Have you ever heard the expression “花より団子/dumplings over flowers”? It doesn’t roll off the tongue in English quite like it does in Japanese, where it’s pronounced “hah-nah yoh-reee dan-go”, but the meaning is the same: choose practical, useful things over those that are pretty and frivolous.

We’d like to Niwakify “花より団子” and change it to “花より園芸道具” which, as you know, means “tools over flowers”.

Sure, you could give flowers as a gift but why not give them the tools to grow/prune/arrange the flowers themselves? Cut flowers have an annoying habit of wilting and dying, but secateurs keep on pruning season after season.

Check out our ready-to-gift sets, all delivered in appropriately scaled Niwaki cotton tote or drawstring bags: