The best Christmas gifts for the green-fingered

 

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Main image: bee station, £39.99, Firebox; bird, £185, The Shop Floor Project

1. Purple potted flowers, £45, Debenhams

2. Flower Grenades, £9.95, Prezzy Box

3. Elton John's Woodside Garden candle, £49, Harrods

4. Little ceramic cacti planter pot, £15 each, Atelier Stella

5. Winter veg seeds, £5.75, Eden Project

6. 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 22', £25, Natural History Museum Shop

7. Gauntlet gardening gloves, £29, The Conran Shop

8. Weekly planner, £5.99, The Oak Room

9. Personalised planter, £39.99, Getting Personal

10. Vegetable Garden calendar, £17.99, The Conran Shop

11. Bee soap, £2.99, The Oak Room

12. 'Tree Recognition' book, £12, The Shop Floor Project

13. Hammock chair, £97.99, Simply Hammocks

14. Insect conservation study centre, £100, Eden Project

15. 'The Birdwatcher's Garden' book, £14.99, Eden Project

16. 'The Ecosphere' (a self-sustaining ecosystem by Nasa scientists), £99, Prezzy Box

17. 'PostCarden' (a mini garden you can send in the post), £7.75, Design Museum Shop

18. Olive tree gift bag, £19.50, Eden Project

19. Enamel planter by Orla Kiely, £24.99, The Oak Room

20. Owl-printed cushion by By Nord, £120, Heals

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