26 of the best Father's Day gardening gifts in 2023

Our gifts come at a range of prices and styles to suit a range of gardeners.

Full of thoughtful, carefully selected gifts, our top curated picks include expert-tested gardening tools, charcoal BBQs, and clothes for gardeners. We've also included some seeds well-suited to this time of year to help your dad grow as easily and effectively as possible.

You can also read our complete list of gardening gift ideas with options for every gardening enthusiast, or be inspired by our guide to wildlife gifts. For other options, check out our round-up of the best gardening books and our ideas for garden gadgets.

The best Fathers' Day Gardening Gifts in 2023

Bellflower Seeds

Help your dad do his bit for the bees with these beautiful bellflowers. A magnet for pollinators, this cottage style perennial has bell-shaped flowers above heart-shaped leaves and flowers from mid summer to early autumn.

Price: £3.99

Buy Bellflowers at Crocus and Thompson & Morgan

Seedbom Birds, Bees and Butterflies Seed Bomb Set

Wildlife lovers will enjoy this set of four seed bombs. Simply soak, pull the grenade pin and toss onto bare soil. A mix of pollinator-friendly flowers should appear in just a few weeks.

Price: £19.95

Buy the Seedbom Birds, Bees and Butterflies Seed Bomb Set now from Not on the High Street

Gold Leaf Dry Touch Gloves

Awarded a BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Best Buy, these high-quality gloves are ideal for weeding after rain, collecting damp leaves and other wet work. Made from soft, water repellent leather, they’re luxurious but tough and water-resistant.

Price: £22.99

Buy Gold Leaf Dry Touch Gloves from Crocus, and Thompson and Morgan.

Read our full review, or have a look at our roundup of some of the best gardening gloves.

Darlac Expert Bypass DP1030A secateurs

For a smaller gift, check out these BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy award-winning bypass secateurs from Darlac. Offering great performance, these simple but effective secateurs have a comfortable grip, a smooth cut, and a generous lifetime guarantee.

Price: £23.75

Buy the Darlac Bypass Secateurs on Amazon

For more information, read our full review, or check out our roundup of the best secateurs.

Hog's Back Brewery Gardener's Tipple

This delicious beer from the independent Hog’s Back Brewery is just the thing for a relaxed summer evening after thirsty work in the garden. A light, hoppy traditional English ale.

Price: £25.30 for 12 x 500ml bottles

Buy Gardener’s Tipple from Hog’s Back Brewery

Personalised Herb Pot

Bring a touch of individuality to a herb garden with this gorgeously-proportioned terracotta pot from Letterfest. You can put any name and message you like on the pot, and spend a little extra to include eco-friendly coir compost from For Peat’s Sake! and herb seeds, so your dad can get growing straight away.

Price: £32

Buy the Personalised Herb Pot from Letterfest

National Trust Build Your Own 32mm Nest Box

DIY dads will love this fun project. A great way to introduce your kids to the basics, this build-your-own nest box will provide a much-needed home for small nesting birds like tits and thrushes.

Price: £12.99

Buy the National Trust Build Your Own 32mm Nest Box from CJ Wildlife

Darlac Lightweight shears

Awarded a BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy, these lightweight shears effortlessly sliced through every branch on test. Whether your dad is hacking through overgrown hedging or taming topiary, these shears are up to the job.

Price: £44.99

Buy the Darlac Lightweight Shears from Crocus

Kneelo Memory Foam Knee Pads

These wearable memory foam garden kneelers will help keep Dad’s knees comfortable and dry whatever the job. Available in ten different colours.

Price: £17.54

Buy Kneelo memory Foam Knee Pads on Amazon

Check out other kneelers in our guide to the best garden kneelers.

Personalised Veggie Patch Slate Garden Sign

Engraved with beautiful designs, this personalised sign is just the thing for a vegetable patch. They also have designs for allotments, greenhouses, and herb gardens.

Price: £16.95

Buy a Personalised Veggie Patch Slate Garden Sign from Valley Mill

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Subscription

The ideal gardening gift with each issue packed full of expert insight and inspiring ideas. Our latest offer is 12 issues for £39.99, an impressive annual saving of 42%.

Price: from £19.99

Subscribe to BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

HTC-1 Thermometer & Hygrometer

Keep track of both the maximum and minimum temperatures in the greenhouse and monitor the humidity with this handy thermometer. Knowing the precise conditions of a greenhouse will help Dad tailor the environment to suit his plants perfectly. This greenhouse thermometer has a built-in stand or can be wall-mounted and is powered with a single AAA battery.

Price: £15.95

Buy the HTC-1 Thermometer & Hygrometer at Screwfix

Neal's Yard Citrus Hand Softener

This lemon scented organic cream will help keep hard working hands smooth and hydrated.

Price: £16.00

Buy Neal's Yard Citrus Hand Softener at Neal's Yard

For more information, take a look at our guide to the best gardening hand creams.

Niwaki GR Pro Secateurs

A BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy winner, these secateurs feel strong and robust with an excellent cutting performance. Designed in the Japanese style, these simple secateurs have hand-forged, carbon steel blades and easy-to-spot yellow handles and come with a two-year warranty.

Price: £84

Buy the Niwaki GR Pro Secateurs from John Lewis

For more information, read our full review, or check out our roundup of the best secateurs.

