{"id":19536,"date":"2018-10-27T20:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2018-10-27T20:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T19:54:52","slug":"a-gardeners-christmas-present-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/a-gardeners-christmas-present-list\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gardener&#8217;s Christmas Present List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/water-feature.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19494\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sun-005-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sun-005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sun-005-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sun-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sun-005-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are all sorts of presents you can give an avid gardener for Christmas. A concept present may be a small collection of garden ornaments or some funny sayings. More seriously garden tokens are always useful but I like to select my own tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another present could be a subscription<\/strong> to the Royal Horticultural Society or a specialist plant or society or charity such as one of the following<em> (other clubs are available)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url('images\/redball.gif');\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Alpine Garden Society (UK)<\/a> &#8211; Alpine plants &amp; gardens.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcss.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Cactus &amp; Succulent Society<\/a> &#8211; Cultivation of cacti and succulents.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishclematis.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Clematis Society<\/a> &#8211; Growing and preservation of clematis.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebfs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Fuchsia Society<\/a> &#8211; Furthering interest in cultivation of the Fuchsia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-image: url('images\/redball.gif');\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/hosted_sites\/bps\/bps.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Pteridological Society<\/a> &#8211; Over 100 years the society focused on all things Fern<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecgs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garden Society<\/a> &#8211; Old fashioned flowers grown in the traditional cottage garden style.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclamen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyclamen Society<\/a> &#8211; Encourages cultivation, knowledge and conservation of the cyclamen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perennial.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gardeners&#8217; Royal Benevolent Society<\/a> &#8211; A charity helping disabled or retired gardeners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardy-plant.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hardy Plant Society<\/a> &#8211; Enjoy a wide range of activities for the enthusiastic hardy planter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heathersociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heather Society<\/a> &#8211; Founded in 1963, to promote and encourage interest in heathers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hebesoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebe Society<\/a> &#8211; Growing hebes and other New Zealand native plants.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auriculaandprimula.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Auricula &amp; Primula Society<\/a> &#8211; Promoting interest in all the cultivated forms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dahlia-nds.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Dahlia Society<\/a> &#8211; Comprehensive activities, UK shows, local societies, results, how to grow, where to buy, history of the dahlia etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetpeas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sweet Pea Society<\/a> &#8211; Promotes Sweet Peas and other Lathyrus species. Regular publications to members.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowershow.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North of England Horticultural Society<\/a> &#8211; Supporting Harrogate flower shows<\/li>\n<li>Ranunculaeae Society &#8211; Promoting the many different genera, species and cultivars belonging to the buttercup family.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhslilygroup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RHS Lily Group<\/a> &#8211; One of several specialist Plant Societies of the RHS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snsprcs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish National Sweet Pea, Rose &amp; Carnation Society<\/a> &#8211; What it says in the name<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snsprcs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Rock Society<\/a> &#8211; Promoting the cultivation of alpine and rock garden plants.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegardenersguild.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gardeners Guild<\/a> &#8211; The Gardeners Guild organisation representing professional domestic maintenance gardeners. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horticulture.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Institute of Horticulture<\/a> &#8211; Representing those engaged in horticulture.<\/li>\n<li>The Lavenders &#8211; Web site of one of the <span class=\"nationalcollections\">National Collections of <em>Lavandula<\/em><\/span> in the UK.<\/li>\n<li>The National Begonia Society &#8211; Formed in 1948, the society caters for all begonia growers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Royal Forestry Society<\/a> &#8211; Furthering the appreciation, understanding and knowledge of trees, woods and forests.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnrs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Royal National Rose Society<\/a> &#8211; Founded in 1876, the RNRS is the world&#8217;s leading specialist plant Society.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodland-trust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodland Trust<\/a> &#8211; UK&#8217;s leading conservation charity dedicated to the protection of our native woodland heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I hope you aren&#8217;t spoilt for choice but if so there is still:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fw%255Fh%255F%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dgardening%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&amp;tag=richardpettin-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450\">Gardening <\/a>at Amazon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are all sorts of presents you can give an avid gardener for Christmas. A concept present may be a small collection of garden ornaments or some funny sayings. More seriously garden tokens are always useful but I like to select my own tools. Another present could be a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society or a specialist plant or society or charity such as one of the following (other clubs are available): The Alpine Garden Society (UK) &#8211; Alpine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/a-gardeners-christmas-present-list\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19537,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536\/revisions\/19537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}