Helpful Gardening Tools

photo taken from: https://homegardeninginfo.com/gardening-tools/
You ask yourself, which tool should I choose or add to my garden tool box or garden wall. There are many different tools found all over the world made from tool makers all over the world. England has some amazing tools that we might not see over here in our area of the United States. The craftsmanship of many of these tools, I feel, are truly an art besides being very practical for the job we need to use them for in our gardens.

We realize that our gardening opportunities are greatly enriched by the diversity of tools available for all of us, no matter what level of gardener we are at the time of choosing our implements. Many of us are just begining to embark on our grdening journey, some of us are more experienced and are looking to add unique and more specialized garden tools to our  supplies and stock :) and some of us are beginning to streamline our tools and just focus on using our favorite tools for the jobs we have left to do in our gardens. From simple hand tools to bigger, more powerful garden tools we are blessed to maintain our  gardens, each unique to our personalities and gardening journey.

Check out these sites below. I know, I am always excited to look or buy new tools to use in the garden!
Below you will find links which will take you to sources to purchase any of these tools. Check them out:
https://durhammastergardeners.com/2017/11/14/a-few-of-our-favorite-things-garden-tools/​
UC Davis – Garden Tool Names & Types
Dragon Fire Gardening Tools    Woodbury, MN
A History of Garden Tools & Names
8billiontrees.com/gardening/gardening-tools/
NC State’s List of Garden Tool Names
thecelticfarm.com/names-of-garening-tools/
https://freshexchange.com/garden-tools-list/
https://www.amazon.com/gardening-tools/b?node=128061011​

Can we help you? Are you looking for a particular garden tool?

If you are looking for a particular garden tool and do not see it here, could you go to our Contact NIHS-I Have a Question/Thought which is found on our navigation bar. Scroll down on the arrow until you find the Webmaster, click on the webmaster and share your tool image with the garden tool name and we will see if we can locate it for you,  asking our membership to help us locate it. ​We will post it here after we receive the information.

Can you recommend your favorite garden tool to our NIHS membership, share what you use it for, why is it your favorite, and tell us where a gardener could locate and purchase it?

If you have a favorite garden tool and do not see it here, could you go to our Contact NIHS - I have a Question/Thought which is found on our navigation bar. Scroll down on the arrow until you find the webmaster. Click on the webmaster,  then share your image, garden tool name, how you use it and tell us where we can find it.  Thank you for your help and for sharing with our NIHS membership. We will post it here after we receive your recommendation information. 
Ev Bertini's favorite garden tool is the Garden Trowel:

It can be purchased at:
https://www.gardeners.com/.../gardeners.../8608660.html
Yueh Peng's's favorite garden tools when working with trees and shrubs:
FELCO F-2 068780 Classic Manual Hand Pruner, F and the Felco Pruning Loppers (F 211-50) - Heavy Duty Ergonomical Hedge & Tree Limb Trimmer (50cm) 2https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06...
​andand https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06...
Yueh Peng's favorite garden tools when he is working on the garden digging are:  
Radius Garden 22411 Root Slayer Mini-Digger Shovel, Red
https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01...  
​https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00...
Michelle Hinrich'-Ferguson shares that this Nisaku Hori Hori Knife is her best garden purchase and she uses it for everything.
Can be purchased at:
www.amazon.com/Nisaku-NJP650-Hori-Hori-Authentic-Stainless/dp/B0007WFG2I/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1QB04HP087WU6&keywords=hori%2Bhori%2Bknife&qid=1706718092&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=hori%2Bhori%2Bknife%2Clawngarden%2C99&sr=1-4&th=1
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Garden Gate Magazine, April 2024 issue recommends the DeWit Potting Trowel tool in your garden. 

Can be found at a couple of places, but Garden Gate showed it here:
https://www.gardeners.com/buy/gardeners-lifetime-potting-trowel-soil-scoop/8592762.html?channable=41187569640038353932373632dc&srsltid=AfmBOorxOHd0SRjhNjdubrLXx1x_Xz0q_eDVEqzW3xzD7JgGjmD3WzCOKGY​
Longwood Garden, Kennet Square, PA, likes the gardening tools below:

Burgon & Ball Gardening Fork

Burgon & Ball Trowel

Still adding tools to this section...under construction
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