardener has many different things to juggle. Not only do they have to time the seasons perfectly they must also store, preserve and cook with their produce.

This means kitchen gardeners need to be as organised as possible. An essential part of kitchen gardening is germination and raising young plants.

This requires an organised work space with everything to hand. There is no better way to achieve this than with a potting table.

​This handsome potting table is not only functional it is compact and is easily portable making for a gift with serious impact!  
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​Potting table 

Kitchen gardeners get a real buzz when it comes to harvesting the fruits of their labour. However as most vegetable gardeners know growing food involves some boom and bust.

Typically a vegetable gardener will receive a glut all at once while other seasons are unproductive. Hence it is essential that the kitchen gardener is able to preserve and store what they produce.

One of the best ways to do this is by dehydrating or drying! By removing out all moisture from fruits and vegetables can make them store for a very long time.

This makes this electric dehydrator the perfect gift for your kitchen gardener friends. 
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​Dehydrator

One of the most important parts of growing food for the kitchen is getting young plants strong.

This can be particularly challenging during the early season when young plants can succumb to cold snaps. As well as frost seedlings and young plants can easily be eaten by pests such as slugs and snails.

One of the best ways to prevent these risks is to provide a strong and sturdy cold frame.

This cupboard cold frame acts very much like a greenhouse providing a warm growing environment. Allowing for starting seeds off early will ensure your kitchen gardener friend will never lose a crop again!
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​Garden cupboard cold frame

​If you visit any kitchen gardeners work bench in spring you will probably see packets of seeds scattered about!

This is because vegetable growers love to rummage through their seed collection and spontaneously sow new seedlings. The only problem is sometimes their enthusiasm can lead to disorder.

One of the best ways to lend a helping hand is to provide them with a safe place to keep their seeds. One of the best ways to do this is provide them with a gardener’s seed tin.

This tightly sealed gardeners tin will help seed packets dry and in good order. 
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​Gardening seed tin

​Kitchen gardeners know about the vital importance of propagating young plants. However you can never start seedlings off to early especially if you live in a cold climate.

Heated propagators provide the opportunity to germinate seeds even in the coldest of conditions. This can provide a huge advantage and possibility of starting the growing season ahead of the game.

This heated propagator is compact and perfect for a window seal in late winter. It is particularly useful for germinating more exotic seeds like chillies and peppers for an earlier fruiting crop.

This makes heated propagators perfect gifts for kitchen gardeners.  
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​Heated propagator

Most kitchen gardeners will tell you the best way to grow home produce is with a greenhouse.

The covered environment helps to protect against pests and the humid, warm conditions is optimum for plant growth. However one of the best ways to keep an eye on the temperature of a greenhouse is a thermometer.

This digital thermometer is ideal for monitoring temperature highs and lows in the kitchen gardener’s greenhouse. This can help to guide growing strategies and become familiar with your local conditions.

These greenhouse thermometers are compact and make very effective gardening gifts for the kitchen gardener. 
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​Greenhouse thermometer

One thing the kitchen gardener is always striving for is as much organic fertility as possible. This is because today many things we eat are fertilised with inorganic fertilisers derived from fossil fuels.

This means the nutrition our crops are grown from are not necessarily from naturally occurring soil fertility. These chemical fertilisers can be destructive to soil life and pollute watercourses.

Hence the kitchen gardener always seeks to compost their organic kitchen waste. One of the best ways to encourage an accumulation of kitchen waste is with compost tin.

This compost tin will be sympathetic to any kitchen design and will be a welcome gift at any time of the year. 
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​Compost tin

Although kitchen gardeners generally love all parts of the natural world some are more welcome than others.

​Some creatures also love to eat fresh fruit and vegetables and will gladly help themselves to growing beds. It is therefore essential for kitchen gardeners to take steps to prevent pests.

However gardeners generally do not like to see animals hurt so a deterrent is much more favourable. This makes these adorable scare crows a fun gift for the kitchen gardener.

