• Green items make excellent gifts for organic gardeners.gardener image by Aleksander from Fotolia.com
  
  If a gardening friend emphasizes eco-principles, choose a gift that harmonizes with her philosophy. Show that you appreciate the difference between organic gardens and those grown with chemicals. Gifts for green gardeners run the gamut from easily wrapped items like gloves and books to 300-gallon rain barrels, and can fit all budgets from frugal to extravagant.
  
  

Compost Bin

• Every organic gardener understands the importance of turning food scraps into rich compost that nurtures plants. You can purchase a four-tray vermiculture composter for around $150. A vermiculture uses worms to speed up the composting process. If the idea of giving worms doesn't appeal to you, an 80-gallon compost bin runs about $200. For a bit more--around $300-- you can purchase a tumbling compost bin, sparing your friend the trouble of turning the heap by hand.
  
  

Rain Barrel

• Eco-conscious gardeners in states with low rainfall try to avoid overusing scarce water resources. A rain barrel will allow your friend to harvest rainfall to use in watering her garden. Rain barrels range in size from 34 gallons (at around $125) to 300 gallons (just under $900). You can also purchase a rain barrel/composter combination unit.
  
  

Gardening Tools and Acessories

• If you want to spend under $100, think about gifts that ease the physical strain of gardening. Gardening can be physically punishing--time spent in the sun, bending over and using the hands in repetitive motion, can take a toll on the gardener. You can give a set of ergonomic garden tools. Or consider a pair of gardening gloves or a gardening hat. A gardening kneeling seat will let your friend enjoy his garden while avoiding knee and back pain.
  
  

Books

• Another affordable gift choice for anyone on your list is books. You can choose a book focusing on organic gardening in your friend's region of the country, or a tome about growing vegetables, fruits or flowers. A book has the merit of offering year-round pleasure, while gardening tools may be used only part of the year.
  
  

Garden Decor

• Sundials, planters, statues, lanterns and reflective globes can all add charm to a garden. Many organic gardeners appreciate the help bats provide in pollination and cutting down on mosquitoes--consider a bat house as a unique gift. For a bit more of an investment, buy your friend a bench for sitting and enjoying the sights and scents of her garden. If you like crafting, make some mosaic paving stones to form a walkway between flowers.