The best gardening gift ideas match the gardener: what they grow, where they grow it and the season they love most. A keen gardener probably owns the gloves, the trowel and a shed full of pots already, so a print of their favourite plant is a welcome change. It brings the garden indoors for the winter months and stays on the wall all year. Our garden prints start from £16, and below we have grouped them by the kind of gardener you are buying for.
What Do You Buy a Gardener Who Has Everything?
Gardeners are hard to buy for because they tend to choose their own tools, seeds and plants, and they usually have firm views on all three. A gift that sits beside the hobby rather than inside it is a safer bet. Art does that well. You are not guessing which secateurs they prefer, you are showing that you have noticed what they love.
That is what makes a print one of the more unusual gardening gifts. It is the one present that never needs watering, never gets muddy and is still there in February, when the garden is bare and the seed catalogues are out. Think about what they talk about most: the tomatoes, the roses, the birds on the feeder or the windowsill crowded with cuttings.
Why Give a Print to Someone Who Loves Their Garden?
Winter is the quiet season in most gardens. There is less to do outside and more time spent looking out of the window, which is why a print of the plot makes such a good Christmas present. It is a small piece of summer on the kitchen wall.
Our garden series is made for this. Each print shows one subject in flat, simple shapes on a warm cream background, with a short caption and the season when that plant or creature is at its best. They share one layout, so a single print works as a gift and two or three hang well together later on.
8 Gardening Gift Ideas for Every Kind of Gardener
Every print here starts from £16, and each one suits a kitchen, a hallway or a garden room as easily as a living room.
1. For the veg grower and allotment holder
Someone who grows their own will spot their crop straight away. On The Vine lines up sixteen red tomatoes in a neat grid, with one that has ripened to yellow. Sweetest In June shows a strawberry plant heavy with red berries and two white flowers still to come. For the person who starts everything from seed, Patience Required is a black seed tray of tiny green shoots, with a single red flower that got there first.
2. For the flower lover
If their borders are what they are proudest of, pick a flower they grow. Cut In Summer is five tall lavender stems standing in a row, calm enough for a bedroom. Row Upon Row sends stripes of red, pink, yellow and purple tulips off towards the horizon under a yellow sun, and First To Flower is a bare magnolia branch with soft pink blooms. For a looser, more painterly style, our flower market prints are full of meadow flowers and blooms.
3. For the wildlife gardener
Plenty of gardeners plant as much for the bees as for themselves. Busy Bee is a golden honeycomb with one striped bee resting in an empty cell, and Fifty Thousand is an old style straw hive on a wooden stand, with three bees coming and going. Luckier To Land fills the page with sixteen identical red ladybirds, a cheerful one for a conservatory or a child's room.
4. For the bird watcher
For anyone who keeps the feeders topped up all winter, the robin is the obvious Christmas choice. It is often the bird that follows a gardener around while they dig. Christmas Robin shows a round little robin on a sprig of holly with red berries, with The Christmas Robin written underneath. It can go up in December and stay. There are owls, cranes and songbirds in our bird wall art too.
5. For the houseplant person
Not every gardener has a garden. For the friend with a windowsill jungle, Water Rarely is a succulent seen from above in a terracotta pot, with the caption "water rarely, admire daily". Hug Never has six cacti in matching pots, and Shade Lover is a single fern frond for a darker hallway or study. Our botanical prints have more leafy designs.
6. For the patio and container gardener
Some of the happiest gardeners grow everything in pots on a balcony or a sunny patio. Long Lived is an olive tree in a terracotta pot, with a twisting trunk and a scatter of dark olives. Sharp And Sunny pairs well with it: eight yellow lemons, one cut in half to show its segments.
7. For the wild and woodland gardener
If their favourite corner is the one they leave a little wild, try Enchanted Garden, a dark, dreamy border of red spotted toadstools, purple spires and small orange flowers. There are more toadstools and woodland scenes in our mushroom wall art.
8. For a gardener who is about to retire
Retirement often means more time in the garden. Slower Life is designed as an old fashioned seed packet labelled Retirement, seeds of a slower life, with three flowers in red, yellow and pink. It makes a gentle leaving present from colleagues who know where they will be spending their mornings.
Garden Gifts for Her and for Him
Gardening is not split down the middle, and neither are these prints. If you are looking for gardening gifts for women, start with what she grows rather than a colour scheme: the lavender, the tulips or the tomatoes. The same goes for gardening gifts for men. The seed tray, the lemons or the beehive suit a shed, a study or a kitchen just as well as anything floral. Choose the subject first and the rest takes care of itself.
Know a gardener moving house? A print of the plants they hope to grow is a lovely way to mark a first garden, and our housewarming gift ideas have more for a new home.
When to Order Christmas Gifts for Gardeners
- Order in good time. Each print is made to order and usually dispatched within 1 to 2 days. UK orders typically arrive in 3 to 6 days, so for Christmas we recommend ordering by early December.
- Pick a gift size. A4 and A3 are popular gift sizes, and both start from £16. Our prints are sold unframed on premium matte paper and fit standard ready made frames.
- Send it straight to them. Tick "Mark as gift" in the basket and we leave the invoice out, so the print can go straight to their door.
- Buying a few? UK delivery is free on orders over £50, which makes a pair or a trio for one wall easy.
Last Minute Ideas
If Christmas has crept up on you, our wall art gift card lets them choose their own print and size. It is delivered by email, so it can go in a card the same day.
Gardening Gift FAQs
What is a good gift for someone who loves gardening?
Something that reflects what they grow. A print of their favourite flower, crop or garden visitor is personal, lasts for years and does not add to the clutter in the shed.
What can I buy a gardener for under £20?
All the prints in this guide start from £16 for A4, which makes them an easy small gift, a Secret Santa present or a stocking filler for a keen grower.
Do the garden prints work as a set?
Yes. The garden series shares one layout and the same cream background, so any two or three look good side by side. A flower, a crop and a creature make a nice mix.
Do the prints come with a frame?
Our prints are sold unframed, so the gardener can choose a frame to suit their room. Both A4 and A3 suit standard ready made frames.
The right present for a gardener is the one that shows you have been paying attention to their plot. Choose the plant they love most from our gardening gift ideas, add a card, and it will keep them company until spring. Browse all 25 garden prints and find one for every gardener on your list.
