Great Gifts for Gardeners

Our Top Ten Great Green Gifts for Gardeners this Xmas

Xmas is just around the corner and here are our top ten suggestions for the perfect prezzie for greener fingered

Gardeners are generous by nature and our Seed Bank Collection will inspire you to collect seeds from your favourite plants and pass them on to others. This really is a great gardening gift that gives back! http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/67/bb0430/seed-bank-collection.html

Composting is addictive – once you start, you cannot stop! If new to Composting try Can-O-Worms with Extra Value Pack at £101.00. This is our recommended start-up system and best seller. It includes the Can-O-Worms housing and a generous supply of composting worms plus a selection of extras to help make your composting go smoothly. It's all you need to start successful composting. Our worms are despatched in special packaging to ensure they reach you in top condition but they will need to be transferred into bedding in the kit within 2 to 3 days. So, if the kit is being sent as a gift or will not be set-up on arrival please order it with a voucher, this can then be redeemed when the kit is ready for its worms. http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/Product/-1/BC0046/eco/can-o-worms-wormery.html

Introducing the little ones to gardening? Try the fun Grow Your Own Xmas Tree kit at £2.50. Inside the ingenious box are plant seeds, a compost pellet and a terracotta pot - everything required to get growing. http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/37/bb0278/grow-your-own-christmas-tree.html

The potting shed collection [FSC] at £19.99 contains a Paper Potter for making pots, a Dibblet for pricking out seedlings, an Oak Pot Tamper for firming the soil, a Dibber for creating the perfect space for your seedlings and Garden Lines to get the professional row! http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/67/bb0386/potting-shed-collection.html

Not only seen as a cute addition to the wildlife that frequents your garden, small mammals such as hedgehogs provide a much more important service. Providing an inviting, warming habitat for small animals, the small animal habitat at £37.99 makes the perfect home in your garden. http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/41/bb0290/hedgehogsmall-mammal-habitat-with-inspection-lid.html

Still pottering in your shed as dusk arrives, try our fab new solar power light at £79.99. This solar light is quick and easy to install - simple plug and play! The solar shed light is an ideal lighting solution for not only sheds but green houses, garages, playhouses, tents, outhouses, boats etc. Its small and compact design makes it perfect for travel. http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/Product/-1/BB0451/eco/solar-mate.html

Got a friend who loves all things natural but with no garden? Then the Pocket Garden at £4.99 allows you to give a loved one or friend a gift that will become a permanent reminder. Supplied in a sealed leak-proof bag the Pocket Garden contains specially formulated compost and seeds that once cut open, just require water to germinate allowing them to grow a beautiful houseplant. Try the Hot Stuff Chilli, Poppy, Snapdragon, Geranium and Lavender Pocket Gardens . They all produce beautiful batches of flowers that will please any recipient http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/productlist.aspx?red=1

This cleverly designed garden organic planner at £2.99 is an ideal stocking filler.. Simply align the arrow to the desired vegetable and the dial will tell you all the information you need to know to grow them, such as the most suitable soil, how to plant or sow the seeds, and the best times to sow and harvest. Over 30 varieties of vegetable are detailed on each dial.

http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/33/bb0509/the-organic-vegetable-planner.html

The multispecies Camera Nest Box is the ultimate Xmas present and is adaptable to allow sharp, clear images of wild birds nesting at just £139.99. The heavy duty hole protector prevents predator damage by Squirrels and Woodpeckers. The box is made from durable FSC timber and has a hinged easy access to the camera unit, without disturbing the birds and is convertible to different species:- With copper hole protector on:Bluetit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit or Wren With copper hole protector off:Great Tit, Sparrow etc With panel removed:Robin, Wagtail or Spotted Flycatcher
http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product/4/bc0045/camera-nesting-box.html

The Paper Potter (£7.99) makes biodegradable seedling pots from old newspapers. Its kind to your plants - allowing minimal disturbance to their little roots - and kind to your purse as it saves buying expensive sowing and seedling pots. http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/Product/-1/BB0510/eco/the-paper-potter.html