As well as scaring away traditional pests they will also add that little bit of charm to the backyard. 
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Scare crow

Kitchen gardeners do not only have to be experts at growing and cooking, they also have to be good harvesters.

This rather underrated skill is vital to collect fruit and veg when it’s at its best. The perfect harvesting windows for some crops can literally be a few days!

Consequently a suitable gift for kitchen gardeners would be something which aids the harvesting process. This traditional harvesting trug is the perfect gift idea for gardeners who love to harvest regularly.

When it is not being used for collections it is perfect for storing and displayed as a fruit bowel. 
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​Vegetable harvesting trug

As previously stated the storing of organically grown produce is vital for successful kitchen gardening.

However not all storing methods are created equal, some simply prolong shelf life while others add flavour. A good example of this is making preserves such as chutneys, jams and pickles.

However there is a less well known method of preservation which can also dramatically enhance flavour. This starter fermentation kit can make the perfect gift!

It comes complete with fermentation jars and self burping airlocks! Your gardening friend will be a fermentation expert in no time!

​Fermentation kit

Soil preparation is one of the biggest components of successful, kitchen gardening.

In order to grow crops well the soil should be tilled to alleviate compaction and realise a fine crumbly texture. This improves drainage, makes it easier for roots to run and makes it easier for the soil to except nutrients.

The best way to till the ground is with a professional garden tiller. If you want to treat your gardening friend to a much more upmarket gift tillers are a great choice.

This tiller will make short work of working the soil eliminating the need for hours of heavy digging. 
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​Garden Tiller

Generally kitchen gardeners are always open to experimenting with growing new and exciting crops.

Surprisingly however not many kitchen gardeners have taken up the joys of mushroom growing. Today there is a wide variety of opportunity to grow not just common mushrooms but even rare and novelty varieties.

Expensive delicacies such as oyster and shitake mushrooms are becoming ever more accessible to grow! This can be done by purchasing mycelium spores online or with mushroom grow kits.

​This Pink Oyster mushroom grow kit is an exciting gift which will actually reward you with supper! 
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​Mushroom growing kit

A very popular crop among kitchen gardeners is herbs. Herbs come in a wide range of shapes and sizes with differing aromas.

Most herbs are culinary but can also be used in teas and even medicines. Being utilised for thousands of years there is very few gardeners who do not have a herb patch.

These herb cutting scissors are excellent for dicing up leaves while harvesting. With their multiple blades there is no need to spend precious time chopping in the kitchen.

Not only are these scissors affordable they are compact and can be easily stored in a kitchen drawer. 
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​Herb cutting scissors

​Just because kitchen gardening is normally associated with cooking it doesn’t mean there is no drinking! In Italy wine is thought more of as food than an alcoholic beverage.

Wine is a representation of local grapes and is always an accompaniment to food.  However wine does not have to be just made of grapes!

In fact wine can be made from a whole range of fantastic organically grown garden produce. This includes examples such as elderflower, plums, blackberries and raspberries.

Hence this comprehensive wine making kit could be just the perfect gift! You may even get a bottle back in a few months time!
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​Wine making kit

Recycling nutrients is very important to kitchen gardeners as they realise sustainability is key to growing healthy food. As kitchen gardeners are conscious of what they are putting in their bodies chemical fertilisers are a big no!

Therefore these gardeners always seek to boost soil fertility through natural means. This involves feeding soil life so plants have a well balanced medium to grow within. The best way to achieve this is by adopting a composting regime.

Composting involves recycling all waste organic matter buy encouraging natural decomposition. One of the most efficient ways to turn green waste into compost is with a compost tumbler.

This helps to mix the particles with oxygen and moisture without the need for heavy turning or lifting!
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Compost tumbler

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Gardening is a past time which requires a reasonable amount of physical effort and space. However not all gardeners need large, sprawling, private gardens and loads of spare time!

Container gardeners have quite an advantage as they can contain their gardening within more manageable spaces. Container gardening requires a whole new range of varying skills and methodologies.

