Need a gift for a gardener?  Annabel James has the perfect gift for your green fingered friends and family this Christmas and with the new gardening season starting just after Christmas it’s sure to be a gift well received.

Whether you need Christmas ideas for gourmet gardeners, wildlife lovers, kids and lifestyle gifts, here are a few suggestions from www.annabeljames.co.uk

Gourmet Gardener/ Gardener who loves to entertain

A silver-plated mini watering can cruet set in a lovely gift box…

Rosa Gardener luxury hand-made crackers inspired by all things outdoor, garden and vintage, with the finest of gifts…mini dibber, plant label and pencils, twine, bee soap, nailbrush as well as a hat, snap and motto.

The Herb Gardener

A trio of herb pots in gorgeous raspberry colour… and the Orla Kiely Big Spot Flower Stem Large Plant Pot would make a lovely herb garden.

Couture Gardener

Glamorous elbow-length heather pink gardening gauntlets… A pair of Wellington boot soaps created to look identical to those that do serious work in the garden, come packed side-by-side in their very own "shoe-box”.  Gloriously scented with a Citrus & Garden Herb fragrance.

The Rose gardener

Gardeners gauntlets in rose linen… Pink flower scissors…

New gifts for gardeners beautifully illustrated with rosa chinensis artwork from the RHS Lindley Library and endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society. The collection includes trowel and fork gift set - the trowel head is engraved with “The love of gardening is a seed once sown, that never dies.' Gardener’s notebook, Rosa Chinensis natural jute Twine in a Tin. Set of 6 FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) hardwood plant labels with painted end to make a colourful splash in the border.

Wildlife lovers

Attract wildlife into the garden with a stylish engraved flower bird box designed by Orla Kiely… Or a contemporary wooden and bamboo bee house complete with illustrated fact sheet showing which plants bees are attracted to.

Organised Gardener

Gardeners gubbins tins designed by Sophie Conran and available in luscious raspberry or chic duck egg blue. Sophie says: “Just when I need a label or a piece of wire I can’t find one, its all tangled up in a spool of twine. These gorgeous tins bring a pleasing order to all my bits and bobs and save me hours of hunting and unravelling as well, and I do like a bit of order in my chaotic life”.

Kids gardening

A range of kids gardening gifts for green-fingered mini gardeners designed to encourage children to get out into the garden and get their hands muddy whilst finding out how nature works.

Included in the collection are little gardening gloves, a watering can with pack of sunflower seeds and a tape measure plus a handy trowel and fork gift-boxed set.

For Him

Anti bramble gauntlets…RHS Ground Works Gardener’s Handkerchiefs, a set of 3 cotton, generously sized handkerchiefs printed with fork and secateur designs, plus a little gnome!  Ground works secateurs -superbly engineered pruners that will give optimum performance with hardened and tempered high-carbon steel blades to slice through stems up to 25 mm thick. Other features include a wire cutting notch, cushion rubber stops, and a sap groove.

Eco Gardener

Vintage upcycled silver plated herb markers… eco seeds – blue collection or yellow collection.

Eco seed savers – beautifully printed recycled cardboard seed saver tubes make an ideal stocking filler. Keep precious seeds dry and safe, ready for planting in the Spring.

Images of all the above available on Press Loft.