Grow your way into gardener’s affections!
NOT flowers and chocolates again! Surely the way to a green-fingered person’s heart on Valentine’s Day is to make the most of the great outdoors, do some spectacular planting and wallow in luxury after a hard day digging.
There’s an abundance of romantic gifts for the gardener, so think beyond the box of chocolates to items which will bring pleasure for years to come.
Award-winning rose grower David Austin has a stunning container gift rose collection, for instance, which can be ordered to arrive on a specific date.
Among the gems in the collection is the St Swithun, a beautiful English climbing rose which produces large, saucer-shaped blooms in a romantic shade of pure pink blush, with a strong myrrh fragrance. The containerised roses come in 6ltr pots (£24.95 including standard delivery, www.davidaustinroses.com, phone 01902 376 300).
If your loved one is inspired by other people’s gardens, or simply enjoys a romantic day out in the open air, an annual membership to the National Trust is a must. It provides free unlimited visits to all of the 200 Trust gardens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Buy gift membership on 0844 800 1895 or at www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Membership starts at £37.88.
If she’s the apple of your eye, buy her a rosy-red Redlove bare root apple tree, excellent for both eating and cooking, which bears red fleshed fruit that has a beautiful pattern running through it and retains its colour when cooking. Exclusive to Suttons, the tree has unusual, long-lasting, deep pink spring blossom. (£24.99, www.suttons.co.uk, phone 0844 922 0606)
Add a touch of sparkle to your relationship – and garden – with a twinkly red mosaic heart hanger, made with red glass shards (frost and weather-resistant). Available from gardens2you (from £8.99, www.gardens2you.co.uk, phone 01933 624 084).
If you want a more personalised gift, you can name a pack of rose seeds after your loved one that can grow into a rose bush to cherish forever.
Simply name your rose and www.gettingpersonal.co.uk will register the name to the unique pack of rose seeds and personalise the certificate, which you will receive with both your chosen name and the unique seed reference number allocated.
It comes presented in a stylish gift tin. (£19.99, www.gettingpersonal.co.uk)
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