The best tools to make gardening easier
We’ve selected 7 of the best tools to lighten your load so you can keep gardening through every stage of life.
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We’ve selected 7 of the best tools to lighten your load so you can keep gardening through every stage of life.
The benefits of gardening for our physical and mental health are well documented, and a Saga survey found that gardening really does grow on us as we get older.
But just as we gain more time in later life to spend in the garden, we can lose stamina or mobility.
Here are seven of the best gardening tools that make gardening more accessible for all, whatever your age, ability or stage in life.
Boost your grip with rotating (Fiskars PowerGear) or ratchet (Darlac) types, or try powered pruners (Stihl).
Create holes fast using this spiral auger for a cordless drill (Crocus).
Reach into beds with the Wolf-Garten multi-head range and the small Niwaki Golden Spade.
These easy-grip tools by Peta UK have angled handles to keep wrists straight and pain-free.
Use PlantBox self-watering modules to grow at eye level.
Work the ground without squatting or kneeling (Ability Superstore).
Use sturdy planting boxes (Garden Trading) or manger-style VegTrugs (John Lewis) to get closer to your plants.
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