The best gardening gifts for Christmas 2025

The best gardening gifts for Christmas 2025

, The Times

While gardening may not always feel luxurious, especially at this time of the year, there are gifts that can make the endeavour feel that bit more fabulous. Whether it’s a chic rubberised utility jacket with spacious pockets in which to store your bounty or a pair of sleek Japanese secateurs with ergonomic handles, these are the perfect gifts for the green thumbs in your life.

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Mackintosh’s Frank unisex jacket

Frank rubberised utility jacket, £1,175, Mackintosh

You can get down and dirty in the soil and look stylish with it in Mackintosh’s waterproof Frank rubberised utility jacket in khaki, black or fawn. Designed by Ulrika Lundgren, the creative director of Rika Studios in Amsterdam, the bonded cotton jacket is handcrafted in Scotland using traditional techniques, and has utility pockets and hand slits behind the lower bellows.
£1,175, mackintosh.com

Le Chameau women’s National Trust Vierzon jersey lined wellington boot

This particular Le Chameau design was created in partnership with the National Trust, Europe’s largest conservation charity, to commemorate its 130th anniversary. Each boot is meticulously handcrafted from Le Chameau’s distinctive Chamolux rubber and has a unique, breathable lining in organic cotton, inspired by the historical motifs found in National Trust properties. £220, Le Chameau

Atelier Soleil Vegetable Garden plates

Ceramic 21cm plate, £156, Atelier Soleil

Bring the fruits of the garden to the table with these hand-painted ceramic plates from the French pottery Atelier Soleil. Featuring onions, peas, radishes and artichokes, they are inspired by original 17th-century faïence moulds and can be complemented with hand-painted and combed-edge chargers, bowls and platters.
From £156, abask.com

Haws watering can

Warley Fall Two Gallon watering can, £182, Haws

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Established in 1886, Haws is the world’s oldest manufacturer of watering cans. From those designed for house plants and herb window boxes to bountiful borders, there is a can for every garden task. The Warley Fall Two Gallon & Rowley Ripple Greenhouse Set does double duty: the former has a long spout to reach deep into flower beds, while the latter is perfect for the pinpoint-accurate watering of delicate seedlings, small plants and pots.
£182, haws.co.uk

Niwaki Yamakawa secateurs

Yamakawa secateurs, £239, Niwaki

The sculptor and Japanese topiary obsessive Jake Hobson imports the best handmade garden tools. These limited-edition Yamakawa secateurs (named after their maker, based in the Yamagata mountains) are hand-forged from high-quality carbon steel that holds its edge, sharpens well and endures the daily rigours of pruning. The canvas pouch is included.
From £239, Niwaki.com

Munder-Skiles Dessau outdoor chair & ottoman

Munder-Skiles Dessau lounge chair, from £2,540 plus VAT

Munder-Skiles was founded by the American garden furniture collector John Danzer. He wanted to bring the spirit of mid-century design to outdoor furniture, in the form of all-weather wicker lounge chairs and ottomans. The geometric design and clean lines reflect the tenets of the renowned Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, which became synonymous with 20th-century modernism. The Dessau Chair is named after the city where the Bauhaus campus was located.
From £2,540, not including the cushion or VAT, munder-skiles.com

Hermès Fresh ankle boots

Hermes fresh ankle boot, £800

The 187-year-old French fashion house has crafted the perfect modern outdoor boot from lambskin and parachute fabric with a notched rubber sole.
£800, Hermes.com

Perfumer H Rose with Insect fragrance

Rose with Insect, £590, Perfumer H

For her new scent the revered British nose Lyn Harris collaborated with the Kent-based British artist Will Calver, contrasting the iridescence of an insect’s wings with the blousy chiffon-pink petals of a tea rose. It’s grounded in notes of Calabrian bergamot, Italian mandarin, peach, rose, Indian cardamom, sandalwood and birch, and available as a limited-edition 50ml (£160) or in a ruby-pink bottle by the renowned British glass blower Michael Ruh.
£590, perfumerh.com

Daylesford Bishop twine stand

Daylesford Bishop twine stand, £36

Daylesford has incredibly stylish yet practical gifts for gardeners, from trowels and gloves to trugs. This oak stand features a ball of jute twine with an inbuilt blade for precise, efficient cutting.
£36, Daylesford.com

Alma Proust The Sweet Pea Seed Collection

Alma Proust The Sweet Pea Seed Collection, £27

The flower farm of the florist Milli Proust (who is married to Ted Dwane, the bassist of Mumford & Sons) and the West Sussex-based plant grower Paris Alma focuses on sustainably grown, romantic and scented flowers in dreamy colour palettes. They have compiled a number of beautifully boxed seed collections (hand-sown, grown and harvested from their annual crops): the Sweet Pea collection — created by the sweet pea obsessive Alma — includes varieties such as “April in Paris”, “Misty” and “Tickled Pink”.
£27, almaproust.com

C Atherley Geranium No 1 essentials set

C. Atherley hand wash and lotion, £54

Long obsessed with geraniums, the designer Cath Kidston Padgham has embarked on a new venture with her friends Denis and Lesley Aaronson of Heathcote & Ivory, and the Somerset-based master perfumer Richard Howard, to transform her love of Pelargonium radens into a leafy geranium scent. It has hints of rose, lemon, mint and cedar and is named after her grandmother, in memory of the women in her family who loved gardening. The hand-care duo comes in a seasonal marbled paper gift box.
£54, c-atherley.com

Garden Art Plus Italian marble trough

Garden Art Plus Italian marble trough, £28,000

Treat the gardener who has everything to something from the extraordinary collection of antique and contemporary garden furniture, sculptures, urns, bird baths and ornaments at Travers and Katie Nettleton’s Berkshire-based Garden Art Plus. This rare 130cm x 50cm x 55cm trough in Rosso Verona marble — carved with cherubs, armorial shields and acanthus leaves — dates from the Renaissance.
£28,000, gardenartplus.com

JamJar Edit pressed flower art

JamJar Edit framed Ivy Leaf Pelargonium, £150

London-based JamJar Edit is a floral design studio run by the former model agent Melissa Richardson and the florist Amy Fielding. Each pressing captures the beauty of character of a British wildflower, including tulips, scabious, cornflowers, cosmos, ranunculus and field poppies.
From £150, jamjaredit.co.uk