Gift Guide 2015: 10 Stylish Gifts Under $100 for a Gardener

Whether outfitting a potting shed, a work bag, or one's self, a well-made tool or accessory lifts a gardener's spirits in cold weather. For the gardener on your holiday shopping list, here are stylish and stu

Tools of the Trade: Copper Garden Tools from Grafa

We're coveting a new collection of sturdy copper gardening tools that are becoming staples in many of our favorite garden shops (as well as at this year's Chelsea Flower Show). Here's the story be

Tools of the Trade: Japanese Garden Snippers

Garden tool or work of art? Both, we think. At Tajika Haruo Ironworks in northeast Japan, father and son Takeo and Daisuke Tajika carry on a family tradition (dating to 1928) by forging, shaping, and sharpening each pair

10 Easy Pieces: Terra Cotta Rhubarb Forcers

Who wouldn't want a rhubarb forcer? Not only do these terra cotta jars encourage tender shoots to grow in early spring, the clay domes also look fabulously sculptural in a garden bed. If you are the sort of garde

Shopper's Diary: Garden Tool Bag Essentials from Niwaki

UK-based gardener Jake Hobson founded Niwaki a decade ago to bring  high-quality Japanese tools to gardeners around the world. The company has grown from offering home-printed brochure with a grande total of three produc

Trend Alert: Bamboo Hand Tools for Gardeners

Portland, Oregon-based design house Bambu sources bamboo in China, where local woodworkers and artisans create a handmade collection of garden tools that includes a lightweight hand fork, trowel, and plant markers: Ab

5 Favorites: Petal Colored Planters

Easter, and spring in general, has us in the mood for pastel planters. Here are our favorites in subtle sherbet shades that won't overpower your flowers. Above: Made in Belgium, these chalky planters from SMUG come

Red Pig Garden Tools, Hand-Forged in the USA

If you arrive at Red Pig Tools in Boring, Oregon and the shop looks closed, just give the barn bell a ring and chances are Bob or Rita Denman will appear to give you a personal tour. Red Pig Garden Tools are some of the

10 Easy Pieces: Garden Pruners

When we interviewed expert gardeners on their favorite pruners, it inspired us to do a roundup of options at different points along the pricing spectrum. Below are ten options—some made of aluminum for simple maintenance

Object of Desire: French Hand Tools from Le Prince Jardinier

Do former bankers turn into the most passionate tomato gardeners? The strong feelings of French aristocrat Louis Albert de Broglie, owner of the 16th century Loire Valley chateau-turned-hotel La Bourdaisiere and grower o

Tools of the Trade: Barebones, with Bamboo Handles

Headquartered in Bluffdale, Utah, Barebones Living manufactures a collection of long-wearing garden tools with bamboo handles—and a social conscience. In partnership with sister company Goal Zero (a solar power provider)

A Master Class in Pruning Hydrangeas from White Flower Farm (Sponsored)

The question Barb Pierson, nursery manager at White Flower Farm in Morris, Connecticut, hears most often every year is: "When should I prune my hydrangeas?" The trouble is, the question implies that one shou

10 Easy Pieces: Herb Markers

Growing up I was often given the chore of snipping herbs for the evening's dinner. Usually the task was simple (rosemary, mint, thyme), but then there were also lemon thyme and purple basil and shiso leaves and sor

Urban Gardener: Is It OK to Reuse Potting Soil?

Whether potting spring bulbs or transplanting seedlings to a window box, the urban gardener has to answer a basic container-gardening question: Is it OK to re-use last year's potting soil? Or should I start fresh?

Object of Desire: Slate Plant Markers from France

An item doesn't have to be expensive to be best in class; slate plant markers from Prince Jardinier can be used over and over again if you write on them with a white Chinagraph pencil: Above: A set of 10 Etiquette

Sponsored: Set Up a Useful—and Beautiful—Garden Shed with Terrain

The first day of summer is just around the corner, and most regions are already in full-fledged gardening mode. That means it's high time to pick your plants, sow your seeds, and—no one's favorite task—get y

10 Easy Pieces: Garden Shears, Trimmers, and Clippers

Whether you're shaping a boxwood ball into an ethereal cloud or simply trying to tame the blades of grass alongside a driveway, a sharp pair of long blades is essential. Here is a list of our favorite garden shears

Object of Desire: Japanese Flower Shears at Food52

Perhaps you've noticed that many of the gazillion items for sale in Food52's shop appear to have nothing to do with food. Or cooking. Or kitchens in general. (We too have been puzzled by the Antique Horn &

Object of Desire: Bamboo Gravel Rake

Any gravel garden could use a "meditation in motion." Meet the stylish bamboo gravel rake: Above: From Shed in Healdsburg, California, a Bamboo Gravel Rake can "invoke a softly lapping ocean or a rapid

Object of Desire: Tool Belt from Wheeler Munroe

North Carolina leather crafter Wheeler Munroe has a workshop on a west-facing slope in the high mountains of Ashe County. There she and partner Michael Waldeck spend their time making maple syrup—and last-a-lifetime gard