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Gifts for garden lovers

1/12/2019

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Gifts for garden lovers


Gifts for garden lovers
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Those of us lucky enough to have a garden will tell you they are a small slice of paradise! Gardens are places where we can exercise, socialise, cook, eat and drink when the weather is fine. This means those special, occasional gifts for garden lovers are always easy to find. ​
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Bonsai tree kit
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Window bird feeder
It is important we encourage Gardens allow us to exercise our creative flair giving us freedom to create pretty much any landscape type we wish. This is why so many people love their garden more than any other part of the home. Gardens allow our creativity and imaginations to thrive which is a welcome delight in today’s stressful world.
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Naturalistic garden environments have been shown to reduce stress, improve our focus and enhance our well being. Gardens give us the simple delights of bird song, wildlife encounters and thriving plant communities. It has been stressed that mankind did not evolve in towns and our inner spirit longs for the simple pleasures gardens can provide. It is important to encourage our outside loving friends with great gifts for garden lovers. ​
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Melon outdoor bean bag
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Bushnell game camera
Gardens give us the opportunity for vigorous activities such as gardening. Gardening is an activity which enhances the joys of the outside. This can allow us to grow floral displays, amazing foliage and delicious vegetables. It is no surprise there are millions of garden lovers across the planet today.
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An extra benefit of having garden lover friends is they are rather easy to find gifts for garden lovers on those special occasions. Whether your friend loves gardening or just spending time outside on the patio, gifts for garden lovers always make a great choice. ​
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Motion sensor solar lights
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Garden glow patio heater

Patio gifts for garden lovers

Patios give us a comfortable, level area free from dirt to sit and enjoy the garden. Patios usually built with decorate paving stones and gravels give us a transitional zone between our home and nature. It is common place to situate the patio into a situation where it collects the warmth of the sun. This makes the patio a fantastic place to eat, drink, relax and play.
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Patios give us the opportunity for numerous garden pursuits and activities. Hot summer days means we can invite the family for barbecues and garden parties. The flat surface of patios mean we can also play sports such as table tennis.

​During garden social events the patio can become a hub for games and showing off cool garden gadgets. Why not check out our selection of patio gizmos which make great gifts for garden lovers. 
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Garden rocking chair
gift for garden lovers
Peacock garden ornament
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Petrol patio pressure washer
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Garden storage cupboard

Entertainment gifts for garden lovers

Garden lovers need no encouragement to get outside and enjoy the garden. Most people however are not as enthusiastic about the great outdoors. From the conditioning of modern living many people are apprehensive about going outside into garden spaces.

​Urban living has made many of us cushioned from natural environments. Being exposed to the weather, vigorous exercise and wild environments is something which has slowly dwindled in most modern urbanites.


It is these vigour’s of the outside which are extremely vital for our mental and physical health. This is why it is imortant to encourage our friends and family into the garden as much as possible. There are so many gadgets which bring communal entertainment to the outside. These make exceptionally great gifts for garden lovers. Why not check out our selection below.  ​
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Outdoor television projector screen
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Rock speaker
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Giant jenga
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Outdoor dominoes

Cooking gifts for garden lovers
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When the weather finally starts to get better and the days get longer there is nothing like the excitement of outside cooking. There is nothing more appetising than the smell of smoky aromatic meats being cooked over hot charcoal. Cooking in the garden creates a theatrical focal point and a hive of excitement!
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What better way to entertain your friends and family than with an outside dinner party. These do not just have to be typical barbecue type cooking either! There are many other great ways to prepare food in the garden. Wood fired ovens, smokers and pizza ovens are just some of the great cooking gifts for garden lovers. Check some of these out below!​
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Outdoor pizza oven
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Garden charcoal smoker
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Rotisserie barbecue grill
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Barbecue oven grill

Relaxing gifts for garden lovers
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If there is one thing most garden lovers love to do it is relax! Gardens and outside environments have a very calming effect on the soul. Small natural occurrences such as feeling the gentle breeze or watching a butterfly dance brings emotions of peace.
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Nature helps us relax by reminding us there is more to life than just work, bills and stress. Even though most gardens are fairly relaxing places to be there are some extra things you can implement to make them even more blissful.  These things can be hanging furniture, sun loungers or even outside speakers to play relaxing tunes. ​
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Garden hot tub
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Hanging tree hammock
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Garden hammock
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Wind chimes

