Burgon & Ball Transplanter - RHS Range

The traditional stainless steel Burgon & Ball transplanting trowel is a high-quality gardener's tool that is part of the basic gardener's kit. It is an ideal hand tool for transplanting, weeding, and shallow soil work in borders, pots, or containers. Designed with a wide and deep blade to support maximum load with each scoop, its head is made of polished stainless steel, making it highly resistant to rust and preventing substrate from sticking. Its shape is designed to provide maximum maneuverability while avoiding finger joint abrasions. Its small handle is made from beautiful, weather-resistant hardwood certified by FSC*.

* FSC is an international ecolabel guaranteeing that the wood comes from sustainably managed forests

Dimensions: blade: 7cm (3in) - total length: 30cm (12in)

The transplanting trowel is an essential tool for small gardening tasks on the surface and in containers, thanks to its high maneuverability and small size. It is a small trowel with a longer and curved blade, accompanied by a short handle. It is primarily used for small-scale plantings, such as transplanting. Easy to handle, it allows for quickly digging small holes, for example, when creating bulb borders or transplanting small clumps of annual or perennial plants. It can also be used to bury or mix substrates or to bury fertilizer. Highly versatile on small surfaces, use it to loosen the topsoil.

The English are undeniably the reference in gardening (if not in cooking). Promesses de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its almost three-century-old steel manufacturing methods. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, starting with a patent for solid steel sheep shears. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly surpassed that of sheep shears, but the stainless steel tools from Burgon & Ball are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - perhaps the ultimate reward in the gardening industry.

The steel used for Burgon & Ball tools is alloyed with carbon to give it strength and with chromium to prevent rust. It is a very precise balance that needs to be found between chrome and carbon, different for each part of the tool. For example, the socket, which needs to be strong enough to withstand bending, is made of thicker steel with a moderate balance between chrome and carbon, while the blade of this transplanting trowel, which requires significant strength and hardness to withstand bending in the soil, is made with a higher carbon content than chrome.

The heat treatment allows for precisely giving the steel the right hardness for each tool. Too hard and the metal can break or chip, not hard enough and it will bend or lose its sharpness. The thickness of the steel is also dependent on the tool. This transplanting trowel requires a thicker steel than a knife, which can be much thinner. The thickness of the steel also affects the weight, so it's a balance that Burgon & Ball, with its almost 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and enjoyable to use.