Wirecutter’s Top Garden Too

Ellen C. Wells

You know about Wirecutter, right? It’s The New York Times site where journalists thoroughly test and review pretty much anything you can think of—from chinos to skincare products and TV stands. When these reviewers aren’t adequately able to test products, they ask experts for their own recommendations. And in a Wirecutter piece on garden tools released recently, they asked the landscape teams at some of the nation’s heralded botanic gardens what tools they turn to for various gardening tasks.

You should know what these products are because your customers will come asking. Here are a few for-instances I’ve pulled from their recommendations:

• Felco 2 bypass pruner
• Silky Pocketboy 170 mm folding saw
• A.M. Leonard’s plastic-handled hori hori
• Gorilla Tub (formerly Tubtrugs, I didn’t know that name changed)
• 20-gal. Catchy Can
• Showa Atlas gloves

Wirecutter fans do not wait on pursuing recommendations, either, so be prepared! See the full story and additional recommendations. GP