Sporting gifts for garden lovers

One of the best things about the garden is it provides much more open space than in the house. This means gardens provide the potential for more fun, challenging and sporting type activities. With recent advances in technology digital types of entertainment have become the new norm. The problem with this is more physically challenging activities are becoming less common.
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With modern day obesity, heart disease and diabetes at a record time high gardens can give us the opportunity for a healthier lifestyle. Sporting games such as badminton, volleyball and Frisbee are just some of the fun sports we can play in our gardens. Some of these sporting games make great gifts for garden lovers. ​
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Badminton garden set
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punch bag boxing set
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Boules set
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Rounders set

Lighting gifts for garden lovers
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Lighting in the garden can fulfil a multitude of different functions and create a varied array of effects. Lighting can provide the ability to highlight a certain focal point or feature of interest. A series of garden lights in succession can accentuate a corridor or lead the eye to a specific feature.
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Today there are so many options when it comes to installing garden lights around your garden. Recent advances in technology mean the need for mains power from the home is no longer necessary. Solar powered lights have revolutionised the way in which we power our gardens.

​Both mains power and solar lighting can come in a vast array of styles and types. We have put together a selection of some of the best here.
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Japanese solar lantern
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Solar flame torch lights
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Solar LED garden lights
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Moroccan candle lantern

Hi Tec gifts for garden lovers
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There is nothing more exciting than when modern technology meets the garden. Technology has now reached every corner of our lives creating new ways to solve problems and save our time. With so much technology integrated into the home it is quite refreshing to have it in the garden helping us with tasks and providing entertainment.
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There are so many interest and exciting technology gadgets and gizmos for the garden. From robot scare crows to outside speakers and entertainment systems. Why not check out some of these cool garden gadgets below, they make fantastic gifts for garden lovers. ​
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Bluetooth garden lights speakers
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Soil tester
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Digital weather station
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Levitating bonsai

Ornament gifts for garden lovers
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Garden ornaments come in a wide array of shapes styles and themes. Ornaments and statues go back in history all the way to the ancient Chinese dynasties. More familiar historical examples of these come from Ancient Rome and Greece. Many of these statues represent the human, physical form and are still very popular to this day.
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Classical statues and human sculpture are just some of the great garden ornaments available today. Garden ornaments can represent animals, mythical beasts and even fall into the category of modern art. Why not check out some of our favourite examples here. ​
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Heron ornament
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Pair of lions statue
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Buddha garden ornament 
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Orangutan ornament

Wildlife gifts for garden lovers
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In modern times excessive human development and urbanisation of wild habitats has resulted in a dramatic reduction in wildlife. Many loved wild species such as birds and small mammals have dramatically reduced in number forced to live within small pockets of habitat. Wildlife needs three fundamental things to survive; food, shelter and water.
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Many of our gardens could provide all three of these elements with very small interventions. Wildlife brings interest, drama and even pest control to the garden making them more fulfilling places to be. We have put together some of our favourite wildlife gifts for garden lovers here. ​
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Artistic Insect hotel
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Bat box
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Wildlife camera
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Hedgehog care pack

Bird watching gifts for garden lovers
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Bird watching is not just an activity enjoyed by hard core enthusiasts but also everyday people from the comfort of their own home. Watching birds can be a fulfilling experience bringing joy and reducing stress. Watching all sorts of beautiful bird life can remind us that life is delicate and beautiful.
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Birds have been reducing in number over the past 30 years! There are however some ways of encouraging birds into your garden. By providing food, water and nesting opportunities you can encourage birds and enjoy hours of delightful bird watching from your living room.

