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Sustainable gifts: 27 meaningful presents that do good

Angela Garwood

created: Dec. 2, 2025, 10:05 a.m. | updated: Dec. 16, 2025, 6:52 a.m.

Vegetable bundleRecommended by Lucy Purdy, special projects leadThe Unusual Veg Bundle from She Grows Veg quietly broadens what we imagine food can be. Even as a reasonably experienced grower, I still get the thrill of the new: crops that break the monotony of supermarket sameness. By championing open-pollinated, peat-free seeds and celebrating lesser-known vegetables, this bundle nurtures biodiversity and reconnects us with food’s wider heritage. It’s a small, hopeful act that widens the palate and the imagination – the kind of gift I’d be delighted to unwrap this Christmas. £15.50; www.shegrowsveg.comImage: She Grows Veg, www.shegrowsveg.com

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