What do you give the gardener who has everything? Perhaps a luxurious back and neck massage to ease those endless hours of digging? Or perhaps a good manicure to file away all that grime from under the nails?

Let’s face it though, not many gardeners actually do have everything. A garden always needs something new – which makes finding a gift this Christmas that little bit easier.

You don’t have to go big – a few pretty plant labels in slate or terracotta, a selection of seeds to keep them busy in the New Year, fruit or veg-themed stationery or a new pair of secateurs.

There’s a plethora of personalised gifts for the gardener – check out gettingpersonal.com for a selection of calendars, diaries, crates and even shed signs that can be personalised to feature the recipient’s name.

If you’re looking to replace standard basics with more stylish ones, consider a new watering can and matching plant pots from Fallen Fruits, which offers a pretty patterned set of a can and three plant pots for £20 (qvcuk.com or phone 0800 504030).

For new vegetable gardeners Mr Fothergill’s Get Growing range of seeds (£1.60 - £3.15) and kits, including herb pots (£1.49), starter collection boxes (£8.49) and mini windowsill propagator kits (£3.29) will make ideal stocking-fillers. For details go to mr-fothergills.co.uk.

If you know a gardener who gets peckish while working, try a selection of luxury biscuits in quirky tubes of ‘Keep Calm’ gardening themes. The tubes can be used to store plant labels, string and other gardening sundries after the biscuits have gone (triple pack £13.99, thompson- morgan.com/ 0844 573 1818).

Ornamental owls may have made their mark in the garden in the past couple of years, but now other animals are also gaining momentum. A new collection of solar powered metal silhouette animals including an elephant, horse, hare, peacock, duck, swan, pheasant, heron and cockerel cast both light and interesting shadows at night. Each contains an integral solar panel that powers a rechargeable battery that lights either a white LED or a colour changing LED at night. Ranging in price from £24.99 to £39.99, they are available from most leading garden centres. For details, go to smartsolar.com.

A hit for any gardener is an annual pass with the National Trust (nationaltrust.org.uk) to allow visitors to wallow in inspirational gardens, or an RHS membership (rhs.org.uk) which includes free garden visits, discounted show tickets and a monthly magazine.