​Bird boxes, bird feeders and feeding tables are just some of the great products you can install to encourage more birds to your garden.
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Bird box camera
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Wall bird bath & feeder
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Bird feeding station
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Bird feeding table

Lawn care gifts for garden lovers

The perfect lawn is an ambition of many when it comes to the ideal garden. Garden lawns are one of the most common garden surfaces and there is a good reason for this. Lawns are easy and cheap to create providing a soft, colourful, living, multi-use surface. Lawns are perfect to host garden games or sports as well as picnics or simply just sunbathing.
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In order to create the perfect garden lawn certain elements must be in optimal alignment. Moisture content, sunlight and soil type all have to be perfect to ensure the best possible garden lawn.  There are many cool garden gadgets which can help keep your lawn in perfect condition. We have made a selection of our favourites here. ​
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Lawn aeration shoe spikes
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Flymo robot lawn mower
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Scarifier
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Easy spreader

Gardening gifts for garden lovers

Gardening is the single most popular garden activity across the globe. It comprises of landscape improvements, maintenance functions with the growing of favoured plant species for food or aesthetic qualities.

​Gardening can be an extremely rewarding past time working with nature to create beautiful outside spaces. Gardening has been shown to be very positive for both mental and physical health.

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The vigorous, physical activity which gardening provokes makes it easy for gardeners to stay in great shape. Interacting with nature has been shown to relieve stress and enhance mental well being. Gardening gifts for garden lovers can come in all sorts of shapes and types. We have put together some of our favourite here. ​
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Gardening tool set
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Aero garden kitchen herb grower
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Garden propagator
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Pop up greenhouse

Propagating gifts for garden lovers
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One of the most rewarding parts about gardening is the germination of seeds and creating new life! This almost spiritual process can inject suspense and excitement into your life with the joys of experimenting with new plants. Propagation was one of the mankind’s first milestones moving from hunters to farmers.
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Propagation consists of germinating the seeds and carefully rearing young plants until they are strong enough to survive on their own. This process can be extremely good for the soul and is particularly common place in vegetable gardening. This makes propagation gifts for gardeners extremely effective on special occasions. We have listed some of the best here. ​
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Essentials propagator
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Quad propagator
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Funky propagator
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40 cell propagator

Pruning gifts for garden lovers
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Pruning is an essential part of keeping the garden in check. Most gardens will very quickly get out of control if plants are left to their own devices especially during the growing season. Trees and shrubs are the most usual candidates for needing regular pruning. Pruning however does not just fall under one small category.
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The most common type of pruning is hedge cutting and keeping vegetation in check. Other types of pruning include pruning for fruiting and flowering. This can involve allowing sunlight into the centre of the plants or pruning back to a previous years woody stems. Whatever the type of pruning required we have put together some of the best gadgets for the job here. ​
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Garden knife
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Pruning saw
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Briers secateurs
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Spear & Jackson Loppers

Weeding gifts for garden lovers

Weeding is one of the gardener’s least favourite jobs in the garden. Deep rooted weeds like dandelions usually snap off before you can pull out the long root.

Most weeds can be removed only for them to re-grow a couple of weeks later! Weeds are nature’s way of covering new ground. This means they are extremely aggressive when competing with other plants and usually the ones we wish to keep.


Traditionally gardeners have just had to except that weeding is one of those chores that just needs to be endured. Most gardeners have consoled themselves with the fact that at least weeds give you good material in which to compost.

There are many new and exciting garden gadgets which make weeding much easier and even fun! This makes weeding gadgets great gifts for garden lovers. We have put together a selection of these below.
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Weed puller
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Patio weeder
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Thermal garden weeder
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Weed burner

Garden gift boxes for garden lovers

Sometimes you just need a quick, simple and affordable gift for your gardener friend. Garden gift boxes and hampers are great ways to show your garden loving friend you care. From seed collections to growing your own bonsai kits these all make great gifts for garden lovers. Check out some of the most exciting below.
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Cocktail garden kit
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Wine grow kit
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Pink oyster growing kit
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Chilli pepper growing kit


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    Paul Nicolaides is a Landscape architect and garden builder with over 30 years experience in designing, building and maintaining gardens. Contemplating just how important garden space is for nature and recreation he created 'Cool Garden Gadgets' to explore the best gadgets for enhancing outside spaces. From outdoor dining ideas to the latest garden technology we break it down for you here.  

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