Last-minute Christmas gifts: gardening memberships and subscriptions

Looking for the perfect gift for the gardener in your life, but left it too late for delivery? Below are a selection of membership ideas and subscriptions that you can buy online that will make perfect gifts for Christmas, which you can send notification of by email or print out details last minute to add to a Christmas card.

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Gardens Illustrated Magazine Subscription

An absolutely necessary gift for the intrepid gardener, a year’s subscription to Gardens Illustrated will make the perfect present and can be arranged up to the wire. Yes, we’re biased, but we are confident that gardener in your life will love the mixture of beautiful photography, inspiring gardens, practical advice and plant expertise.

Make sure they never miss a copy by getting it delivered direct to their door each month, or choose a digital subscription so they can enjoy it online anytime. Check out our latest money off and subscription gift offers below.

From £29.99
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Become an RHS member

The vital work the Royal Horticultural Society does throughout the UK is a huge part of the country’s world-beating reputation in horticulture and gardens. A membership offers free entry to five RHS gardens around the country, as well as more than 200 RHS partner gardens, all of which have something unique and exciting to offer; offers on tickets to the organisation's flower shows; and a yearly subscription to the membership magazine, The Garden; as well as unlimited expert gardening advice online and over the phone, regular tips emails and an online gardening coach.

From £48.75
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Garden Organic and Heritage Seed Library membership

National Trust membership

One of the key things many people took away from the past two years was a greater appreciation of nature, open spaces, trees and greenery. What better way to continue the connection in the future than by investing in a membership for the National Trust, which does vital nature management work up and down the country and conserves historic, fascinating buildings and gardens for the country.

The charity, as with many charities, suffered during lockdown, having to contend with decreased visitor numbers, so supporting the organisation goes some way to helping with that. There are host of options to choose from, including individual, joint, family and young person memberships, but most include free entry to over 500 places, free parking at most National Trust car parks, a National Trust Handbook, the National Trust Magazine three times a year, and access to an online Members’ Area.

From £72 a year
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The Newt in Somerset membership

To visit the beautifully cultivated gardens of The Newt hotel near Bruton in Somerset, you need to buy an annual membership - the perfect gift. This gives the recipient unlimited access to the gardens, woodland and deer park for 12 months, including the Walled Garden, Kitchen Garden and Fragrance Garden, as well as the restaurants and shops on site, free tours, free entry to national partner gardens Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth House and sister garden Babylonstoren in South Africa, a dedicated member's area of the website with virtual workshops, masterclasses and broadcasts, and exclusive member offers and treats.

£48 a year
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