Francine Raymond's Christmas gift guide for gardeners Wildlife-decorated seed sticks Worthy Causes Adopt a Beehive - supporting vital research into honeybee health and welfare, the British Beekeeping Association (bbka.org.uk) offers a gift pack with seeds to encourage bees into your garden, plus beeswax candles, honey and newsletters. The Eden Project knows a thing or two about horticulture and its website (edenprojectshop.com) is full of gardeners" delights, from compostable watering cans to allotment kits packed with all you need to grow your own sustainably. Jolly Christmas cards from gardening charity Thrive (thrive.org.uk), that improves the lives of the disabled through gardening. Presents for Budding Gardeners How exciting to have a child to buy for again. My grandson is a little too young for all but the last of these suggestions, but I look forward to making my garden into a playground. Mini greenhouse/Wendy house or playroom, constructed to adult safety standards from bespoke greenhouse builders Spade & Trowel (spadeandtrowel.co.uk). Children's tools that really work, from artisan website ancientindustries.co.uk. A quirky site, with interesting finds, I also loved their willow bicycle basket. This is the best book ever for those who believe: Father Christmas's own book All About Me, compiled by J & J Atkinson, from santa-allaboutme.com, where Father Christmas will dedicate the book for you. For Men Traditionally the hardest presents to find. At least, if gardening is a hobby, there is a starting point, though many gardeners are loath to abandon old tools, and look with great suspicion (often justified) at groundbreaking innovations. The Burford Garden Company website is packed with great presents, including its range of woodcutting tools - axes, sharpeners and splitting wedges (burford.co.uk). More state-of-the-art Austrian copper garden tools from implementations.co.uk. Jo Malone blends delicious colognes, creams and candles for men and women. The new winter fragrance, Blackberry & Bay, is almost mouth-watering, and captures the British countryside at this time of the year (jomalone.com). One for the whole family. For Me - Please To be truthful, I'm a nightmare to find presents for - or so my family tells me. On the whole I prefer presents that disappear over Christmas, from either bathroom or kitchen, but these presents are almost virtual and won't sit on a shelf gathering dust. What about a month-by-month gardening course at Great Dixter in Sussex? Twelve-monthly study days throughout the gardening year - individually £45 or the whole year for £450. Contact Catherine Haydock (01797 254048/ greatdixter.co.uk). The Royal Academy website (royalacademy.org.uk) features products from works by Hockney, Frost and a gorgeous anemone-print wool scarf from Elizabeth Blackadder. For a year full of garden visits, a gift token from the National Gardens Scheme will secure a copy of the NGS Yellow Book for 2013 (ngs.org.uk). Dream Presents from Bespoke Makers My history as a shopkeeper reminds me that many of the best presents are not available in shops, or even on websites. Most makers and craftspeople need months to fulfill commissions. But a visit to a studio or webpage could result in an invitation to plan something together, so a card describing their wares may be all that is needed for the ideal Christmas present. Hiroko Aono-Billson is a friend who makes exquisite hand-embroidered bags to order, like my yellow yarrow shoulder bag. She will be showing at a pop-up shop here in Whitstable on December 9 (for information see kitchen-garden-hens.co.uk). Caitlin Jenkins, inspired by nature, throws desirable pots decorated with mono-print designs of plants (caitlinjenkins.co.uk) at the family pottery in Bridgend in the Vale of Glamorgan. Fabulous, forged metal gates based on a pear tree design are produced bespoke by Arcangel (arcangelmetalwork.co.uk).