15 Simple DIY Garden Gift Ideas
DIY garden gift ideas are a thoughtful way to give something homemade, useful, and a little more personal than a store bought present. From gifts made with garden herbs and flowers to creative projects for garden lovers, these 15 ideas offer inspiration for birthdays, holidays, hostess gifts, and more!
Creating gifts from my garden or garden-themed gifts are one of my favorite kind of handmade gift idea. First because it’s fun to give a gift made with something I’ve grown and second because it’s meaningful to give a gardener a gift that speaks to their passion.
I love homemade gifts in general because they hit all the pointsĀ of a good gift:
- They are thoughtful – a lot more than running to the store.
- They are unique and can beĀ tailored specifically for the recipient
- They are useful (especially food related gifts – who doesn’t want to eat?)
- They are inexpensive (sometimes even using what you have)
And combining all this with gardens? Well that’s just icing on the cake.
Two types of gifts to make with a garden theme
- Gifts you make from garden produce (herbs, vegetables, flowers).
- Gifts you make for people who love to garden.
Gifts from the garden: Since there are a lot of people on our gift lists who do not garden, option one is obviously the way to go for them. Into this category are all the wonderful food items you can make from seasonal produce. Any one of the canned food recipes you find on the preserving page would make a fun gift (and many have been gifted by me over the years!). Bath products, candles, and home decor items are other ideas of gifts from the garden.
Gifts for gardeners: Then there are the gifts for garden lovers. These can range from a basket of garden tools, to seeds, to stepping stones. Basically anything you think they’d like to use or that would bring beauty to their yard or home that has a garden theme works. As a gardener myself, I like to think of what I would love to have or things that I love using.
To help get those creative juices flowing, I’ve collected 15 fun and useful DIY garden gift ideas for you that fall into one of these categories.
I hope these ideas spark your creativity and you’ll find that perfect project for whatever your gifting need – wedding, birthday or hostess. And it’s never too early to be thinking Christmas! In fact, for edible items made with seasonal produce you have to think early. And just think how great that would be to be all done with most of your Christmas gifts by September! (I know, right?!)
15 DIY Garden Gift Ideas
1. Reclaimed Wood Box and Mason Jar Gift Tutorial – done in 30 minutes or less. You can fill the jars with anything you’d like!
2. Easy Homemade Hand Cream in Lavender – or other favorite scent.
3. Simple Tree Branch Numbered Wood Slice Coasters – made even easier with a sharpie.
4. Italian Herb Garden Salad Dressing Gift Basket + Printables – This is such a fun gift that you can give anytime to grow the herbs indoors.
5. Easy DIY Chicken Wire Photo Holder From a Thrifted Frame – While this is shown in a room, I think this would be a wonderful gift for anyone with a potting shed or garden room to hold seed packets or garden photos.
6. DIY Footprint Garden Stepping Stones @ A Crafted Passion
I’ve made these with paw prints, too! They are great for all kinds of occasions.
7. Garden Apron Sewing Pattern and Tutorial @ Garden Therapy
Super cute and you can use any fabric, tailoring it to who you’re giving it to making it modern like the one shown or using a classic floral fabric.
8. DIY Wooden Trug with Pallet Wood @ Lovely Greens
Such a useful thing made from free wood! It can be a planter, used to carry tools, used for harvests OR used inside for things like tea as shown.
9. DIY Whimsical Fairy Garden Kit @ Glue Sticks Blog
This is super adorable and would work for all ages just by choosing different small garden and fairy items.
10. āGrow a Tomato Sauce Gardenā Gift Basket @ Satori Design
Giving garden plants around a theme like this tomato sauce idea is such a great way to get someone started gardening! Other ideas include salsa gardens, and leafy greens.
11. Potted Herb DIY Gifts with Printable Tags @ Oh My Creative
The printable tags are so fun on these and since herbs can grow inside, you can give these as a gift any time of the year.
12. DIY Thrifted Bird Feeder @ Nourish & Nestle
I love this idea of transforming thrift store items into something useful to be able to enjoy it’s beauty again. It doesn’t have to be silver, either, you can look for any type of pottery, too.
13. Elderflower-Lavender Soap Recipe @ Lovely Greens
Soap is a perennially favorite gift and homemade soap is that much better! The quality and care that goes into it will be appreciated.
14. How to Make a Miniature TerrariumĀ @ Empress of Dirt
With simple illustrations and steps, you can make a small terrarium in lots of different containers (think about all the glass vases and jars in thrift stores!).
15. Handmade Dried Flower Test Tube Gifts @ Hearth and Vine
This is such a simple DIY using spray paint which you can change up so much just by the colors you choose. Give a couple of pots on their own, one planted with a flower, or a pot filled with garden supplies.
I hope you found some great gift ideas here! If you’d like more, check out some of the article below:
Shopping from the garden is so much fun. You’ve put together a really nice list of ideas, Jami! I would love to get any of them. š
So many beautiful gifts. Who wouldn’t love to have any one of them. I know I would love them all.
This is a fun post to browse. I love all these ideas for garden gifting. Thanks for the great inspiration! I need to think ahead and get my garden gifting going!