Gardening Gift Ideas for Northern California Gardeners

With the holidays fast approaching , your search for the sodding talent for that favorite nurseryman in your living begin . call for a lilliputian intake ? Here are a few suggestions .

Felco Pruning Shears

It ’s coming up to rose - trim clock time , and every good rosarian knows that Felco lopper are the best ! Being right - handed , my go - to pruners are the # 8s ( a odd - handed gardener would want # ennead ) , but fellow nurseryman also swear by the gash and hold of the FM100 . Whichever Felco pruning shears the lucky recipient on your list receive this vacation season , they ’ll be pleased with the sturdiness , reliability , comfort , and eminent - quality blade blades that make light work of all but the gnarliest of rose branch .

Foxgloves Gardening Gloves—Grip

Available in a spacious ambit of colors , these fab , form - meet , and remarkably stylish gardening mitt are so pretty , you ’ll wonder how your giftee could ever allow them to get them soiled ! But their soft yet tough , breathable , live ( and auto washable ) textile allows you to finger even the modest seed or most stubborn gage . The well - place silicone polymer oval provide the perfect nonslip grip . They ’re the best baseball glove a gardener could ever wish for .

Artisan Trellis Topiary Spiral

With or without an accompanying vine to adorn it , one of the spirals from Northern California ’s own Artisan Trellis is a most welcome ( yet difficult to wrap ) gift for any gardener . Handcrafted from solid steel , this sturdy , swirling topiary form brook close to 5 feet tall and even alone — in a container or out in the landscape — make a stunning architectural statement . summate a clematis ( Clematisspp . and cvs . , Zones 4–9 ) , pink - bloom jasmine ( Jasminum polyanthum , Zones 8–11 ) , or mayhap some winkle holiday lights to fill out your gift package and enthrall your beloved nurseryman even further!Artisan Trellisis a sweeping ship’s company only , but its beautiful topiary forms can be found at all the dependable nurseries .

‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia

With its distinctively petite , glossy evergreen leaves , unique branching bodily structure , and later wintertime show of dainty , orchard apple tree - efflorescence - like blooms , ‘ Fairy Blush ’ ( Camellia× ‘ Fairy Blush ’ , Zones 7–10 ) is a must - have camellia for the novice and experient nurseryman likewise . Its lower - get stature ( 4 to 5 base tall and wide ) lends itself perfectly to container growing , but it is evenly lovely in the landscape painting . Just be sure to stipulate that it needs good afternoon shade .

Membership to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

This jewel in Fort Bragg is a wonderful place to visit any time of the twelvemonth . New members get free year - stave admission charge , discount in the garden store and nursery , discounts on workshops and class , and gratuitous or reduced price of admission and other bank discount at more than 300 other garden nationwide ! The gift giver can feel good , too , know that membership due help keep this marvellous coastal treasure running .

The Golden Gate Gardening Book: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal Californiaby Pam Pierce

Hands down , this is best book ever written for the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California food nurseryman . inordinately helpful to initiate and more experient gardeners alike , this indispensable guide soundly and winsomely cover the joyfulness and challenge of yr - round vegetable , fruit , and herb growing in Northern California . Easy to translate and beautifully write , it even contains great formula for you to try out at harvest time ! I sleep with my well - worn transcript , but a third edition has just been released .

Gift Certificate to a Local Garden Nursery

If all else fails and inhalation still eludes you , why not give your nurseryman a gift certificate to their favorite glasshouse and let them opt their own complete endowment ?

— Fionuala Campion is the owner and manager of Cottage Gardens of Petaluma in Petaluma , California .

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