Burgon and Ball Dutch Hoe

A Gardeners’ World’s Best Buy winner, this elegant horseshoe style hoe will help Dad weed without putting strain on his back.

Price: £38.95

Buy the Burgon and Ball Dutch Hoe from Harrod Horticultural

For more, read the full Burgon and Ball Dutch Hoe review, or take a look at our best garden hoe review.

Personalised Garden Tool Belt

Keep hand tools, labels and other useful kit close at hand with this practical toolbelt. Adjustable, it clips easily around the waist and has different sized pockets as well as a pencil holder. The belt can also be personalised with up to eight characters to make it a truly unique and personal gift.

Price: £32

Buy Personalised Garden Tool Belt at Not on the High Street

DeWit Solid Socket Spade

For a gift dad will really - ahem - dig, try this beautiful, handmade spade. Awarded the Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy badge, it has a stainless steel blade with an FSC ash shaft and T handle. It excelled on test, well designed and extremely comfortable to use.

Price: £54.99

Buy the DeWit Solid Socket Spade from Crocus

Read the full DeWit Solid Socket Spade review, or take a look at our tests of the best garden spades.

Spear and Jackson Stainless Steel Select Border Fork

We loved this robust but comfortable border fork. The polypropylene shaft is strong and the socket is double riveted for extra strength, with effective ergonomic grips on its shaft and handle. It excelled at all tasks on test.

Price: £33.12

Buy Spear and Jackson Select Stainless Steel Border Fork from Amazon

Check out the full review, or get the low-down on the best border forks.

Garden Trading Outdoor Barometer

Plan gardening jobs whatever the weather with this outdoor barometer. Choose from powder coated steel in three colours.

Price: £40.00

Buy the Garden Trading Outdoor Barometer at Garden Trading

Lotus Grill Charcoal Barbecue

Get your dad grilling with the Lotus Grill - an intriguing charcoal barbecue assisted by an electric fan. Offering easy, fuss free cooking, this marvel takes up hardly any space, needs only a few minutes to get to temperature, and is completely smokeless.

Price: £172

Buy the LotusGrill on Amazon

Read the full LotusGrill review, or check out our collaboration with BBC Good Food, a test of the best charcoal BBQs. We've also recently tested gas BBQs.

Worx WG779E Cordless Mower

Winning Best Value Buy status, this cordless mower is ideal for smaller lawns. With impressive features for the price, it's quiet, light and emission free.

Price: £235.63

Buy the Worx WG779E on Amazon

Read the full review, or check out our tests of the best cordless lawn mowers.

Ooni Koda Portable Wood Fired Pizza Oven

A portable oven for budding pizza chefs. Our colleagues at BBC Good Food awarded this oven 4.5/5 in their tests of the best pizza ovens. Cook authentic, wood-fired pizzas at home in your garden.

Price: £500

Buy the Ooni Koda 12 from Ooni

Gardena Ecoline Hose

A good choice for a dad looking for waste-free watering, this garden hose is made from 65% recycled materials. UV-resistant and made from a high-quality knitted mesh, this 20-metre hose is built to last outdoors. This hose also uses Gardena’s Power Grip system, meaning that other Gardena attachments and parts will fit snugly and easily.

Price: £60.95

Buy the Gardena ecoline hose from Tooled-Up

Spear & Jackson Kew Gardens Collection Cushioned Garden Kneeler

A BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Best Buy winner for comfort, this kneeler is ideal for helping to prevent stiff joints when weeding or doing any gardening task that brings you closer to ground level. This kneeler is made from five layers of foam, including memory foam, which helps it to provide the right level of softness and rigidity, so as to be comfortable without being too squishy. Its waterproof cover is easily wiped clean, and its design was inspired by botanical illustrations.

Price: £24.99

Buy the Spear & Jackson Kew Gardens Collection Cushioned Garden Kneeler from Amazon

Rolson 30-Piece Tool Kit

For practical, gardening dads, this tool kit has thirty tools to help them with their gardening DIY projects. Packaged in a handy tool bag, this tool kit also comes with a 200-piece hardware assortment set, including nails, screws and more, so your dad can get started on his next project as soon as he pleases. This would make a good gift for a DIY-interested gardening dad, whose tools need refreshing, or need proper storage.

Price: £49.99

Buy the Rolson 30-piece tool kit from Robert Dyas

Clip Glove Bottle Gloves

This new line of garden gloves is made with 95% recycled materials from plastic bottles, making them a great option for sustainability. The recycled polyester lining provides ample protection for gardening jobs without sacrificing dexterity, and its textured latex coating helps to provide good grip, even in wet conditions.

Price: £8.99

Buy the Clip Glove Bottle Gloves from eBay

Cozze Pizza Oven

Give your dad another reason to love his garden with this compact and powerful outdoor pizza oven. Awarded a 4/5 rating by our colleagues at BBC Good food, and a Best Buy for “Best gas-fired pizza oven”, the Cozze offers the convenience and ease of gas cooking in an easy-to-store 29cm-tall model. The Cozze runs off propane or butane, and is easy to set up and use, meaning your dad can get to making pizzas in no time.

Price: £236.95

Buy the Cozze Pizza Oven from Lazy Susan or Amazon

This product guide was last updated in May 2023. We apologise if anything has changed in price or availability.