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Gifts for gardeners are sure to bring smiles

Are you looking for holiday gifts for gardeners and others on your list who appreciate being outdoors and growing garden plants? It’s the time when we selflessly search for gifts to delight our family members and friends. What will our spouse, brother, sister or best friend really like?

If you’re looking for gifts for gardeners on your list, consider the tools, accessories and even footwear that can be used in the yard and garden. Here is our selection of great gifts for gardeners and other folks that is sure to bring smiles to holiday faces.

New chicken patterns make outdoor shoes distinctive

Whether you’re a fan of raising backyard chickens or you enjoy eating fresh eggs, you’ll love the new Chicken Collection of outdoor shoes and boots from Sloggers®. Over the years, Sloggers outdoor footwear has become the go-to choice for all kinds of yard and garden chores. Now, with new chicken patterns featuring the artwork of Sarah Rosedahl, working in the garden or walking the dog in a morning drizzle can also be a fashion statement.

This fun and functional footwear is made from odorless, medical grade, 100% recyclable plastic that is flexible, tough and longwearing. The deep-lug treads give the made-in-America shoes excellent traction in water and mud. Every pair includes the exclusive “All-Day Comfort Insoles” that give Sloggers® the reputation for high comfort. The shoes slip on easily, and there are no laces to tie or clips to fasten. Clean-up is easy—just hose them off! The sole contains up to 50% recycled material. When you’re finished with your shoes or boots you can send them back to Sloggers® and the company will recycle them in the making of a new pair.

The new Sloggers® Chicken collection includes Daffodil Yellow Shoes, Daffodil Yellow Boots, Barn Red Shoes and Barn Red Boots. All four styles are available in women’s full sizes from 6 to 10. (Sorry guys!). Half sizes should order up and add a pair of “Half-Sizer Cut-to-Fit Insoles” to make any Sloggers® boot or shoe ½ size smaller. A wide variety of other colorful prints are also available. Sloggers® Rain & Garden Shoes sell for $34.99 and boots sell for $39.99 in garden stores and online at www.sloggers.com.

The coolest tools in the garden make great gifts

Good gardeners want well-made tools that make work easier. So it’s no surprise that CobraHead® tools are favorites among avid gardeners. A CobraHead® tool is great for weeding, cultivating, digging, and transplanting. The strong, sharp, tempered blade cuts through and breaks up all soils, even the toughest clay and makes short work of cleaning weed-choked gardens. The lightweight, hand-held CobraHead® Weeder and Cultivator features an ergonomically comfortable handle made from a mix of recycled plastic and organic fiber. The handle is molded around the unique blade to ensure it can never, ever work loose.

The CobraHead® Long Handle uses the same “steel fingernail” blade as the hand tool, but it is designed with a long ash wood handle to make it easy to weed, cultivate and edge while standing up. All gardeners will find it useful, but older gardeners and those with difficulty kneeling will find it particularly enabling.

CobraHead® tools are proudly made in the USA by a Wisconsin-based family business. The CobraHead® Weeder and Cultivator hand tool sells for $24.95, and the CobraHead® Long Handle is $59.95. Or buy both for $79.95 directly from the manufacturer at www.cobrahead.com.

A garden trug is the perfect gift for avid gardeners

When it’s time to harvest vegetables from the garden or bring in freshly cut flowers from the perennial beds, there’s nothing quite as handy as a stylish garden trug. The Joseph Bentley Garden Trug measures 15 3/4 inches long by 12 ¼ inches wide, so it’s large enough to carry all of your harvest from the garden. This garden trug is made of natural Metasequoia wood, and it features two crafted wooden handles that provide perfect balance for carrying. The wooden feet help to stabilize the basket and keep it level when it’s sitting on the ground or on a countertop.

Joseph Bentley Tools was established in 1895, and the company is known throughout England for making high-quality garden tools that are backed by a lifetime warranty. The Joseph Bentley Garden Trug follows in that tradition of classic tools and garden accessories that are designed to last a lifetime. The Joseph Bentley Garden Trug makes a great gift for anyone with a green thumb or a prolific flower garden. It sells for about $24.95 from www.josephbentleyus.com/gardentrug and www.amazon.com.

Fabric growing container with handles is easy to move

One reason container gardening continues to grow in popularity is because containers make it easy to grow plants on decks, porches and even balconies where they are close enough to be enjoyed every day. Smart Pots are soft-sided fabric containers that have enough rigidity to hold their shape while providing the perfect environment for plants. The fabric sides also naturally “air prune” the roots that grow to the edge of the container, which encourages plants to develop fibrous root systems throughout the entire soil mass. There’s no circling of the roots around the outside of the pot.

A Tan Smart Pot with Handles makes it easy to move plants from place to place. Simply lift the pot by the handles to move it to a different location. The tan color blends in nicely with virtually every plant palette, and a weatherproof USA-made Smart Pot will last for years. The Tan Smart Pot with Handles is available in a wide variety of sizes, including three-gallon, five-gallon, seven-gallon, and larger. A three-gallon container with a 10-inch base sells for $8.95 each and a five-gallon container sells for $9.95. To purchase or to learn more, visit www.smartpots.com.

Gift set for digging in the dirt

Gardeners can never have enough tools—especially when they are finely crafted to provide years of faithful use. The Gardeners Hand Tool Gift set from Joseph Bentley contains the small hand tools that are used most often by both beginning gardeners and master gardeners. Included in this gift set are a trowel, a hand fork and a large transplanting trowel.

All three tools have carefully finished solid oak wooden handles and ultra-strong polished stainless steel heads. The tools are presented in a wooden seed box and nestled in shaved wood, making the set a perfect gardening gift for the holiday season or any time of year.

Joseph Bentley tools are new to America, but the company is known throughout England for making high-quality, traditional garden tools that are backed by a limited lifetime warranty. The company’s spades, forks and other tools have developed a legendary reputation among gardeners for their workmanship and sturdy quality. These fine tools are finally available for American gardeners to enjoy.

The Gardeners Hand Tool Gift sells for $39.99 in fine gardening stores and online at www.josephbentleyus.com/giftset.

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