GIFT GUIDE 2023
The best Christmas gifts for gardeners
Essential tools, growing kits, beautiful pots and how-to books to inspire your friends and family to get outdoors, from £2.95
The Sunday Times
From sustainably made gifts by artisan producers to veg-growing inspiration and practical garden gear — a guide to the best feelgood presents for green-fingered family and friends.
The Asano Mokkousho Hori Hori is a versatile Japanese tool that can be used like a trowel, but the serrated edge means it’s useful for slicing through plant roots and great for bulb planting too. Made from stainless steel and sustainably sourced snow beech wood, it comes with a pleather sheath that can be attached to a belt, £48, nimiltd.com
Perfect for pottering in the potting shed, this gardening apron, made in the UK from robust cotton canvas, has a large pocket where you can stash your seeds, twine or secateurs. Available in a range of vintage
