From durable gloves and boots to fragrant seeds and candles, these pressies will delight the green thumbed in your life

• The 9 best garden tools to make light work of autumn jobs

Christmas can be a challenging time for gardeners. Daylight is limited, most plants are hiding underground, wilting poinsettias are everywhere and, all too frequently, naff gifts are picked out at those sprawling garden centre emporiums.

Non-gardeners can’t always be blamed for getting it so wrong: gardening can be a particularly personal hobby, and only the well-versed are to know just how useful a mattock can be. So, let us gardeners share our dream gifts for the green-fingered in your life this year. After all, who would argue with Monty?