Kathleen Groll Connolly, Landscape & Garden Designer, Speaker, Writer
My quest for interesting gifts from regional suppliers netted eight ideas this year. Categories include planting pots from Connecticut River mud, amaryllis bulk purchases, rain barrels, local seeds, high quality tools and composting systems. For more, click on the title above.
If you're scratching your head for a unique gift for the gardener in your life (even if that's yourself), how about going local? In this article, "Gift Ideas for Gardeners," you'll find five ideas from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Pictured on the left: ratchet pruner from Florian Tools in Southington, CT. On the right: the Spear Head Spade, invented and manufactured by a Windsor, CT, company.
