Because of its organic, natural look, its aesthetically pleasing textures and its versatility, wicker is the ideal material for giving gifts. For gift containers, there's a huge range of basketwork pieces available, in a big variety of sizes, styles and colours.

One of the standard uses of wicker is for baskets used to move and store the fruits of the harvest. It’s easy to conjure up the pictures of fruit-pickers with baskets overflowing with ripe grapes, rosy apples and other natural produce. Or the cornucopia basket, a horn woven design which designates an overflowing of great quantity when stuffed with food. It announces rustic abundance and plenty.

Wicker baskets are still the perfect way to present fruit and other natural products, including flowers. Lay on a piece of pretty cotton material then add some cellophane and ribbons, and you've a special present in minutes. Rather than fruit, chocolates and candies may also be presented wonderfully in a basket.

Another traditional use for wicker also involves food. Wicker is the time-honored material for traditional picnic baskets. The picnic hamper always helps to conjure up recollections of a lazy al fresco dining, on a blissfully sunshine day in a picturesque location. Gourmand hampers take their cue from this nostalgia and our abiding love of fine food selections.

A basket that provides all you need for a special meal on a day out is an ideal and enticing present. A variety of cold delicatessen treats, with luxury tasty biscuits and a selection of finger foods, is always irresistible. Add a good bottle of wine, or even champers, and you have got more than a present. You've a special occasion in a basket.

Though eatable goodies go particularly well in baskets, the probabilities are far broader. A variety of toiletries in a basket makes a great gift, and the wicker detail will look good in the toilet too.

Wicker basket planters are another gift option. If you would like to say it with flowers, or any plant in a pot, then a basket container is the best way to present it. Natural wicker goes wonderfully with flowers, or if you desire you could find painted and stained baskets in a array of colors to match your decor.

Baskets for present have the edge over simple wrapping paper that usually goes directly into the rubbish. Wicker gift containers help with storage. Or, once the contents of the basket have been utilized or eaten, you can reuse it for storing and organising a whole host of household items. It's like giving 2 gifts in one.

The natural beauty of wicker makes it really simple for anyone to get together an attention-grabbing display basket to offset your present. The range of designs is wide, and there is a shape, style and colour of basket to make any gift look very special.

Sabrina writes about matching wicker basket planters with numerous kinds of sunroom plants to create beautiful colourful displays in sunrooms or around her home. Matching wicker furniture with baskets is a natural mix to make a desired casual living space around you.