Best Gifts for Elderly Gardeners to Make Gardening Easier
If you are looking for a gift idea for an elderly individual that loves gardening, you can help them by gifting them things that can make caring for their garden easier and safer. Read on to find the best gardening gifts for elderly gardeners in your life.
Gardening is a great hobby that helps to fight off depression among other gardening benefits.
For elderly gardeners, being able to keep working in the garden and enjoying it helps them to keep a sense of normalcy. It also helps to fight off the rising cost of food for those growing a vegetable garden.
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These garden gift ideas for the elderly gardener in your life will help make gardening easier so they can continue to enjoy their favorite hobby for longer.
From seats that make it easier for them to work in the garden to bird feeders that attract a whole host of birds to their garden to help control pests and bring the gardener some joy, there are a lot of great options for the senior gardener in your life.
#1. Raised Garden Beds
Tall raised garden beds are one of the best gifts you can give an elderly gardener. As we age, bending over and doing basic gardening tasks is harder than ever.
Raised garden beds allow elderly gardeners to reach the garden bed for planting, weeding, and harvesting without having to bend over or get onto their knees where it is often very difficult to get back up again.
For this, you can opt for a tall solid raised garden bed where you can fill the bottom layers with large branches and such to help lower the cost of filling or go with a shallow raised bed on a stand making them about waist height.
Best Choice Products 6x3x2ft Outdoor Metal Raised Garden Bed
Best Choice Products 72x24x30in Raised Garden Bed, Elevated Wood Planter Box Stand
#2. Automatic Watering Timer
As we age our memory is not always what it used to be. If the elderly gardener in your life struggles to remember to water their garden you can get them an automatic watering system timer that will turn on and off the water, on a schedule you set, so their garden can flourish even when they are not feeling well or they simply forget.
#3. Rain Barrel
Most elderly individuals are working with a fixed income. One way to help make gardening more affordable for them is to give them a rain barrel. A rain barrel collects rainwater that they can then use to water their garden to lower the cost of gardening.
A great option as a gift for an elderly gardener is a collapsing rain barrel as these are much easier for them to set up and move should they ever need to change the location of their rain barrel when you are not around to help them.
#4. Garden Seat
A rolling garden seat makes a great gift for elderly gardeners.
These seats can be pulled or rolled around the garden, allowing them to have a place to sit that keeps them up off of the ground. Thus, helping to make it easier on their knees and back to work the garden safely and comfortably.
The large all-terrain wheels mean, this can be used in even large gardens and the utility basket will hold their garden tools on the go.
If they do not need a rolling garden seat then this super portable garden seat and kneeling pad will help keep them comfortable as they work in the garden.
The height can be adjusted to fit their needs and the sturdy sides can help them get back up again independently. This folds up for easy storage and has tool storage pockets along with a few basic garden tools.
Sunnydaze Garden Cart Rolling ScooterGarden Kneeler and Seat, Foldable Gardening Stool
#5. Gardening Hats
Gardening can be very rewarding for senior citizens. However, working outside under the sun without appropriate protection can have detrimental effect on the hair, scalp, skin and health (including skin cancer).
A good gardening hat can help keep the older gardener in your life cool, protected and safe from the UV rays of the sun as they work outside in their garden.
Look for a wide brimmed hat (for full coverage and protection), that is light weight and breathable. Be sure to get the right size for maximum comfort and protection.
Sun Hats for Women Foldable Flap Cover UPF 50+ UV Protective Wide Brim Bucket Sun HatHome Prefer Mens Fishing Hat with Neck Protection UPF 50+
#6. Compost Tumbler
One of the best things you can do for your garden is to provide it with quality compost. As you age turning a compost pile becomes harder and harder to do. This is where gifts like a compost tumbler come into play.
A compost tumbler makes a great garden gift for the elderly gardener that wants to still provide their garden with fresh compost. This is a great way for them to retain their independence while providing their garden with the nutrients it needs and reducing waste in the kitchen. Talk about an all-around winning gift idea!
Miracle-Gro Small Composter – Compact Single Chamber Outdoor Garden Compost Bin
#7. Telescoping Garden Tools
Telescoping garden tools make a great gift for elderly gardeners. This is because the garden tool handles can get longer or shorter to fit the needs of the job they are working on.
The longer handle allows them to use things like a hoe, or a cultivator in the garden with less bending over that can be much easier on their aging backs.
MARTHA STEWART MTS-TECH 3-Prong Culti-Hoe Combo Tool, Telescoping Cultivator
#8. A Hydroponic Garden System
At a certain point, caring for an outdoor garden may be too hard. Perhaps your elderly loved one is moving into a facility where they cannot have a garden or maybe they just love gardening so much that they are saddened when winter rolls in and their garden is done for the season.
A hydroponic garden system is a great gift for elderly gardeners because it can be brought inside and is easy to maintain when they can no longer maintain a full-sized garden.
Hydroponics Growing System 12 Pods, LYKO Indoor Garden w/Full-Spectrum 36W Grow Light
#9. A Bird Feeder Station
Many older gardeners enjoy watching the birds fly around their garden.
A multiple bird feeder station is great for attracting a wide variety of birds to their garden where they can sit and relax while enjoying their bright and colorful garden.
Bird feeders are also a great way to attract natural predators that help keep insects like hornworms at bay in the garden while the feeders encourage the birds to not eat the vegetable crop.
Ointo Garden 6-Hook Bird Feeding Station Kit
#10. Harvesting Basket
Carrying around the harvest from their vegetable garden can be a bit difficult for senior citizens. If your elderly gardener has a large vegetable garden you can help make it easier to collect their harvest by gifting them a nice garden basket.
Look for one that is made of a washable material that can easily be cleaned out with the garden hose to make it easy to maintain. A garden basket with holes can be used to wash produce with the hose before bringing it into the house for an added advantage.
Gardeners Supply Company Multipurpose Garden Hod Picnic Basket
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