Holiday-Perfect Home & Garden Gifts for Splurge Or Deal Prices
Philadelphia, PA
– Searching for the perfect gift for the garden aficionado in your
life? “Great gifts for gardeners
won’t be in short supply this season,” says Susan
McCoy, of the Garden Media Group,
a media firm specializing in the gardening industry.
McCoy says that whether you are looking for
splurge-worthy garden accessories or modest-type stocking-stuffers, home and
garden retailers have something for most any budget.
“Retail research groups are predicting that
holiday spending will increase this season,” says McCoy, who expects to
see more gifts given to make outdoor living spaces more beautiful, like a
luxurious container for a new deck or patio.
The NPD Group, a retail information company, reports
that shoppers plan to spend an average of $681 this holiday season compared
with $655 last year.
With the endless realm of gift ideas for the home and
garden, shoppers will be hard-pressed not to find a gift that is the
“perfect fit” for their budgets and the loved ones on their holiday
shopping list.
Splurge Worthy Garden Accessories from Campania International — Budgets from $50- $250
If your sweetie would prefer jewelry for her garden, Campania
offers a stunning array of investment piece ornaments for the patio and
garden. From classic planters and
birdbaths to benches and statuary, Campania
items are designed to dazzle and built to last.
Pieces are available in classic cast stone, stylish glazed terra cotta,
polyethylene or terra cotta. Among the statuary are cherubs and a variety of
animals, including squirrels, frogs, pigs, cats and dogs. Just wrap them with a big red ribbon and put
them under the tree. Campania
planters work well inside the home when incorporated into the overall holiday
decorating theme using colored candles or decorative pinecones. Visit http://www.campaniainternational.com.
The Gateway to
Great Gardening via Burpee.com — Budgets from
$2.49- $150.00
For shoppers with more than one gardener on their list,
Burpee.com is an excellent place
to find something for everyone. Burpee
gift offerings now include gadgets for the kitchen like aprons and
vintage-serving trays to gizmos for the garden like miniature electric
greenhouses, seed starting kits, and stylish yet functional vegetable hods. And for
gardeners that have been extra good this year, Burpee’s
new Multi-Bench, which converts from a bench into a desk and table, offers uber-convenience for transitioning an outdoor room from
office space to entertaining area. Burpee’s
vegetable and flower seed packets make wonderful stocking stuffers. Visit http://www.burpee.com.
Great Gift for Gardeners that Love to Cook —
Budgets at or near $30.00
Gardeners that enjoy cooking will love Ellen Ecker Ogden’s From
The Cook's Garden cookbook. Ogden
is a well-known writer, lecturer and cooking instructor on a variety of food
and garden topics. Her From The Cook's Garden
cookbook includes150 of the best recipes she's developed over her twenty years
in test kitchens. The recipes in the
book were created especially for cooks who appreciate the flavor of fruits and
vegetables harvested at their peak.
Recipes for breads, soups, side dishes, desserts and more can all be
found inside along with Ogden’s tips and tricks for creating culinary
masterpieces within the context of a busy modern life. Visit http://www.cooksgarden.com.
A Gift that Keeps on Giving All Season Long — Budgets Under $30.00
Give the gift of garden inspiration to that someone
who is passionate about gardening. A
gift subscription to Garden Design
magazine will keep your loved one on top of what’s hot in design, new
plant introductions and growing techniques.
The magazine’s online product and retailer locator makes finding
plants and supplies easier than ever before.
Visit www.gardendesignmag.com.
Stocking-up On
Good Plant Health — Budgets Under $20.00
Messenger® is a great
one-of-a-kind stocking stuffer for every gardener. This revolutionary new plant care product is
like a vaccination for plants, increasing plant vigor while protecting its
health. Environmentally safe, this breakthrough product increases plant growth
and enhances disease resistance. Spray
it on throughout the growing season, and Messenger®
will improve the overall performance of plants both indoors and outdoors. Spray it on poinsettias, paper whites and
other holiday plants to extend their life into the New Year.
(http://www.messenger.info)
Forget the Fruitcake – Roses Under $12
Unlike traditional fruitcake and even poinsettias, a
gift of Sunblaze® Roses lives forever – either
in a container inside or outside on a deck or patio, and planted permanently in the garden. A
blazing ball of color in traditional holiday red, white or pink, Sunblaze roses grow only 18-24” round, about the size
of a mum, and look great clustered together or standing alone in a decorative
pot. Their compact size makes them the
perfect alternative as a container plant for the home or office. Check out all
the festive holiday colors at
www.starroses.com.
Garden Gift Certificates — One-size-Fits-All Budgets
Spring 2006 promises to be one of the most exciting
seasons for plant introductions yet.
With breakthroughs in breeding, gardeners can now enjoy designer plants
like the compact cultivars in the Raymond Evison Patio
Clematisä collection which are the first clematis bred to
be grown in a container or small spaces, and Star Rosesâ
White Eden, the first-ever disease resistant and fragrant climbing rose. Skimp
or splurge on a garden center gift certificate that your loved one can use in
their favorite neighborhood garden center next spring. To locate garden centers visit www.lgyp.com. Here
you can search for plants, products and retailers using a zip code and key word
search.
2005 Holiday Shopping Forecasts from the NPD Group
* 67 percent of Shoppers say they will shop at
discount stores such as Target and Wal-Mart.
* 37 percent
expect to shop online.
* 51 percent said they comparison-shop before they
buy.
* 32 percent plan to buy holiday gifts on sale.
* 27 percent say they will pay more for the perfect
gift.
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For
more information, contact the Garden Media Group at (610) 388-9330.
Susan McCoy
Office: 610-388-9330
Mobile:610-220-8400
IMPACT Marketing/Garden Media Group
PO Box 758
Chadds
Ford, PA 19317
www.gardenmediagroup.com
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customers!"
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