Garden Trowels & Hand Forks (September 2020 Updated Review)

Rolson is well known for its vast array of hand tools that are used not only by landscapers and industry professionals but by avid gardeners alike. This two-piece, stainless steel set has been manufactured well and are a good quality product. The lightweight pair both have a well-shaped and comfortable to hold. The wooden ash handles make it easy to use and work very well when digging though harder ground. The ash handles also give them an appealing rustic design.The garden hand trowel and hand fork set are both very sturdy and are fitted with strong leather strap handles. We didn’t use the handles, but they are quite good for hanging the tools in the shed though. The hand trowel and hand fork were both decent products when digging and moving soil, I quite like a hand cultivator for this too. They both did well battling against tougher, harder ground. Currently being sold on Amazon for £15.99 which is a great deal for a decent set by Rolson.

Pros

• Manufactured to international standards
• Lightweight
• Comfortable handles
• Leather straps for hanging storage

This is a heavy-duty gardening hand trowel and hand fork set that is designed to be robust and durable withstanding the toughest of gardening jobs. The garden hand trowel and hand fork can dig and turn though all types of soil reasonably well with a bit of elbow grease. This is also a two-piece set of carbon steel hand trowel and hand fork set that comes fitted with long lasting 125mm plastic handles. The handy leather strap is looped through the end of the plastic handle which we like to use for hanging the set. Draper tools are known to us and known for doing a good job. However, we can’t help but feel the plastic handle will let you down in the future.That being said the Draper tools carbon steel fork and trowel set is on sale on Amazon for £8.35 and for the occasional gardener this should be one to think about as a good cheap hand trowel and fork set.

Pros

• Carbon steel hand trowel and hand fork
• Long 125mm handles
• Leather straps for hanging
• Cheap

The Spear and Jackson Stainless steel trowel and weed fork set are a top-quality gardening set that industry professionals and avid gardeners would love to get their hands on. This set is ideal for planting, cultivating and weeding, pots, beds and boarders. Boasting an award from ‘Grow Your Own’ Great British Growing Awards 2018 as a gold medal winner.The Handles are traditional in design and extremely comfortable to hold and work with even for long periods of time. The handles themselves have been waterproofed for a to give the user a longer lasting product. With a mirrored polished finish to the heads both the stainless-steel hand trowel and weed fork are made to resist rust and minimal soil adhesion. Both are equally lightweight but feel like that they have been made to last.

The Spear & Jackson natural stainless-steel hand trowel and weed fork set is slightly more expensive than its competitors. However, this set might just be worth shelling out the extra cash. Right now, they are only £15.99 on Amazon.

Pros

• Great British Growing Awards 2018 Gold Medal Winner
• Comfortable to grip handles
• Waterproofed handles
• Mirrored polished heads
• Overall appealing design

The Draper Expert range is ideal for the occasional gardener, the gardening fanatic and the landscaping professional. The hardened, tempered and mirror polished heads provide a tough, durable and an expert quality we all know Draper can deliver. These heads are connected to long 140 mm soft grip handles giving the user a comfortable grasp on each of the tools. Each of the three-piece hand tool gardening set has a hanging hole in the handles for easy storage.The hand trowel and hand fork work well when digging through tough soil. We were also very pleased with the added weeder tool which is ideal for keeping pathways free of weeds. The tool is used by scraping or digging through the cracks between pathing slabs or bricks where those annoying weeds always decide to pop up from. Weedkiller or a gardeners knife isn’t a bad should for cleaning the patio in conjunction with a quality pressure washer.

Each tool is lightweight and comfortable. This 3-piece stainless steel heavy-duty trowel, fork and weeder set is great value for money and make light gardening duties a pleasure and can be found on Amazon on sale for £18.76.

Pros

• Hardened, tempered and mirrored polished heads
• Long 140 mm handles
• Soft comfortable gripped handles
• Hanging hole
• Weeder tool is an added bonus
• Cheap

I am going to start by saying that this product has been designed and developed in conjunction with Kew gardens horticultural team. This has in turn resulted in these tools being officially licenced, used and recommended by the leading specialists. Kew gardens grows over 30,000 different species of plants and has a collection of 14,000 trees. Each purchase of the Kew Gardens collection helps to continue the vital work by the experts in London. This marvellously designed 3-piece set is designed to last, the carbon steel heads themselves come with hammer finished epoxy coated which will give the tools greater durability and resistance to rust, humidity and from soil alkalis. The hand trowel, hand fork and transplanting trowel have all been designed to maximise comfort and with that in mind all three have been made with longer tangs to minimise the user scrapping their knuckles or hitting them on the blades.

The hand trowel and hand fork work extremely well when used even in soil mixed with clay with no sign of the products bending. And the transplanting trowel is a welcomed bonus to the set and with its narrower blade it is useful when transplanting seedlings and bulbs. All three products are made with 125 mm weatherproofed ash handles which are environmentally and socially responsible coming with an international standard guarantee from the Forest Stewardship Council. This is great news to those extremely passionate gardeners. These gardening hand tools also come with a 15-year guarantee and as you can tell they are built to last.

They also have won a ‘Grow Your Own’ gold medal award from the Great British Growing Awards 2018. Amazon are currently selling this hand trowel, fork and transplanting trowel set for a delightful £26.78. This Spear and Jackson Kew Gardens neverbend3KW carbon steel hand trowel and hand fork set is made for the conscious gardener and would certainly make a great gift set. If you are thinking of buying this is a gift set, we suggest that you buy two as we can honestly say you will be wanting to keep this for yourself.Pros

• Designed and developed by the expert horticulturalists at Kew Gardens in London
• Recommended by the expert horticulturalists at Kew Gardens in London
• With each purchase some money goes towards Kew Gardens vital work
• Extremely durable carbon steel heads have an epoxy coating
• Longer tangs to avoid scrapping your knuckles
• Long 125 mm waterproofed handles
• International standard guarantee from the Forest Stewardship Council
• 15-year guarantee
• Great British Growing Awards 2018 Gold Medal Winner