A traditional garden dibber, elegantly turned from untreated beechwood, with a handy leather hanging loop. Assists with the quick and easy planting of bulbs and seedlings — simply push the tip into the soil to create a suitably-sized hole for the intended plant or bulb. Measurements on the side help..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33
A turned beech wood paper pot press, with comfortable rounded handle, for the creation of small biodegradable pots for germinating seeds on windowsills or in greenhouses. Simply roll a piece of waste paper around the cylindrical section, folding the paper underneath, before pushing the press onto th..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Brand: Small items
A beautiful and practical folding knife, with a plywood handle and a single bevelled blade of laminated Aogami #2 Blue Paper steel. Perfect for arts, crafts, woodworking and camp use, as well as garden jobs and just as a general purpose knife — the single bevel gives incredible precision and the Blu..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
Brand: Small items
A 500ml spray bottle of black potassium olive oil soap made to a unique recipe in Salon-de-Provence since 1900. A natural ally for your plants, spray this ready-to-use diluted black soap on your plants to clean up sooty mould left by greenfly, to get rid of scale insects (rosebushes, ornamental plan..
£9.50
Ex Tax:£7.92
Brand: Small items
An oiled beech stock with stiff natural union-blend bristles and a scraper to the front. For cleaning mud and clay bound soil from garden tools, be they manual or powered. From the workshops of the Redecker company, who since their founding by Friedrich Redecker in the 1930s have specialised in the ..
£9.00
Ex Tax:£7.50
Brand: Small items
An oiled oak, solidly constructed bootjack, for the removal of wellies and walking boots without the need for stooping or using your hands. Keep in the porch, boot room or inside the back door. Re-oil from time to time, to maintain condition. From the workshops of the Redecker company, who since the..
£33.50
Ex Tax:£27.92
Brand: Small items
A canvas tool roll for all the essentials. Made with heavy duty canvas, the 5 lined pockets are perfect for holding garden tools, kitchen knives and paint brushes. This weatherproof canvas would even survive a camping trip, holding picnic cutlery and necessary tools. Measures 58 x 42 cm when fully u..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Small items
A pair of soft goat-hair and pear-wood brushes mounted upon stainless steel tongs allowing for the easy and scratch free dusting of broad leaved houseplants and vinyl records, as well as the gentle removal of aphids from leaves and stems. Made to an early twentieth century design in the Versmold wor..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Small items
A outdoor broom made from the leaf stalks of coconut palm trees and bound with coconut rope. The water-resistant nature of coconut fibre makes this broom ideal for sweeping leaves on paving or grass. Handmade in the the workshops of a small German brushmakers. Supplied with a poplar wood handle, and..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Iris Hantwerk AB
Swedish broom suitable for outdoor or indoor use, made from birch and palmyra fibre (bassine) from the same Indian palm as the 'delicious' sago. In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continues today in the form of Iris Hantwer..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
Brand: Redecker
Rice straw broom. Rice straw not being derived from rice at all but from sorghum a type of cereal growing from the sub-tropics to the Balkans. Rice straw, because it does not absorb much water is ideal for the sweeping of leaves, and outdoor areas. About 135cm from head to tip.Please note that this ..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
An incredibly simple hand broom from Japan made from the finer tops of bamboo canes bound tightly together with wire. Similarly to our zatacon scrubbing whisks, and perhaps besom brooms to which these bear resemblance and could perhaps be considered cousins these are less brittle, harder wearing, an..
£7.00
Ex Tax:£5.83
Brand: Airam
Based on the red Airam glass vacuum flasks of 1934, these wide mouthed food containers were developed in an endeavour to recreate the renowned heat retaining abilities of the originals, coupled to the practicality of stainless steel and a wider mouth making them suitable for foods as well as liquids..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Airam
Based on the red Airam glass vacuum flasks of 1934, these wide mouthed food containers were developed in an endeavour to recreate the renowned heat retaining abilities of the originals, coupled to the practicality of stainless steel and a wider mouth making them suitable for foods as well as liquids..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Large items
Aluminium whistling Ghillie Kettles, spun and assembled in Worcestershire, England. Thought by many to be the ultimate camping kettle, the Ghillie is powered by whatever tinder - small twigs, dried grass, paper, leaves - comes to hand. As this burns the the central chimney creates a significant up-d..
£62.50
Ex Tax:£52.08
Brand: Small items
A small garden knife, with a comfortable beech wood handle with steel rivets. Hand forged in the Catalonian workshops of Cuchillería Pallarès, the one surviving knife maker in a town once dotted with manufacturers. The hooked carbon-steel blade can be used for harvesting, pruning and grafting ..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Large items
A simple six peg hanging rack for keeping your most used larger garden tools within easy reach, made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes an..
