Watering Can For My Mother

August 8, 2010 9:27 AM

My mother's birthday is coming up and I'd like to buy her a 'fancy', but usable watering can. Any suggestions?
posted by nam3d to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Haws -- very pretty, very sturdy.
posted by kmennie at 9:38 AM on August 8, 2010 [1 favorite]

The Victoria and Albert Museum has some pretty watering cans, available online. You can get whole gardening sets in the same designs. If you're in the US, details of US stockists are here.
posted by MuffinMan at 9:52 AM on August 8, 2010

I have the 9l Haws and it's great but might be kind of heavy for an older person. The indoor metal version looks nice. I don't use the rosette much because I just pour water into the pots and found that a 1/2" copper plumbing elbow fits snugly and works well.
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:57 AM on August 8, 2010

I use one of these for watering. They come in a lot of different colors. They are awesome - check out all of the reviews. The nice thing is that I can fill one with water, water my plants, and then use the empty tubtrug to hold veggies or weeds that I pull or whatever. So handy and multi-functional.
posted by Ostara at 10:10 AM on August 8, 2010

Haws -- very pretty, very sturdy.
posted by kmennie

The copper one is beautiful! I want that, and I don't have any plants to water.
posted by StickyCarpet at 11:39 AM on August 8, 2010

Haws do have a great reputation - I will certainly be buying one when I have saved up!
posted by lilyflower at 1:27 AM on August 9, 2010