Good secateurs are often very difficult to come by, either very expensive or just not up to doing the job. If they get left out in the garden, most secateurs will rust very quickly.

These secateurs are made from a special stainless steel, making them an outstanding cutting tool as well as being rust-free.

As with all the Sophie Conran tools they are designed specifically for the female hand in mind, which means these are both comfortable and easy to use.

A simple brass lock keeps the blades safely closed when not in use.

A very special garden gift and comes in a beautiful tissue lined gift box.

A dibber is an invaluable garden tool which can be used all year round, both for planting bulbs, seeds and plug plants or seedlings.

With a stainless steel dibber end, solid brass ferrule and a gorgeous natural waxed FSC beech wood handle, which will over time mould to the shape of your hand.

A very special gift for novice or more experienced gardener alike and comes in a beautiful tissue lined gift box.

Garden sieves are often cumbersome and just too big when sprinkling fine compost over delicate seeds. This potting sieve has been designed to allow small amounts of compost to be sprinkled over seeds or delicate seedlings.

Designed specifically with the female hand in mind, this seive is also designed in a shape which allows just the right amount of compost to be sprinkled without creating a huge amount of mess!!

With a stainless steel scoop, solid brass ferrule and a gorgeous natural FSC waxed beech wood handle, which will over time mould to the shape of your hand.

A very special gift for novice and more experienced gardeners alike, and comes in a beautiful tissue lined gift box.

The compost scoop is an invaluable garden tool, if you use your hands or a trowel to pot up you usually end up with compost all over the floor.

Designed specifically with the female hand in mind, this scoop is designed in a shape which allows just the right amount of compost to be scooped up without creating a huge amount of mess!!

With a stainless steel scoop, solid brass ferrule and a gorgeous natural FSC waxed beech wood handle, which will over time mould to the shape of your hand.

A very special gift for novice and more experienced gardeners alike, and comes in a beautiful tissue lined gift box.

There is nothing more irritating than trying trying to remove weeds from the garden but always finding the roots get left in the ground, allowing them to re-grow again.

This 3 pronged weeder is an excellent way to tackle them once and for all - simply hold the weed in one hand, push the prongs into the crown of the plant, twist and remove - and voila! As with all the Sophie Conran tools although designed specifically with the female hand in mind, it is a great gift for any gardener.

With stainless steel prongs, solid brass ferrule and a gorgeous natural FSC waxed beech wood handle, which will over time mould to the shape of your hand.

A very special garden gift and comes in a beautiful tissue lined gift box.

Made from heavy duty canvas, it comes complete with an aluminium transplanter, fork and trowel plus soft grip bypass AND anvil secateurs! Plenty of pockets for string and other bits and bobs. Excellent value.

The seed ruler is a great example - it helps when planting out seeds and small seedlings, giving perfect spacings for everything from peas and beans to cauliflowers. This beechwood ruler has pre drilled seed sowing holes with metric and imperial measurements. Use the ruler with the dibblet for depth accuracy when planting seeds. Can also be used to bat off irritating husbands and squash yucky slugs.

NB Please note the actual weight of this item is 243g, however the weight is shown here as 2.5kg for technical reasons because of it’s length to avoid it being sent by Royal Mail, who despite having vans big enough to carry large garden tools in the old days, now see this as a special so it will be despatched by courier instead.

The serrated teeth on the curved blade ensure a clean, easy cut every time. Made from the best material for cutting tools; high carbon steel. The hardwood handle fits comfortably in your hand. A protective sleeve helps keep the blade clean and safe when not in use. To use, hold the vegetable firmly in one hand and the harvesting knife in the other cut and through the stem. Home grown produce recipe book included with every purchase.

Handle length12cm, serrated edge 19cm

Stainless steel blade with hardwood handle and belt clip. Blade area is 6cm long and has a serrated back edge for removing soil without risk of gouging.

If you want more information on collecting wild mushrooms, the best book we have found on the subject is Mushrooming without Fear, which gives clear and concise advice and includes a handy ‘in the field’ reference guide.

A bar at the end of the tines protects the potatoes and the spacing and shape allows the potatoes to be sifted from the soil. Forged from stainless steel with a hardwood handle. When harvesting, loosen the soil around the base of the plants first, then lift them up from the ground. After harvesting potatoes, remember to leave them lying on the top of the soil for a few hours to dry off in the sun. Then brush off any excess soil and discard any that have been damaged. Remember that you don’t need to harvest all your potatoes at the same time.

They are also ideal for dead heading flowers - really useful stainless steel pocket tool for all gardeners; for those with huge herb beds to those with just a city window box.

Minimal disturbance to your pocket and roots, eliminating the need to buy sowing and seedling pots. Make your own from old newspapers using this, the original wooden paper potter former. When seedlings are ready to plant out, transplant them in their bio-degradable paper pots. Boxed with full instructions. The resulting pots can be 6 cm high for the small potter and 9cm for the larger one. Made in the UK.