To keep a garden is a labour of love. For all the intense pleasure that comes from seeing the first buds of spring poke through the soil and of harvesting fruit and veg lovingly tended for so long, there are the hours spent weeding and prepping soil in inclement weather, too. If, then, you share a garden and benefit from someone else’s toil and dedication, then Christmas surely calls for a show gratitude. And, as every good gardener knows, the best thanks comes in the form of a greater arsenal of tools and accoutrements with which to keep on digging. These are the things set to make a gardener’s world this Christmas.

By Nancy Alsop
October 2021

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