#1
Rain gauges, $7.99 and up

They're functional and can be really cute.  Visit the gift shop to see a variety of styles.

If you know someone who would love a garden, but they don't want the hassle or expense of having one designed, consider giving them a pre-planned garden. 

• Choose from three designs -- one for shade, two for sun -- and "give" that garden to someone special. At the time of purchase, you'll receive a gift basket (like the one pictured here) that includes the garden design, sample pictures of featured flowers, a certificate that recipients bring in when picking up plants, a garden trowel, and a cute, reusable basket.  And for a limited time, you'll also receive a FREE copy of the Pictorial Guide to Perennials by Jane Helmer.
  
  Available gardens include:

• Shady Oasis Garden, 24 plants, $199
  Easy care plants that thrive in morning sun or all-day shade.

• Beautiful Butterfly Garden, 23 plants, $199 Colorful flowers to attract butterflies and hummingbirds; require afternoon or all-day sun.

• Easy Knock Out Garden, 10 plants, $99
  Three Knock Out Roses and a handful of perfect companion plants require afternoon or all-day sun.

Mom will throw away her other shovels and trowels once she's tried this tool -- it will handle any job in your garden from digging and cutting to scraping and weeding.  It is officially the Favorite Tool of everyone who works at Sugar Creek!  The belt sheath is available, too, for $7.99. 

One of Sugar Creek Gardens' horticulturists can come to your mom's garden for on-the-spot advice, information, and identification of plants and trees in the yard.  We can also sketch out a bed, or design a garden at additional cost.

This book is a must-have for any gardener who plays with perennials.  It's practical and filled with the details about how to care for perennials, from cutting back to fertilizing, staking and dividing. It also provides information to help you decide which plants you do and don't want to grow, depending on your tolerance for maintenance and where you live, and which perennials are deer-resistant, have seedheads that attract song birds, are short-lived, or need deadheading.

There are sooo many things to love about a gift certificate, especially the fact that you don't need to know anyone's shoe or dress size.  We can dress it up in a basket, slip it into a beautiful flower arrangement, or keep it simple. 

We have a beautiful selection of wreaths that will suit every sense of taste and style.

#9
Endless Summer Hydrangea, $34.99

Does your mom have a shade garden?  Then she might like the Endless Summer Hydrangea, an ever-blooming hydrangea that blooms on old and new wood.

Does your mom have a sunny perennial garden?  Then she might enjoy a continuous-blooming Knock Out Rose that provides color from May to Thanksgiving.