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One of the First Folk Box Sets.
A Gift From a Flower to a Garden is the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter , and marks the first double-disc album of his career and one of the first  in folk music. It was released in the US in 16 April 1967 ( L2N 6071 (monaural) / B2N 171 (stereo)) and in the UK on December 1967 ( NPL 20000 (monaural) / NSPL 20000 (stereo)). In April 1967, Epic Records also released each of the two records from A Gift From a Flower to a Garden as separate promotional albums in the US. The first record was released as Wear Your Love Like Heaven, and the second record was released as For Little Ones. This was done to allow budgeting for the double-disc album package, which included a folder of the printed lyrics to the second disc with artwork, and a cover featuring an  photo of Donovan by  who was his and 's personal photographer (requiring six colour separations for printing, instead of the usual four separations).

After recording the  album, Donovan focused on releasing hit singles. "" (essentially an inside-joke/open letter for a childhood friend) hit the top 20 in February 1967 and "" (#11 US; No. 8 UK) followed in August.

Riding high on the success of these singles, Donovan entered the studio in October to record his next album. The double-disc album that resulted from these sessions consisted of one disc of acoustic and electric soul music (Wear Your Love Like Heaven) and another of  children's music (For Little Ones). The acoustic album allowed Donovan to present a facet of his songwriting that had not been featured on his singles. It also allowed him to show his strength as a guitar player and performer in a way that he could not when augmented by . In fact, Donovan's live performances of the time featured instrumentation and performances more in line with For Little Ones than his hit singles and the first record of A Gift From a Flower to a Garden.

While  produced the single from the album ("" b/w "Oh Gosh"), and is credited with the album's production, Donovan actually produced the bulk of the material himself, allowing Most the credit to help sales.

In the album's liner notes, Donovan explained his purpose in creating two rather different discs (one for the present generation, and the other for the "dawning generation"), and also denounced the use of drugs. Several of his earlier records had contained both veiled and open references to drug use (particularly  and ), but since the release of , he had both been arrested and prosecuted for marijuana possession, and had seen people he knew turning to harder drugs (, heroin, ), and the damage this caused in their lives. Instead, Donovan promoted the use of  and other techniques, in his new songs.