Garden Detective: Holiday gift ideas

Gardeners are special people with special sensibilities. While not everyone on your holiday gift list will appreciate high-end pruners or thorn-resistant gloves, friends and family who dig in the dirt certainly will.

But this year I'm going beyond the obvious and including items that will appeal to a gardener's soul. After all, there are only so many gardening hats one can appreciate. To that end, I've personalized my recommendations more than ever.

Here are some special gifts that I would like to find under my own tree this year. I have a feeling your gardening loved ones will, too.