Even if the recipient isn't into gardening, there are plenty of ornamental and practical gifts to suit the most awkward of people to buy for.

Here are just a few ideas we've come up with in the past, and we'll add to them as we come across new ones. So, in no particular order:

• A garden makeover by mail order.
• A seed or plant catalogue with a voucher from the same company.
• National Garden Gift vouchers - widely accepted, and available from garden centres, nurseries or on line
• A packet of seeds.
• Gardening gloves - lightweight or heavy-duty thornproof, but make sure you avoid leather ones if the recipient is vegan.
• Multi-purpose secateurs to cut the usual things, and those you shouldn't, such as string and wire.
• A garden plant - ornamental or for edible fruit - those in containers can be planted at any time.
• Ornamental plant pots.
• Solar-powered lighting.
• An ornamental outdoor thermometer.
• An ornamental outdoor clock.
• A sundial - either wall-mounted or on a plinth.
• A max-min thermometer.
• A weather monitor.
• A weather vane.
• A bird bath.
• A bird table.
• A bird-feeder kit.
• Bird food.
• Garden furniture covers - for every item you can think of, plus washing lines, to keep them clean and dry.
• A car boot liner - for anyone taking stuff to the tip, tools to the allotment or plants home from the garden centre.
• Garden tidy bag - durable woven polyethylene bags that stand upright for use and pack away flat.
• A compost bin.
• Lawn games - bowls, croquet.
• A pergola.
• A parasol.
• A selection of garden ties and twine.