Good Garden Gift Ideas for New Gardeners: For People Living and Gardening in Apartments or Condos

If there's someone on your gift list who loves gardening, but lives in an apartment or condo here are some gift ideas. Gardening from an apartment or condo is not hard if you know what to do. These against can give a good start to a beginning gardener or give some helpful tips to a more experienced gardener.

Apartment Gardening: Plants, Projects, and Recipes for Growing Food in Your Urban Home by Amy Pennington

This book not only takes you through setting up a garden in even the smallest of spaces, it also shows you how to do projects such as sprouting seeds in a jar, keeping bees on a patio and building a planner. This is a perfect gift for the apartment or condo gardener who wants to do more than just grow plants. Price $12.99

Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces: a Layering System for Big Results in Small Gardens and Containers by Patricia Lanza

In this book, you can learn how to grow a garden in containers and garden beds as small as 4 inches wide. Because of the small space required this technique eliminates most of the digging and weeding associated with traditional gardening. This book is the perfect gift for an apartment or condo gardener with little space and very little time. Price $15.95

McGee and Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit and Edible Flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey

This book shows you can grow almost any plant in a container. The authors show on a plant by plant basis, what type of container, soil, fertilizer and propagation is needed to grow most plants in a container. This book is the perfect gift for an apartment or condo gardener who wants to grow more than just the basics. Price $12.21

SCD Probiotics K100 All Seasons Indoor Composter Kit

This is a starter kit that will allow you to compost your food waste in your apartment or condo or on your patio. It has a 5 gallon capacity and can compost food scraps in half the time of conventional composting without any odors or flies. This is a gift for someone who has composted before, but does not have the space to do it in their current living situation.

Price $59.00

Flambeau 6510TG-DS Compact Upside-Down Patio Garden

This is a great space saver for a patio gardener. This planter lets you grow 2 to 4 tomato plants growing downward and addition plants on top. With a 12 x 12 inch base that gives you a lot of plants in a very little space. This is perfect for someone who has a patio for their garden.

Price $26.00

Garden Stacker Planter and Indoor Herb Garden Kit

This kit includes a stackable planter and 12 packets of herb seeds. There are two different kits – one for people who want to grow their own culinary herbs and one for herbal tea. These kits are fairly simple to use, so it’s perfect for someone who doesn’t have a green thumb. But it’s also great for anyone who would like to have a large indoor herb garden in a neat little 12 x 12 inch space. Price $59.95 + shipping.

These would all make great gifts for an apartment or condo gardener. Of course, there are many other ideas that would make an indoor or patio gardener happy. If you can think of anything else, be sure to leave a comment. I'm sure anyone looking for a gift for the gardener in their life would appreciate the help.