This season Burgon & Ball is plugging into the passion for planting, with six new planting tools joining its flagship RHS-endorsed range of stainless steel gardening tools.
The three new trowels, short-handled perennial spade, and small digging spade and fork have been specially developed to make particular planting tasks easier, with eye-catching designs that bring the wow factor.
Planting continues to be the top-selling category of stainless steel tools, with trowels and spades leading the way. It’s easy to see why: planting is one of the more creative and satisfying tasks in the garden. Anyone with outdoor space loves adding a splash of colour to bed, border, pot or planter – even if they don’t call themselves a gardener.
To help retailers make the most of this passion for planting, Burgon & Ball is adding no fewer than four new RHS-endorsed stainless steel hand tools for planting, plus extensions to its top-selling range of digging spades and forks. All these new additions carry a lifetime guarantee.
The Groundbreaker trowel (RRP £13.99) builds on the huge success of Burgon & Ball’s award-winning* Groundbreaker spade. The distinctive shape echoes the design of the Groundbreaker, with a pointed, sharpened head to slice easily through the most challenging ground. A retrofit display option allows retailers to add this trowel to existing Groundbreaker stands, maximising sales from the existing FSDU footprint.
Also building on the success of an exisiting product is the new short-handled perennial spade (RRP £22.99). The new version combines the distinctive head shape of the hugely popular perennial spade, but in response to consumer feedback it feaures a shorter handle. The short handle offers great control, giving greater precision and enhanced digging power to gardeners who like to get up close to their plants. It’s ideal for digging while kneeling.
The eye-catching shape of the new planting trowel (£12.99) is sure to entice gardeners to add it to their tool collection. The short, wide head has a pointed, sharpened tip to slice easily through ground. The ergonomic design make the trowel a delight to use: the head is in line with the handle rather than angled, making digging easier. This versatile trowel is useful for shallower digging and scooping when planting bulbs, bedding or plug plants, and is ideal for container gardening.
Next, the new weeding trowel (RRP £15.99) offers the last word in versatility. An extremely effective weeding tool, this trowel re-imagines the existing RHS-endorsed container knife, but with a sleek mirror-polished stainless steel finish to make it sharper, smoother - and altogether more covetable. There’s a choice of serrated or straight blades to cut roots, and a notch for tackling long tap roots. The trowel is also perfect for planting, with a slender shape that’s ideal for digging in dense planting, and a handy depth gauge for planting bulbs. This extremely useful all-rounder is ideal for containers as well as tightly-planted borders, and is sure to find many fans.
Finally, there’s the small-but-mighty small digging spade and fork (RRP £32.99 each) which join Burgon & Ball’s line-up of RHS-endorsed large digging tools. Perfect for gardeners who prefer a smaller or lighter spade and fork, these tools are ideal for digging in tightly-planted beds and borders. Made to the same specification as their larger cousins, the small digging spade and fork feature double riveted ‘Y’ handles in FSC hardwood, with strapped socket in double gauge steel for strength. This small spade and fork are covered by a lifetime guarantee.
All these new RHS-endorsed stainless steel additions have been designed to inspire gardeners to make planting easier and even more enjoyable. Highly efficient and beautifully-designed tools make an irresistable combination, even for gardeners who already own planting tools. These new additions are sure to help retailers make the most of the passion for planting this season.
