New ideas for that horticultural hero in your life.
1. Embroidered Australian flora and fauna linen napkins, made in Australia, $49 each, thedeastore.com
2. Stihl Vacuum Shredder “SHA 56” garden tool featuring options to vacuum, blow and shred with a 40-litre-capacity catcher bag. No tools needed to swap between functions, professional performance and quiet enough not to wake the neighbours or the kids, $349 (battery pack sold separately).
3. “Hungry Bin Worm Farm” continuous-flow system with a large, upper feeding area to encourage worms to stay on the surface and tapered sides to compress castings below, $399, mazeproducts.com.au
4. KOH biodegradable dish sponges which, at end of life, can be used as a water-retention layer (similar to a traditional wicking bed) in plant pots and gardens, $3 pack of four.
5. The app-enabled Willow Plant Sensor measures critical plant statistics such as soil moisture, temperature, humidity and light so you can ensure your plant is living under optimal conditions, $60.
6. Handmade in Australia from plastic bottle caps, the “Womby” hand trowel and “Casso” hand fork (inspired by the powerful claws of a cassowary) are lightweight and easy to use, and resistant to chemicals, water and UV light. Each tool diverts 75 polyethylene bottle lids from landfill, $38 a set.
7. Fiskars “PowerGearX UPX82 Tree Pruner” helps you cut branches up to four metres from the ground, $169.
8. “Back to Earth” biodegradable, plantable stationery gift set of two pens, pencil and notebook, each containing seeds and designed to be planted at end of life (small plant pot included), $50.
9. Hand-thrown, 24-centimetre “SOH Gold Spot” planter with drainage holes and dish, $295.
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