It is typical for such gardeners to reside in urban environments with not always too much space. Gardeners with extensive, hard surfaces commonly utilise containers as a favourable way to grow! 

However container gardening is not only a past time of gardeners with spatial constraints. 
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Growing in containers allows the gardener to provide better drainage. This is very much beneficial for dry loving plants such as palms and succulents.

Container gardening also allows gardeners to move around their pots as they please. This can be useful for seasonal displays and plant arrangements.

As container gardening is a speciality within itself it requires defined gift ideas for those special occasions. Gifts for container gardeners should reflect the needs and requirements of growing in pots and not in regular flower borders.

​Consequently we have put together a comprehensive selection of the best gifts for container gardeners here.   

​Container gardeners regularly have to work at varying heights and levels. This is because containers can range from large raised beds, to pots and even hanging baskets.

This can present the one with a number of challenges including keeping tools ready to hand. This Oxford cloth gardening apron is perfect for container gardeners to keep all their tools accessible where they need them!

The apron will also help to keep their clothes clean reducing the need for changing!

​Oxford cloth gardening apron

Gardeners are used to enduring outdoor conditions and can easily work through seasonal conditions.

However there is one part of the gardener’s anatomy which can suffer from overuse.  Gardening hands can become calloused, bruised, cut and cracked particularly during the winter months.

When searching for suitable gardening gifts ones which can be loving to the hands is always welcome.

This makes this hand care gift set the perfect gift for container gardeners at any time of the calender.  

Gardeners hand cream set

The one thing that distinguishes container gardeners from conventional gardening is the exclusive use of pots.

However this does not mean that container gardeners do not like growing vegetables. Although vegetable growing is traditionally done in the ground potato sacks are a great way to grow fresh potatoes!

These can be particularly great presents if your gardening friend has limited space or lots of hard standing outside.

These potato growing sacks can make the perfect novelty whilst still providing an affordable gift. 

​Potato growing sacks

​Container gardeners love the flexibility of growing plants within movable vessels.

This gives them the freedom to change plant displays while keeping plants contained and manageable.

This typically means they are always chopping and changing their growing collections creating a foundation for amazing gift ideas.

​One such idea is this decorative wooden planter! Not only is it perfect for growing all sorts of specimen plants but it also looks awesome!

​Decorative wooden planter

​Due to the quick and flexible nature of container gardening it is fantastic for showcasing your plants.

This means container gardeners are passionate about placing their pots in the perfect position!

However many container gardeners do not always carry through this idea into the night time hours.  Up lighting is a tremendous way for pot plants to look amazing at night!

The light and shadows can create drama and movement! These solar spike lights allow the gardener to light up plant displays without the need for expensive electrical installations.

They could be just the present to light up their imagination to nocturnal lighting, design possibilities!
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​Solar spike lights

It is typical that many container gardeners do not have large and expansive gardens.

Many have small, urban gardens or even confined balcony areas to grow their plants.

This means exploiting every space and opportunity for container growing must be paramount. However container gardening does not only have to be confined to pots.

​Green wall planter pockets are a great way to exploit vertical surfaces such as walls and fences. These make perfectly versatile gifts and are also great for growing herbs. 

​Green wall plater

​One of the biggest challenges facing container gardeners is watering. In summer pots can easily become dry and during times of heavy rain can become saturated.

This means container growers need to practice ongoing monitoring and care. This makes container gardeners the perfect candidates for learning the ancient art of Bonsai.

Practiced for thousands of years in Japan this ancient art involves growing trees in shallow pots to achieve an established and senic form.

This bonsai tree starter set provides everything they require to get started and is an amazing gift idea for container gardeners. 

​Bonsai starter kit

If your gardener friend grows more plants in pots than in the ground then there will be a big difference in the tools they use.

Container gardeners use much smaller hand tools as they typically use smaller growing stock. Some of the most common tools these gardeners use are hand trowels.

