by Katie-Ellen

Created on: May 07, 2011

Mother’s Day dawns and memories of good times, tough love and lessons of life urge memories to the surface. The greatest gift to a mother is their child or children, and for the mum who loves to garden, there is a whole range of wonderful and inexpensive gifts you can give her.

Gift packaging:

There are gift boxes or inexpensive baskets available from discount stores. If a box is too big, place a box or packet of your mum’s favourite delights on the bottom. It could be biscuits, nuts, or even a fun item that will bring shared laughter for you both. Line the box or basket with your mum’s favourite coloured tissue paper. Two colours give it that extra pizzazz and style.

A selection of gardening gifts:

Does your mum love to grow seeds? You can fill the gift box with a selection of her favourite flowers, vegetables, herbs or native plant seeds; a small bag of seed-raising mix and some jiffy pots completes the seed selection. Following is an array of inexpensive gardening gift ideas:

Propagation kit:

These are complete units in themselves are come with special heating mats, ideal for cold climates who experience frost zones and need to raise seeds indoors.

Pack of bulbs:

There are bulbs for every season and you can add in a set of planter labels tied with a ribbon and bow or put them both in a pretty organza gift bag.

Gift voucher:

Many garden centres offer gift vouchers or coupons, or gift cards to suit your budget and your mum has the opportunity to choose her own gardening gift.

A special rose:

Roses touch the heart of many passionate gardeners and there are so many varieties available on the market. It could be a strong perfume that your mum loves, or colour, bloom or name.

Pruners or secateurs:

Every gardener needs a pair of these or some sharp scissors just for the garden. Sometimes, they are left in the garden so one with bright coloured handles is an inspirational idea.

Gardening gloves:

Gardening gloves can be personalised by sewing on a couple of special garden0themed buttons at the top or a bow. If grandchildren are involved, they could paint the gloves with special fabric paints or the words ‘I love you’ on them.

Hand garden tools:

Every gardener needs some small hand tools for planting, transplanting and digging up the unloved plants – weeds. If you only want to buy one hand garden tool, a small trowel is the best. After that comes a fork and weeder,

Garden magazine:

A special garden magazine can be a wonderful gift, especially if it covers the personal interest areas of gardening that your mum loves. A special and inexpensive gift is to collect a series of gardening articles from www/helium.com on subjects your mum will love; decorate them with flower or other stickers and turn into a booklet or have them laminated and attached together with an easy open and close clip ring.

The ideas for inexpensive gifts to give your mum for mother’s day are numerous as the list above shows. It is a wonderful thought to give your mum a gift that is special to their interests.

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