10 best Christmas gifts for gardeners

From a beautiful beanie to top tools and heavenly houseplants, here are perfect pressies for green-fingered friends and relatives

House of Plants game

£14.99, Dobbies Garden Centres, in store only Who doesn’t love a Christmas game? And when it has a gardening theme even better for the green-fingered among us. The plant-themed card game is perfect for millennials and plant lovers as they build up their own urban jungles.

Personalised fork and trowel set Amazon

£25.87, You can personalise this traditional woodenhandled stainless steel fork and trowel set with your own message or perhaps the recipient’s name. Each tool can have up to 30 characters.

Caledonian tiered raised bed, £121.99,

forestgarden.co.uk Another space-saver for people who want to grow flowers, fruit and veg but don’t have enough room – the answer is to grow upwards. This planter can hold 250L of compost and the frame comes prenotched so is quick and easy to assemble. Remember to line the trough with a permeable membrane if you are using it to grow food.

Cast iron boot brush and jack

A must for those who struggle to remove their muddy boots and hate cleaning them. The tough brush bristles should remove a lot of the dirt, while the specially shaped jack will prise off the tightest boots.

Whether the person you are buying for is new grower or an experienced green-fingered guru, there is a wealth of gifts out there that they will love this Christmas.

And as well as sorting your festive shopping for gardening friends or relatives, a scroll through our top 10 presents might just provide some inspiration for your own wish list. Here’s our pick of the gifts for gardeners indoors and out. £44.95,

A Christmas Cook’s Garden

£20, The Gluttonous Gardener, glut.co.uk This festive gift set gives you the ingredients you need to grow your own herbs, along with aromatic spices for mulled wine. The pack includes seeds for sage, rosemary and thyme, as well as cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise, along with growing instructions and recipes.

Dexshell Fair Isle waterproof beanie £25, aquaproofs.com This waterproof Fair Isle beanie is a must for gardeners who don’t let rain dampen their spirits or put paid to their efforts in the garden. It’ll keep gardeners warm and dry with its super-soft fleece lining and wind-and-rainproof membrane. Iris & Lady Moore charity candle £49, Jo Malone, jomalone.co.uk A gorgeous iris design adorns this deliciously scented charity candle, which has a burn time of around 45 hours. For each charity candle you buy, Jo Malone will make a donation equal to 75 per cent of the price to charities which support people affected by mental health.

Jane coin purse – Bumblebee Garden willbeesbespoke.com Beautiful handmade range The Bee Garden Collection features designs inspired by the flora and bees native to Devon and Cornwall. You can have it embossed with initials and it even comes with a small pack of wildflower seeds to attract bees.

Veritable Classic Garden white indoor cultivation garden £137.10, Amazon This high-tech garden for edible plants lets you grow herbs all year. An automatic irrigation system will water plants for three to four weeks, and it comes with four seed kits .

Priestlands Birch Scrub-Up and Celebrate gift set £32.99, Suttons.co.uk After a long day gardening, pamper yourself with these soaps, dry skin rescue oil and lip balm, and there’s even a spirit to serve over ice – all derived from the birch tree.

£23.95, Harrod Horticultural, harrodhorticultural.com