Giving a garden as a gift.
I have talked about this before.
For some odd reason, we will sew until our fingers bleed, knit until our eyes are tied in knots and craft until we can no longer see straight. But who remembers to plant a simple plant?
I love - I adore living plants in my house. They warm up a house. They make a house a home. The act of making something live and thrive and nurturing and ensuring its wellbeing is wonderful. And being able to wrap all those wonderful feelings up in a simple elegant planter and give them to your best friend - well, that is just priceless.
Take a look at your friend’s house the next time you are over. Get a sense of her style. Then the next time you need a gift, find a planter that you think will fit in just right and plant your dear friend a perfect houseplant. Do some research online into different types of plants to see what will work for your gift.
Maybe this would be the time for a small window herb box. Or a single miniature rose bush. My grandmother has the most incredible ability in the world to grow African violets. She has an outrageous collection of miniature violet plants that make me sick with jealousy frankly. That woman can bring any plant back from the dead (and often has brought my plants back from that very condition, I am sad to report). Her abilities literally make me jealous! What I would give to be able to grow things like Grandma. She can make tomatoes grow any time, any where, all the time. (It helps that my Grandma is a miracle worker on earth. The woman can literally do no wrong in my book, ever. She is perfect. Hell, she is Grandma!).
Anyway, main point here is that how often do you stop and admire a beautifully tended planter and think “oh gosh, I wish I would do that” but you never spoil yourself with something that nice? Well, do it! Do it as a wonderful gift. Pick an extravagant planter and plant a mini garden and gift that to someone you love. I guarantee the WOW factor will knock them over. And there is just something about nurturing living plants that brings out our cautious caring side. We want these plants to live and to live forever.
It’s a gift that cannot go wrong. I have a huge planter on the back deck I have been putting off planning, so I’m going to start planning an herb garden back there myself. As I get it done, I’ll report in how it goes. Maybe planting my little herb garden will inspire you to plant one for someone this weekend. Maybe that someone will be you!
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