Still digging around for ideas for your favorite gardener? Here are some picks for gardening holiday gifts.Grow back-yard bouquets. All you need is a sunny 3- by 10-foot flower bed and you'll have fresh-cut flowers from your back yard all summer long -- a perfect project for beginner and seasoned gardeners. "The Easy Cut-Flower Garden" and No-Fail Seed Collection Set help you achieve success with minimum effort ($42.90 from the Gardener's Workshop, www.shoptgw.com).
What to get your gardening friends
Here are some picks for gardening holiday gifts.
By KATHY VAN MULLEKOM, Newport News Daily Press

Plant a gift. Take advantage of the discounts on spring-flowering bulbs at garden centers and plant them in a pot to give to someone.
Help make memories. Your favorite gardener will appreciate the thoughtful Moleskine gardening gift box set that includes a gardening journal, memo pocket with six pockets and 12 seed envelopes to collect and exchange seeds, leaves and memories. $59.95 at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, www.moleskineus.com or 1-866-882-8812.
For your greenest of green thumbs, give a subscription to Organic Gardening. It's evolved from being a scientific bore into a environmentally helpful publication with fun mainstream articles on holiday treats for birds, tapas recipes, tech-savvy gardeners, choosing hand pruners and garden railways. Get two years for a one-year price, plus a garden planner guide, for $23.94; www.organicgardening.com or 1-800-666-2206.
Grow plants virtually anywhere. The MiniGarden modular growing container brings a vegetable plot, herb garden, flower garden or decorative living wall virtually anywhere. Perfect for urban dwellers and suburbanites alike, MiniGarden's unique system of modules creates a self-contained vertical structure. Each MiniGarden kit includes three modules, which each have three planting pockets, so each MiniGarden can hold nine plants. Included in the MiniGarden kit are container lids, a water-collecting tray to place on the bottom and clips used to connect the growing modules. Each module can be stacked and connected to additional modules. $59.95 at www.earthbox.com.
Work in style. These poppy-patterned rubber wellingtons by Laura Ashley are both hardworking and stylish. Designed for garden use, they also make a fashionable statement during wet, snowy winter weather. These rubber wellies have a hard rubber sole and heel for long-lasting durability. The adjustable gusset strap at the top makes it easy and convenient to slip them on and off. These tough boots are fully waterproof for all outdoor tasks. Available in Cressida pattern (shown) and also in Pale Lavender in women's sizes from 61/2 to 91/2. $66.95 at www.naturehills.com.
Gift keeps on giving. The glass globe tillandsia terrarium is an attractive living arrangement for a kitchen, covered porch or anywhere there is indirect light. It can even be hung as an ornament on a Christmas tree and then placed elsewhere for year-round enjoyment. Inside the glass globe are three lovely tillandsia plants: a red Capitata Select, a feathery green Tillandsia Ionantha and a silver-gray Harrisii. The glass globe, which measures 6 inches in diameter, has a 2-inch front opening to remove the plants for watering. Just soak the easy-to-care-for plants in water once a week to ensure their optimum health. Includes a monofilament cord for hanging. $39.95 from Logee's at 1-888-330-8038 or www.logees.com.


