Types of Garden Tools: A Complete Buying Guide for Buyers and Wholesale Customers

As a garden tool dealer, we have access to all kinds of gardening enthusiasts every day. Whether you're a novice gardener or an experienced professional buyer, choosing the right tools is essential. This article serves as a complete buying guide to types of garden tools for buyers, especially for those looking for professional and wholesale garden tools for different applications.

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Pruning and trimming tools

1. Hand Pruner

How to Use: Prune those branches with a diameter wider than two fingers, remove dead branches, and beautify the shape of the shrub

Type: Bypass type for live branches and cutting board type for dead branches

Buying tip: Choose those with ergonomic designs, non-slip handles, and replaceable blades, which can greatly reduce replacement costs and improve your work efficiency.

2. Loppers

How to Use: Prune tall branches with a diameter within two to four finger widths, getting rid of dependence on ladders

Features: Extended handle provides leverage for thicker shoots

3. Hedge Shears

How to Use: Trim hedges, bushes to create neat planes or shapes

Electric/manual selection: Manual selection for small areas of hedges, considering electric or battery-powered for large areas

4. Pruning Saw

Use: Cut thick branches with a diameter of more than 5 cm

Type: Folding (portable), straight plate (more powerful)

Soil treatment tools

1. Shovel

Use: digging soil and digging holes

Type: Round tip, square tip, pointed tip

2. Spade

Usage: More detailed treatment of plants, such as transplanting branches or shovelling soil in small areas

Features: Flat-head design, convenient for adding soil or transplanting seedlings in small quantities

3. Rake

• Leaf rakes: Lightweight plastic or metal rakes are available to collect fallen leaves without harming the lawn.
• Garden rake: has strong metal serrations for levelling the soil and removing stones.

• Lawn Rake: Metal spring teeth used to thin grass and remove dead grass layers in lawns.

4. Hoe

Usage: weeding, loosening, ditching

Types: Traditional hoe (general), swing hoe (labor-saving weeding), tomahawk hoe (hard soil reclamation)

Lawn care tools

1. Lawn Mower

• Walk-behind type: small lawn, economical and environmentally friendly
• Electric: small and medium-sized lawns, low noise
• Gasoline: Large lawn with great power
• Mount type: large area of lawn, saving time and effort

2. String Trimmer/Weed Whacker

Uses: Trim edges and corners that are difficult for the mower to reach

Type: Electric, gasoline, battery

3. Lawn Roller

Usage: Level the lawn surface, promote the contact between the turf and the soil

4. Lawn Aerator

Usage: Punching holes in lawns to improve soil air permeability and moisture penetration

Irrigation and watering tools

1. Watering Can

Usage: Precise watering, especially suitable for potted plants and seedlings

Selection: spray evenly with the shower head, and the capacity is selected according to needs

2. Garden water pipes

Type: Rubber, PVC

U: Choose pipes of the appropriate length and material when purchasing to avoid long-term replacement, and use them with high-quality connectors.

3. Sprinkler

• Oscillation: rectangular area
• Rotary type: circular area
• Pulse type: large area irrigation

4. Sprayer

Usage: Spreading liquid fertilizers and pesticides

Type: Handheld (small area), Piggyback (large area)

Professional horticultural equipment

1. Brush Cutter

Uses: Clear overgrown areas, small shrubs, rough terrain

2. Leaf Blower

Usage: Quickly collect fallen leaves and improve cleaning efficiency

Type: Handheld, knapsack, cart

3. Hedge Trimmer

Usage: Efficient pruning of long-distance hedges, saving time and effort

Power: Electric, battery, petrol

4. Wood Chipper

Usage: Crush branches and fallen leaves into mulch, environmentally friendly and reuse

Hand tools and small accessories

1. Hand Rake

Uses: Loosening and weeding in small areas of flower beds and potted plants

2. Trowel

Usage: transplant seedlings, dig planting holes, remove weed roots

3. Gardening gloves

Material options: leather, rubber-coated, cotton

4. Tool belt

Usage: Carry common gadgets to improve work efficiency

Purchase suggestions

1. Match needs

   Choose tool specifications and functions according to the size of the yard and plant type.

2. Quality first

   Choose tools with good materials and stable structures, durable and safer to use.

Conclusion

Looking for reliable wholesale garden tools for your business?

Whether you are a garden tools importer, distributor, landscaping company, or retail buyer, Scarecrow Garden Supplier Co., Ltd. can help you select the right products based on your market, usage scenarios, and budget.

Tell us:

• Your target market
• Typical application scenarios (home gardening, landscaping, municipal use, retail, etc.)
• Required quantities and product categories

Our experienced team will recommend the most suitable garden tools and complete product combinations to support your business growth.