Gifts for a green thumb? Try this garden of delights.

Khombu, a local company out of Canton, is making gardening boots fashion forward as well as practical. We like their classic plaid “Wellie’’ ($85) and their shorter “Hailey’’ ($65), but their trendiest style is the tall lean Kaymen ($85, above), which comes in gold or silver, as well as purple or black. Imagine a garden boot that can go out to dinner after you wash the mud off. In addition to being waterproof and easy to clean, the boots are lightweight, cold-weather rated to negative 20 degrees (brrr!), and feature non-slip traction and Thermolite footbeds that contour to your feet. Khombus are available at the Tannery, 711 Boylston St. and other locations, as well as Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom and online atwww.zappos.com.

Container gardening is all the rage. They’re great for creating high impact accents in homes, patios, and even gardens. But the most difficult thing about growing plants in containers is keeping up with the watering chores. Because moisture evaporates more quickly from pots than from garden beds, you can find yourself having to water daily in hot weather. That’s why I prefer self-watering containers such as the UrBin Grower by Nature’s Footprint. This kit includes two 5-gallon self-watering containers of recycled plastic with square saucers, a blend of organic soil amendments including coir and pumice that provide 30 trace minerals, plus four seed trays and an instruction manual and DVD. It can be ordered from www.urbangrower.com for $79.95 plus shipping.