by Diamond Channing

Created on: November 22, 2010

Don't let the holiday season find you unprepared. For help unearthing that perfect gift for your favorite green thumb, take a look at the treasures that follow.

Light up a favorite space with a rustic iron zinnia from The Round Top Collection. The metal flower comes with three glass pots that hang from curly tendrils and hold votive candles. Available from LiliesandLadybugs.com.

Bring the outdoors in with a hand painted porcelain snail from Herends Meadow Collection. The collection includes grasshoppers, frogs, snails, and ladybugs. They can be purchased from NeimanMarcus.com.

Crafted under a program that provides Tibetan refugees with new markets for their talents, these brass bell garden stakes have a lovely meditative sound to them. They are available three select styles and can be purchased from Southwest Gardener at www.swgardener.com

Fill your garden with starlight or line the walkways for the holidays with Allium Lights. Just push the stakes into the earth and plug in. They are available in two and six lights sets at smithandhawken.com.

For those who love the outdoors, humble flowers offers a great line of greeting cards with garden imagery. Each card features a removable magnet that is incorporated into the design. They can be purchased at www.humbleflower.com.

Prescott, AZ. artist Carolyn Schmitz paints images of shoes composed entirely of desert plant materials and then reproduces them one at a time on an ink-jet printer. Her shoe line is named Sharp Shoes and can be purchased at www.desert.dada.com.

Make a statement at your next garden party with a patina copper candelabra and vase. The 43 inch high piece is designed to hold plants or fruit at its base and candles on the top. It can be purchased at On the Veranda by calling 602-955-8690.

Bring a bit of fun to the garden with whimsical metal bug stakes from Juana Pena Designs. Handcrafted from copper and covered with patina burnished for a bright finish. They come in a variety of different styles. Find these at Lilies and Ladybugs.

Eye catching pillows from Seasons of Cannon Falls by Midwest make a cheerful addition to any home. They are covered in silk accented with decorative embroidery and beads. They can be purchased from Country Clutter by calling 623-465-2667.

Urbanshadow.com has hand-crafted Wave Chairs that are made from plantation grown southern yellow pine. They are available in lime, sunshine yellow, white and aqua.

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