World's Best Garden Tools, from Holland - Gardenista
There’s something about walled gardens, especially semi-deserted ones in which a few tools have been left behind. Updates on the swallows’ arrival are scribbled on the wall of the potting shed, the rusty old scythe is a reminder of a slower approach to grass, as is the giant obsolete lawn roller. Old gardening tools have a smoothness and individuality that comes from being well-crafted. Hand forged over three generations, their stainless steel tools have the feeling of being old and well-loved even when new. Sneeboer’s pointed spade is designed for working in a crowded border or “boring” into difficult ground; € 88.85 from Sneeboer or £66.95 from Harrod Horticultural. Why offer just one size of pointed spade when you can offer several? The Perennial Spade by Sneeboer is $64.75 at Garden Tool Company. An old pointed spade in an old potting shed. Admittedly some of the shapes are so charming that it frankly doesn’t matter how useful they are. The Sneeboer Planting Trowel is $56.75 from the Garden Tool Company. Others are so useful they look almost lethal. This one, the Dandelion Digger with a cherry wood handle, terminates long-rooted weeds.