32 Gifts for Gardeners

Video clips from this camera feeder show which birds visit a yard of coneflowers and berry shrubs; it needs Wi-Fi at the feeder and the Birdfy app.

Its built-in AI helps name the species that stop to eat, turning a season of wildlife gardening into footage worth replaying and sending to friends. Now and then, the clips turn up a wren among the usual sparrows.

Every hoe, spade and broom stands upright in this rack, which holds up to 40 tools, so nothing ends up in a heap on the shed floor.

Grabbing the rake no longer means untangling three others first. Because it rolls on wheels, the whole set can be pushed aside when the mower needs that corner.

A garden center is the scene on this 1,000-piece RoseArt puzzle, familiar ground for anyone who can spend an hour wandering nursery aisles.

Spread over a spare card table, it comes together across a few unhurried sittings, a good use for a rainy weekend when the beds are too wet to work.

This Spear & Jackson kneeler suits anyone who plants bulbs and pulls weeds down at soil level.

They drop it beside the bed, work along the row, then carry it to the next patch.

Cracked knuckles after a morning of pulling weeds bare-handed get some care from this Burt's Bees set.

It waits on the mudroom windowsill, ready for a dab before the gardening gloves go back on.

The handful of arugula and parsley a backyard bed gives up on a weeknight is just the right load for this small spinner.

It rinses away the garden grit and spins the leaves dry, so they land in the salad bowl with no water left to thin the dressing.

This OXO herb keeper gives a gardener a fridge home for sage, rosemary, thyme and mint cut from the beds.

After a morning of snipping, the whole bunch goes in at once. The hinged basket opens wide, so a sprig for dinner is easy to grab.

This seed organizer box keeps a gardener's packets sorted in one case with a handle.

Labels and separate boxes let them group vegetables, flowers and herbs. Before planting day, they carry it to the bed and pull out what they need.

The AeroGarden Sprout is a countertop garden for a gardener who wants to keep growing through the cold months.

Plants grow in water under a built-in light, so there is no soil to haul inside. It sits by the kitchen window, ready for fresh snips at dinner.

This short garden hose is made for watering pots and beds close to the spigot.

It coils up easily, so it stays out of the way between jobs. Hung on a hook by the back door, it is ready for the morning watering.

Dragging the hose around the corner of the bed always flattens the same clump of hostas, and this crowned frog stops that.

Pushed into the soil at the turn, it sits among the ferns like a garden ornament.

Wingspan is a bird-themed strategy game for a gardener who already fills the yard with feeders.

Players attract birds to their own wildlife preserve and plan how each one pays off. It comes out on a quiet evening once the beds are done.

Evenings after the clocks change leave a flower lover with no daylight for the beds, and this Galison garden scene fills them.

The pieces come together on a tray by the sofa, a cottage path appearing as the tea goes cold.

This houseplant jigsaw puzzle gives a gardener a leafy collage to piece together.

Sorting the foliage patch by patch is a quiet change from tending real pots. It stays out on a side table for a few evenings.

This flower card game is a calm pick for anyone whose favorite hobby is gardening.

Players pair and place flowers, with face-down cards adding some chance. It comes out on a quiet evening once the beds are done.

This folding wagon gives a gardener a roomy way to haul soil bags, pots and tools across the yard.

It rolls on wheels and the handle adjusts, so a full load follows along behind them. Between jobs it collapses and slips into a corner of the shed.

Rose canes, a leggy forsythia and the plum tree's crossing branches all get shaped with these FELCO pruners.

Kept in a coat pocket, they come out for every stray shoot spotted on a morning walk around the yard.

Spent petunia blooms in the window boxes and a basil plant gone leggy get trimmed with these Fiskars snips.

They hang on a hook by the back door, handy for a quick tidy while the evening watering runs.

Zucchini, chard and a row of cutting lettuce come in every few days, and this Fiskars set handles the picking.

The shears cut stems right over the basket, and the pruner takes care of tomato suckers on the way back.

For a gardener who spends whole mornings on a long border, this Esschert Design bag keeps tools in reach.

Trowel and gloves go inside. Then they carry it along and pull it up beside each bed to sit on.

Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein gives a flower gardener a book to plan with.

They can mark pages while choosing what to plant next season. It then stays near the seed catalogs for reference.

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward C. Smith gives a vegetable grower a reference to keep handy.

They can look things up while planning beds in late winter. It then stays on the shelf by the back door.

The Hidden Life of Trees gives a gardener curious about trees a book by Peter Wohlleben.

They can read a chapter after a day outdoors. Afterward, it makes an easy loan to a fellow gardener.

Keen gardeners can plan every bed and border with The Complete Gardener by Monty Don beside them.

They read a chapter by the back door before heading out with the trowel. In winter, it comes off the shelf for planning the planting ahead.

Nature's Best Hope gives a gardener keen on wildlife a book by Douglas W. Tallamy.

They can read it over winter while planning next spring's beds. It then lives on the potting-shed shelf.

This hand cream gift set goes to a gardener whose hands spend weekends in the soil.

Weeding and pruning are rough on bare hands, so they can rub some in once the dirt is scrubbed off.

This soil meter helps a gardener check whether pots and beds need water before reaching for the can.

They push the probe into the soil and read it on the spot. It also works well on a windowsill full of houseplants.

These pun socks come in a shed-shaped gift box, so a gardener with a cheeky sense of humor has a present ready to hand over.

They wear them out in the beds. The box then sits on a shelf as a keepsake.