£22.50
Ex Tax:£18.75
Brand: Small items
A 1 pint indoor waterer, with a long anti-drip spout for accurate watering, even of small pots. Founded in 1886 in Clapton, East London — although long since having migrated to the West Midlands — Haws are thought to be the oldest watering can company in the world. The long reach design d..
£40.00
Ex Tax:£33.33
Brand: Small items
Sharpening stones specially designed for secateurs, but also great for shears, topiary clippers and other bladed garden tools. The concave edge follows the curve of the blade perfectly, and they’re small enough to get into tight spaces. Soak for 5 minutes before use. #1000 grit, 136g, 131 x 20 x 23m..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
General purpose gardening scissors from Okatsune, Japan, used for pine pruning and thinning evergreens. Remarkably strong, with 57mm blades of carbon steel, yet delicate and accurate. Cut diagonally across branches (not straight across). Try holding with index finger outside the handle for better co..
£59.00
Ex Tax:£49.17
Brand: Small items
A sharpening stone from Okatsune, with a grit of #400, ideal for everyday sharpening of secateurs and shears. Formed from a ceramic compound, these stones are made in Onomichi, Japan. Wet the stone well before use, and don’t grind too hard. Most shears and secateurs are single bevelled - sharpen on ..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
A 7.5cm mini sharpening steel, for portable sharpening on hand whenever you need it. Designed and made in France. Great for sharpening all of Opinel’s pocket knives, this stainless steel steel, whilst diminutive, is a high quality sharpening tool suitable for small tools and knives. Opinel have been..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
A pair of simple garden scissors, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, whilst the blades are strong enough to cut through woodier stems up to around penc..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A sImple turned beech stand for storing a ball of garden twine or string, complete with an integral cutting blade, for a convenient and quick way to cut your twine to handy lengths on the go. These stands come complete with a ball of twine, in random colours — one will be selected for you on order.&..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Objects of Use
Gift vouchers, or certificates in denominations of £10.00, £25.00, £50.00, or £100.00 of letter-pressed card produced for us in the printing workshop of Richard Lawrence just a cycle ride away from our shop in central Oxford. These vouchers include a unique code allowing them to be used either onlin..
Brand: Krumpholz
A weighty billhook or clearing hook, weighing 600g, with a broad and solid, sharpened blade, this billhook is forged using premium German steel and forging techniques and has a shaped ash handle to ensure a good grip. Somewhere between a knife and an axe, the billhook is used for cutting woody plant..
£39.50
Ex Tax:£32.92
A bundle of 45 sticks of mosquito-repelling incense, containing Indian neem and Sri Lankan citronella. Each 135mm stick will burn for approximately 25 minutes. These sticks are natural incense only, with no metal stick, and need to be treated delicately to prevent breakage — one or two may be b..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A 24 fine wire tined adjustable and extendable leaf rake from Niigata Prefecture Japan. Quickly adjusts with an arc of 14cm to 40cm by way of a wing-screw and sliding bar. The stainless steel wire tines have slight ball tips to help prevent sinking and catching on soft ground, whilst the handle is o..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42
Brand: Small items
First produced in Nantes in 1911 these lanterns are now made still using the original machines in Slovakia. A patented burner and optimised air circulation guarantee a constant and luminous flame, even in strong winds, and without darkening the glass. Made from tinned and powder coated steel for imp..
£37.50
Ex Tax:£31.25
Brand: Small items
Hand smithied ‘Verdugo’ scissor shears from Spain - traditionally used on sheep, these make ideal light topiary or flower shears. Without an overtightened pivot these designed to be used quickly giving a false impression of looseness but tested on paper they are deceptively effective. From the works..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Sneeboer
An ash handled, hand-forged stainless steel flowerbed trowel, with a tapering blade for planting or transplanting young plants whilst minimising damage to surrounding specimens. Made in the Netherlands by Sneeboer, who began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Originally designed to withstand the ri..
£49.00
Ex Tax:£40.83
Brand: Small items
This spade is a durable garden tool for digging and transporting plants or earth. Its sharp blade edge, crafted through premium German forging, means it makes small work of getting into even hard ground and rooted soil. The kick step makes it even easier to tackle hardened earth. The high-quality 80..
£75.00
Ex Tax:£62.50
Brand: Sneeboer
This ash-handled, hand-forged stainless steel weeding trowel has a strong and narrow sharpened blade, especially useful for removing tap rooted weeds (dandelions and the like) as well as planting longer rooted seedlings, or those like sweet-peas that benefit from a deep narrow hole. Made in the Neth..
£49.00
Ex Tax:£40.83
Brand: Krumpholz
A larger standard-sized hand trowel with a welded cranked stem and sustainably grown turned ash 14cm handle. This sturdy hand-held tool is perfect for transplanting bulbs, seedlings, flowers, and vegetables, as well as light weeding while working to sustain existing roots. Handcrafted in the Krumpho..
