Monica is the founder and Editor of the Gardening Products Review. She's had a lifelong love affair with gardening and a fascination with gardening tools. She's been known to disassemble tools just to see how they work and has a tendency to break tools while testing them in the garden.
At the end of each year, the Gardening Products Review takes a close look at all of the products we’ve reviewed that year. We then award up to five products with the Golden Shovel Award for outstanding garden product. Here are the 2016 winners! Continue Reading
Foxgloves are the gloves you love to wear! Foxgloves produces performance gloves with unsurpassed style, comfort and dexterity for the garden and outdoor lifestyle markets. Whether you desire bare handed sensitivity, non-slip grip, elbow length prote Continue Reading
This isn’t one of those “does everything” spray nozzles. But if you need a nozzle to water delicate plants or to provide a lot of water quickly without drowning or flattening everything in the garden, this is an excellent choice. With an ergonomic design, top-notch quality and six fun colors to choose from, you can’t go wrong with the Dramm One Touch Fan Nozzle. Continue Reading
Florian Tools, Where "Made in America" still matters. Continue Reading
If you’re looking for a comfortable, well-built hose nozzle for the garden that has only the two spray patterns you most often use – a gentle shower and a strong jet - then the Dramm One Touch Shower & Stream is an excellent choice. It comes in six fun colors, has an ergonomic and easy-to-use water control valve, and sprays extremely well. Continue Reading
If you’re looking for a hose nozzle with multiple spray patterns, this is a great choice. With high quality parts and a lifetime guarantee, it’s sure to last. And with your choice of six fun colors, it’s stylish and not easily lost in the garden. It can also be used for non-gardening chores, such as washing the car or cleaning lawn furniture. Continue Reading
Information for the home gardener about buying, planting, growing, and storing flower bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers of all kinds. Continue Reading
The Fiskars Ratchet Action Anvil Pruner can make clean cuts through ½ or less and can easily cut through ¾ inch deadwood and mesquite, although cuts through larger diameter wood aren’t as clean. We had problems with the lock position (it pinches your hand) but appreciated the squeeze-to-open feature. Continue Reading
The Corona ComfortGEL Anvil pruner makes beautifully clean cuts through both live and dead branches up to ¾ inch in diameter (although it’ll take some hand strength to get through wood that thick). It’s less effective with softer and thinner material. It has comfortable gel handles and a bumper to absorb shock. Overall, it’s a very good cutting tool for hard, thick stems, particularly at this price point and for gardeners with larger hands. Continue Reading
This is an excellent all-around pruning tool that cuts cleanly through up to ¾-inch branches. The smooth ratchet action and super-sharp cutting blade, as well as ultra light weight and strength, make this the only hand pruner you’ll ever need. Continue Reading
Gardener’s Supply Company is 100% employee owned and provides garden-tested, earth-friendly products that help customers have more fun and success in the garden. Gardener’s also donates 8% of all profits to causes that make the world a better place. Continue Reading
The Earth Talon Shovel was designed to penetrate hard, rocky soils, with less effort. The Earth Talon is tough and extremely versatile, from digging holes to weeding, from home gardening to commercial use. Continue Reading
Largest selection of WOLF-Garten Gardening Tools in the US. Continue Reading
Battery-powered lawn mowers are slowly evolving to the point that some are a viable replacement for a gas-powered mower. The GreenWorks Twin Force runs on two 40V batteries, cuts and mulches extremely well, and can easily manage a typical suburban yard. Continue Reading
Cordless string trimmers have come a long way over the last few years, going from cumbersome tools that ran out of battery power quickly to the new lightweight, nimble grass cutting machines that provide almost as much “oomph” as a corded or gas powered weed whacker. Given the plethora of string trimmer models, brands and features available today, how do you choose the best one to meet your needs? Read the article! Continue Reading