These come in a wide variety of shapes and have many varying uses. Consequently this garden trowel set can make the perfect gift for that special gardener in your life! 

​Garden trowel set

Container gardeners are typically used to working at awkward angles and positions. However some jobs do require a level of comfort and utility.

This is especially so with propagation and potting up. These activities typically require dividing young plants as well as taking cuttings and potting up.

One of the best ways to do this is with a professional potting table. This potting table is perfect for all propagation activities and is fully portable.

This makes it a worthy contender as one of the best gardening gift ideas for the container grower. 
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​Potting table

As container gardeners are always growing within smaller vessels soil conditions are of upmost importance.

Soil which becomes too dry or devoid of nutrients can result in unhealthy or even perished plants. This means container growers need to monitor soil conditions thoroughly.

This is now even easier with the help of the latest garden technology! This digital soil tester allows gardeners to test soil moisture, PH and temperature.

Being small and portable as well as affordable makes it a great gift idea for container gardeners every time.  
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​Digital soil tester

As with many forms of gardening container gardening involves promoting healthy soil and plants.

One of the most sustainable ways of achieving this is by composting waste and organic matter. This can be done by creating a heap of vegetable scraps, dead plants and grass clippings.

However composting is not always an exact science and the correct quantities of water, oxygen and organic matter need to be present.

One of the most effective ways of ensuring this is with a compost tumbler. These allow you to turn compost with ease and can also make for a really fun gift! 

​Compost tumbler

The best gifts for container gardeners are the ones that help to make their creations even more spectacular.

One of the best ways to do this is with these amazing and aluminous, glowing pebbles. These are perfect for top dressing the soil making a fabulous garden display.

These glowing pebbles are affordable and can light up any container garden, even in winter! Why not treat your pot growing friends with these novelty glowing pebbles they will love!

​Glowing pebbles

One the only draw backs to growing in containers are they can become quite heavy. This is especially so in winter or times of heavy rain.

One of the main advantages of growing in pots is portability so anything which makes them more manoeuvrable is always welcome.

Hence these pot trolleys are perfect for placing under pot displays! They can help you rearrange pot positioning with ease as well as wheeling them undercover for the winter.

Their small size also makes them easy to store or even gift wrap for that special occasion. 

​Pot trolley

Container gardeners are always looking to maximise growing space around the garden.

However gardening does not just have to be confined to the outside! This ‘Veg ledge' also allows the container gardener to grow inside using any vertical space.

It can easily attach to a sunny window providing the perfect environment to grow plants. The veg ledge can be used to grow potted herbs or even house plants.

This small but effective gardening gift will provide excitement and utility without breaking the budget!

​Veg ledge

Grow lights offer the container gardener a unique opportunity to provide more UV light for their plants.

These cool garden gadgets can be set up temporarily over pots outside, in greenhouses or on the window ledge.

Grow lights can be a powerful tool to keep plants happy in the dark depths of the winter. This can make them also ideal for germinating seeds and starting off cuttings early on in the season.

Grow lights can be an effective gardening gift especially for the indoor container gardener. 

​Grow lights

Like all gardening container gardening requires physical effort and hard work.

This can become hard on the body and especially if there is a lot of squatting and kneeling involved. It is quite common for container gardeners to have to kneel on hard surfaces like patios and decks.

This means that any potential gift which can care for their knees is a very good thing.

This garden kneeler is easy to move around and very comfortable to use. This makes it the perfect candidate as a gift for any special occasion. 

​Gardeners kneeling pad

Most gardeners have a deep passion for the natural world and try to be as sustainable as possible.

This means limiting the use of plastics and dangerous chemicals which can harm the environment. A big problem facing container gardeners is many pots are made from plastic.

This is an inevitable problem as gardeners are always trying to balance both ecological credentials and cost. This paper pot maker will enable the container gardener to recycle discarded paper products into small pots.

These can be used to germinate seeds and pot on young plants making it the perfect gift for any container gardener. 

Paper pot maker

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