Looking for the best shopping ideas for Small Business Saturday? All of us here at Gardening Know How love celebrating small businesses, and we’ve gathered up some great Small Business Saturday sales for you to consider. Let’s all make a point to shop small gardening events, local fairs and crafts sales to show our support for small businesses. And if you’d rather stay cozy with your laptop, here are some great sales.

Little Flower Soap Co. – Handmade Soap Set of 5 Bars – Choose five of your own favorite essential oil soaps! Handmade in small batches the old fashioned way, the Little Flower Soap Company invites you to choose for yourself from ten different scents. These thick-lathering soaps are made from cold processed coconut and olive oils (they’re Paraben, phthalate & sulphate free). Their pretty colors come strictly from natural ingredients, like paprika and earth clays, and their beautiful aromatherapeutic scents, certified NAHA (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy), are from 100% essential oils. Choose from ten delicious scents.

Plant More Natives – eGift Cards – We can’t think of a more wonderful way to gift plants and flowers for people we love, or even those we don’t. Any family member, employee or neighbor will be grateful for the chance to choose plants with an eGift card from this amazing selection. Check out the Plant More Natives unique website for any kind of plant! Hundreds of plants and flowers are sorted by special needs like height, soil type, sun and shade, dry or wet soil, and even deer resistance! It’s an excellent gift for gardeners, regardless of where they reside. You could do all your Small Business Saturday shopping right here.

Fisher Blacksmithing – Gardening Tool Gift Set – This set of three of the most useful gardening tools were actually handmade made by a real blacksmith. Fisher Blacksmithing, based in Bozeman, Montana, designs and builds each tool using traditional blacksmithing techniques. They heat the steel to 1,700 degrees in the forge, shape each tool over an anvil with a hammer, join it with solid steel rivets, and then set it into a hand-turned, black walnut handle. Their heirloom quality and durability are unsurpassed, and their customers love them. Save 15% on this Small Business Saturday sale.

Raw Rutes – Kale and Herb Stripping Tool – My friend, who owns a high-end restaurant in the Northwest, raves about this tool, and so will your favorite gardener/chef. What’s special about the Raw Rutes kale razor? First, it’s not just for kale. The efficient way of stripping any tender leaf from a stalk is its claim to fame. Designed from polished stainless steel, it has different sized holes to help you swiftly slice off herb leaves for smoothies, cocktails, soups and garnishes. It’s gaining quite a reputation with chefs and bartenders for its proficiency and speed in preparing herbs and salads. If your favorite gardener grows greens and herbs, this could be the star under your holiday tree. It’s a perfect gift for small business Saturday at only $15.

Garden Box Club – Garden Box – This innovative small company has created a great individualized system so that you or your gardening friend can receive a box specially designed for a specific area, climate and growing preferences. The Garden Box folks will put together a box, based on your stated location, your available space and your gardening skill level. They’ll pick out the best seeds and soil for your specific needs and will guide you “from seed to sprout, without information overload.” Their mission? They want to empower every person to live a more sustainable and earth-conscious life. You won’t find holiday spirit much brighter than that.
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