How I did it: I wanted to get my sister a month-divided seed box for her wedding, however, all designs I could find were too mumsy, twee or practical. She's a high glamour gardener and needs something pretty.

So, I bought a largish gift box from Paperchase, and put  a card divider into it so I could put seeds on one side and bits and bobs in the other. I made month dividers from card index dividers and letraset (!) and obtained seeds that could be planted every month of the year and a dibber and some plant labels and bits and bobs, filled out the rest of the space with a couple of bags of bulbs...

and put a bow on it.

Lessons & tips:

• If you collect the bits over a period of time it feels less expensive
• Find a good seed planting calendar to make sure you get something for every month of the year
• Including some seeds collected from your own garden is a nice touch

Resources: The shopping list:
Paperchase (High Street) for a pretty gift box.
http://www.sarahraven.com/ for a good planting calendar and some unusual flowers (can be slow on delivery, though so caution)
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ for interesting vegetables and quick delivery
WHSmiths for a pack of wage envelopes (useful for collecting seeds)
Rymans for index card dividers
Letraset or month labels of some other kind
Local garden shop for some extra seeds and bulbs
Highland Garden Supplies (via Amazon) for Widger, Dibber and Plant Labels Set
Bow and fancy paper

---

Oct 27, 2010, 12:47AM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers