Tools on Test

Stiga folding pruning saw being used at Barnsdale Gardens by Jon Brocklebank

Stiga Folding Pruning Saw

I found the saw performed very well. I tested its cutting performance on both living and dead wood; it sailed through the branches of a mulberry tree which needed some...

Stiga Folding Pruning Saw

I found the saw performed very well. I tested its cutting performance on both living and dead wood; it sailed through the branches of a mulberry tree which needed some...

Jon Brocklebank using Stiga telescopic bypass loppers at Barnsdale Gardens

Stiga Loppers

I tested both Stiga loppers on the same materials to give a fair comparison. On living and dead wood they both cut extremely well...

Stiga Loppers

I tested both Stiga loppers on the same materials to give a fair comparison. On living and dead wood they both cut extremely well...

Stiga Battery Garden Tractor Swift 372e

Stiga Swift 372e Battery Garden Tractor

Stiga Swift 372e... the combination of its size and tight turning circle means it can get around most areas of lawn. The battery life is good and it’s very quiet....

Stiga Swift 372e Battery Garden Tractor

Stiga Swift 372e... the combination of its size and tight turning circle means it can get around most areas of lawn. The battery life is good and it’s very quiet....

Jakoti Hand Shears

Jakoti Hand Shears

These are small shears (overall length 30cm) designed to be used with one hand, they’re more like scissors than the traditional sheep shear design. Their construction is all metal apart...

Jakoti Hand Shears

These are small shears (overall length 30cm) designed to be used with one hand, they’re more like scissors than the traditional sheep shear design. Their construction is all metal apart...

Cutting hedge at Barnsdale Gardens with Bulldog Hedge Shear Wavy Blade

Bulldog Hedge Shear Wavy Blade

These shears performed really well, I used them to trim a Lonicera nitida hedge as well as some Beech, they cut cleanly through the fine growth as well as thicker...

Bulldog Hedge Shear Wavy Blade

These shears performed really well, I used them to trim a Lonicera nitida hedge as well as some Beech, they cut cleanly through the fine growth as well as thicker...

Using Bulldog anvil secateurs to cut back Verbena bonariensis in the Mediterranean Garden at Barnsdale Gardens.

Bulldog Anvil Pruning Shear

I pruned branches in an apple tree and found they require less effort than bypass secateurs. I also hard-pruned a Sambucus and they managed well with stems up to about...

Bulldog Anvil Pruning Shear

I pruned branches in an apple tree and found they require less effort than bypass secateurs. I also hard-pruned a Sambucus and they managed well with stems up to about...