The 16 best lawn and garden Father's Day gifts
Make all dads with green thumbs happy on their special day.
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Best lawn and garden Father's Day gifts
Does your dad spend hours outside digging, raking, pruning, and sheering? Gardening or maintaining a lawn worth envying is a full-time job, but it's fairly rewarding if only to make the Jones' green with envy. If your dad's thumbs are green, we recommend you get him one of these curated lawn and garden gifts this Father's Day.
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Whether you're splurging on a new outdoor appliance or a fantastic spin on a classic tool, each of these 16 best lawn and garden Father's Day gifts has the makings of a memorable gift that will remind him of you every time he's out laboring under the hot sun.
1. Honda HRX217VKA lawn mower
For a dependable lawn mower
If your dad has a massive lawn, the Honda HRX217VKA is less a conventional lawn mower and more of a grass-clipping tank. Its powerful 200cc motor tears through grass and weeds with ease, and its intuitive Self-Drive System lets you adjust speed on the fly. It's our favorite lawn mower on the market and one that will make for an excellent lawn and garden Father's Day gift.
2. AeroGarden Harvest
For indoor gardeners
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day Gifts: AeroGarden Harvest
Your dad doesn't need a sprawling backyard to add a little green to his life. The AeroGarden Harvest lets your dad grow up to six plants with little to no work, considering this hydroponic plants tends for these plants all on its own. This device comes with one five different seed pod kits including ones for gourmet herbs and heirloom tomatoes.
3. Columbia Bora Booney
For all-day gardening on sunny days
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day: Columbia Bora Booney
Whether your dad is working all day digging up weeds and aerating soil during planting season, or simply basking in the glory of his creation in the summer, he'll love this sun hat. The Columbia Bora Booney not only packs that "dadcore" look, but it packs UV protection and blocks both UBA and UVA rays to curb sunburns and skin damage. It even wicks away sweat, for a fit that will keep your dad cool and comfortable.
4. Hooeyman digging shovel
For a shovel that will last a lifetime
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day Gifts: Hooeyman digging shovel
The Hooeyman digging shovel will make your dad rethink this common yard tool. It's durable, lightweight, and padded areas for easy gripping. It's one of our picks for the best gardening tools because it's practically flaw-free.
5. Gardease ReLeaf Scoops
For making light work of big tasks
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day Gifts: Gardease ReLeaf Scoops
The Gardease ReLeaf Scoops combine the cleaning power of a yard rake with the size (and color) of the Incredible Hulk's fists to make an incredibly versatile garden tool. They're made to pick up piles of leaves and yard waste with ease, and minimal fuss, with added protection from thorns and spiny weeds. It's one of our picks for making yard work easier. Plus, they're just plain fun to use.
6. H> Garden Kneeler and Seat
For a versatile outdoor tool
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day Gifts: H> Garden Kneeler and Seat
The H> Garden Kneeler and Seat is multi-faceted, with features that make it a great lawn and garden Father's Day gift. Its basket provides tons of storage space to lug compost, tools, or freshly harvested plants from place to place, but it doubles as a sturdy seat. There's even a padded area that's easier on your dad's knees when he's planting, weeding, or pruning.
7. Flexzilla Garden Hose
For a hose that won’t cause headaches
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day: Flexzilla Garden Hose
A sturdy hose is an essential tool for any home gardener. The Flexzilla Garden Hose will ruin your dad for lesser hose models. Its flexibility minimizes kinks and knots, it's lightweight and flexible and made from lead-free materials, which is why Flexzilla is our favorite garden hose out there right now. It's also available in many different sizes to accommodate all of your dad's gardening needs.
8. Worx WG520 electric leaf blower
For a surprisingly powerful leaf blower
Worx WG520 electric leaf blower
Many electric gardening tools pale in comparison to their gas-powered brethren, but the Worx WG520 leaf blower is a definite outlier. It's our pick for the best leaf blower because it's portability and unmatched power. Your dad will love how easy it is to use with its ergonomic handle and extra-long cord.
9. Chippewa Men’s 55025 steel logger boot
For rough and ready work boots
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Chippewa Men’s 55025 steel logger boot
Yardwork is a messy business but it's easily tackled with the right workboots. The Chippewa Men's 55025 steel logger boot is excellent for serious gardening and lawn care and is our favorite pair of work boots. It's made from quality materials and provides ankle and arch support for hours spent raking, digging, and mowing.
10. Amazing Creation Stackable Planter
For an eye-catching herb garden
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Amazing Creation Stackable Planter
Even if your dad has a sprawling backyard, this stackable planter has an inspired design. It's comprised of layers that feature three different places to plant flowers, herbs, or succulents, that you can stack on top of each other to make a tower of beautiful plants. While these planters would look fantastic outside, they'd be equally eye-catching indoors as well.
11. Miracle-Gro Small Composter
For a heavy-duty composter
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Miracle-Gro Small Composter
Nothing makes plants grow like homemade compost made from eggshells, coffee grounds, and food scraps. The Miracle-Gro Small Composter lets your dad make a continual supply of compost with an easy-to-use bin that helps aid natural decay. It's got mix-in bars for better aeration and mixing, without the need to actually touch the stuff until it's ready to use. It's even low-profile enough to fit in the smallest yards.
12. Roo Gardening Apron
For easy harvesting
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Roo Gardening Apron
Reaping what you sow sounds like a good idea until it comes down to actually sowing. The Roo Gardening Apron lets your dad pluck all of spring, summer, and fall's bounty in only one or two goes, with a massive pouch that empties easily from the bottom. It's even got extra pockets to store tools, phones, and other items to keep them free of debris.
13. Twinkle Star Wild Bird Feeder
For feeding winged friends
Nothing adds a cherry on top to a lush garden like the presence of birds and their relaxing song. The Twinkle Star Wild Bird Feeder attracts plenty of winged friends with its 2.2 pounds bird seed capacity, with a roof that shades birds from sun and rain. It's one of our favorite bird feeders because of the considerate design that makes it both friendly to birds, but also easy to care for and refill.
14. GYYVES Gardening Gloves with Claws
For digging and weeding
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: GYYVES Gardening Gloves with Claws
There are plenty of great gloves made for gardening, but few are as cool as the GYYVES Gardening Gloves with Claws. They protect your dad's digits when he's knee-deep in soil, with claws that tear through weeds, dry dirt, and even clay. It may have the added benefit of letting dad live out latent fantasies of becoming Wolverine.
15. Coleman Color Changing LED citronella candle
For keeping pests at bay
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Coleman Color Changing LED citronella candle
The only downside of basking in a beautiful garden is the occasional presence of pests. A citronella candle is an all-natural way to keep mosquitoes and gnats away, but the Coleman Color Changing LED citronella candle is easily the coolest one out there. Once lit, it lasts for up to 25 hours, and changes colors as it burns adding an extra level of ambiance.
16. Dramm One Touch Shower and Stream
For a dependable hose head
Best Lawn and Garden Father's Day gifts: Dramm One Touch Shower and Stream
A great hose deserves a great hose head, to dish out water on both sturdy succulents and delicate herbs. The Dramm One Touch Shower and Stream nozzle doesn't dribble or drip, is easy to adjust, and its spray is powerful. It's our favorite hose nozzle because it's equally well-suited at watering plants to cleaning off a deck or patio.