Gift Ideas
Every month has a birth flower, and several of them are poor garden plants in most climates. Here is which ones are worth planting, what to engrave on the marker, and why a February birthday gets planted sooner than an August one.
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A gift set works when one piece is specific and the other gets used up over a season. Here is how I assemble starter, orchard, rose and farmers market sets from what I actually engrave, plus two sets for people who do not garden.
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Nursery tags go illegible within a season, and three years later nobody remembers what that tree actually is. Here is how I choose between acrylic, aluminum and QR plant tags based on how long the label has to last, and what is genuinely worth engraving on one.
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