The 10 Best garden tools
Spring’s here, so it’s time to tackle that undergrowth... Make light work of your gardening with the right bits of kit
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£17.49, firebox.com
The stylish, cool and curving handles of this innovative trowel and fork set mean that they slot together neatly for storage.
2. Chelsea Gardener
£55, chelseagardener.com
Includes wooden handled, stainless steel planting trowel, hand fork and three tined cultivators – all in a beautiful display box
3.Clas Ohlson
£7.99, clasohlson.co.uk
This delightful kit with watering can, spade and rake is perfect for the aspiring junior gardener. Even two-year-olds can get stuck in.
4. Bulldogs Tools
£50 madebyhandsofbritain.com
This company has been hand-forging garden tools using traditional blacksmith techniques for 230 years.
5. Country Living
£24, johnlewis.com
Country Living excels at gifts for the home and garden, so it's no surprise that this pruner and knife set comes nicely packaged.
6. V&A
£49.99, alfrescobydesign.co.uk
This print was designed by William Morris in 1883 and adds a charming accompaniment to this stool/tool number.
7. Laura Ashley
£39.98, lauraashley.com
This charming four-piece long-handled tool set includes a wooden-handled transplanting trowel and cultivator.
8. Poundland
£2, poundland.co.uk
Both pretty and useful for someone with no more than a window box, a couple of plant pots or a small roof garden.
9. Burgon & Ball
£36, qvcuk.com
This is a slightly more agile range of female-friendly gardening tools. Contains a sieve, scoop and weeder.
10. Draper
£15.84, amazon.co.uk
Draper Tools is a family run company that has been selling great-quality equipment for nearly 100 years.
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