Gardening Gifts for All Types

While we’re obviously big fans of Real Simple and their out-of-the-box gift basket ideas for Mother’s Day, when I first saw this gardener’s one I thought, wouldn’t a gardening mom already have all this stuff? Well, yes and no. She might, but depending on her personality type, she might welcome some new gloves and a pretty watering can or, she might be annoyed that you wasted money on stuff she already has. Which mom do you have?

If she’s not a gardener and hasn’t expressed any interest in getting her hands dirty, then definitely stay away from a practical gift of this nature, regardless of her personality type. If you’re just sick of her ugly plastic watering cans, and she’s used to you pushing nicer better quality stuff on her, go ahead and splurge on this assortment of gardening tools housed in this adorable floral watering can.

If she’s a practical Fun Structure (STP) or Classic Structure (STJ), steer clear of this gift unless you get her better quality, long lasting gardening tools like these ones from England — she’ll appreciate the thought, admire the craftsmanship and would never splurge on this for herself. She’ll also never buy this Gardeners Ulra-Moisturising Hand Therapy, but she and her hands will appreciate it nonetheless.

You might find that your Fun Freedoms (SFPs), Classic Freedoms (SFJs) and Organics (NFs) will just appreciate the sweet sentiment of receiving something prettier and better looking than what they already have, especially if you throw in these pink flower gardening gloves. Smarts will like the cleverness of the gift, especially if you’ve taken the time to make sure it’s in their taste. If not, they might disparage you jokingly to your other family members, unless you’ve been smart enough to also include a a gift certificate for their local nail salon for a mani/pedi or foot and neck massage. Actually, I think I’d be happy with just a trip to the salon!