PORCINE PANACHE
A water spout with a snout
It’s Colorado, and so you’ve landscaped in varying degrees of xeric. But you can still give in to your waterhog tendencies with accessories such as this pig-shaped watering can. Made from hammered metal, this porky, patina-ed vessel carries 3 quarts of water to your plants and brings a lot of fun to the garden. More petite versions in the shapes of dogs and roosters are available, too. windandweather.com, $25
DIG THESE TWO READS
Bugs, butterflies for kids
Kids love bugs. Kids love to help in the garden. “My Bug Book” and “My Butterfly Book” mash up the two impulses in these pretty and dirt-proof boardbooks, made for preschoolers and filled with 16 pages of full-color photos. Your sprouting gardeners can use them to identify the critters crawling and flying in the yard. While not all of the species depicted can be found in Colorado, kids will still get the bug. Smithsonian Institution, $7 each