£23.50
Ex Tax:£19.58
Brand: Krumpholz
Designed to break up compacted and hardened soil, this German forged cultivator gives exceptional results with minimal effort. The premium prongs on this cultivator mean you can easily break up ground and work to remove weeds efficiently and also effectively spread compost in preparation for your pl..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
Brand: Small items
Forged using premium German steel and forging techniques, this four-tined fork, with a comfortable ash handle, enables the user to easily loosen soil, remove weeds and dig up old bulbs or plants without excessive effort. The durable prongs work perfectly to shift earth and ground, whilst its robust ..
£29.00
Ex Tax:£24.17
Brand: Krumpholz
A forged bulb planter with a 14cm turned ash handle, designed to eliminate guesswork when it comes to planting your favourite garden plants. This bulb planter’s sturdy construction and angled tip make light work of achieving the correct depth of hole for your bulbs. Handcrafted in the Krumpholz fami..
£26.50
Ex Tax:£22.08
Brand: Krumpholz
Forged using premium German steel and forging techniques to create the perfect gardening tool to tackle rigorous weeding, this weeder is capable of effortlessly slicing weeds and shifting soil. The 14cm ash handle provides a comfortable and dependable grip. Handcrafted in the Krumpholz family-run fo..
£21.23
Ex Tax:£17.69
Brand: Krumpholz
A fine example of German manufacturing which has been perfected through process, this compost scoop is a strong and durable tool, with forged steel and an ash handle. For the scooping and transferring of compost, soil, seeds or more. Handcrafted in the Krumpholz family-run forge in Germany who have ..
£37.50
Ex Tax:£31.25
Brand: Krumpholz
A powerful premium tool made for the efficient loosening of soil, this forged garden hacker is ideal for effective aeration of soil in order to let nutrients penetrate more deeply and for soil and earth to be shifted more easily. With a 40cm stem providing generous room to find your ideal hold, it i..
£31.50
Ex Tax:£26.25
Brand: Krumpholz
A hand-forged axe with a durable and high-quality 40cm 'cow-foot' shaped handle, allowing for a confident one-handed grip when chopping back or trimming branches or twigs in your garden. Hickory is used due to its combination of strength and flexibility — its strength allows it to take massive ..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Krumpholz
A premium, smaller scale hand fork, resulting from top-of-the-range German manufacturing, great for all sorts of jobs around the garden. great for all sorts of jobs around the garden. Robust and comfortable, these are made to the same high standards as Krumpholz’s main range, ideal for the budding g..
£16.50
Ex Tax:£13.75
Brand: Krumpholz
A premium, smaller scale hand trowel, resulting from top-of-the-range German manufacturing, great for all sorts of jobs around the garden. great for all sorts of jobs around the garden. Robust and comfortable, these are made to the same high standards as Krumpholz’s main range, ideal for the budding..
£16.50
Ex Tax:£13.75
Brand: Krumpholz
A professional Scythe made of high carbon steel, with a forged blade with long steel shank forged in a single piece and heat treated for maximum strength. With a sharpened blade and shaped ash handle, this is a classic scything tool for tough weeding and agricultural harvesting. Handcrafted in the K..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Krumpholz
Forged from a single piece of steel with a turned ash handle, this small and capable hand-held tool is perfect for transplanting small plants, flowers and vegetables while working to sustain existing roots, and for other precise gardening tasks, the narrow blade allowing for effective weed removal. ..
£23.00
Ex Tax:£19.17
Brand: Krumpholz
Forged from a single piece of finest-quality steel, this strong planting hand hoe and weed hacker is adaptable for many jobs around the garden. The finely-crafted ‘cow foot’ ash handle means an effective and comfortable grip, with this weed hacker sitting easily in the hand while you work. Dependabl..
£59.50
Ex Tax:£49.58
Brand: Sneeboer
A large claw like hand cultivator with a turned ash handle extended neck and two large hooked tines - ideal for breaking up and turning compacted earth or dragging tangled debris from borders. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden tools in 1913. Originally designed to withstand the rigours..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Sneeboer
Built to last a lifetime, of stainless steel with an ash handle. This is the perfect tool both for the careful scraping away accreted layers of earth, or for delicate cementitious repairs. The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden and other tools in 1913. Still forged, ground, and assembled en..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Small items
A hand-held hoe with larger balde to be used with a swinging or raking action to dig out and remove weeds in tightly planted borders. Hand produced in Catalonia at the workshops of Cuchillería Pallarès the one surviving knife and tool maker in a town once dotted with small manufacturers. Founded in ..
£16.50
Ex Tax:£13.75
Brand: Oversize items
The firm of Sneeboer began manufacturing garden tools in 1913, and were in the 1940s amongst the first to embrace the use of stainless steel. Originally designed to withstand the rigours of daily use by the professional horticulturalists and commercial growers of West-Friesland, with its heavy clay ..
£102.00
Ex Tax:£85.00