Narrow rockery trowel Burgon & Ball - RHS Range.

This polished stainless steel handle trowel from Burgon & Ball  is a very beautiful and practical garden tool, perfect for digging planting holes for small bulbs and even transplanting plants in buckets in rocky soils. This tool for working in rockeries, thanks to the finesse of its blade that slips between the stones, was originally developed by pioneering Victorian gardeners. Equipped with a small FSC-certified wooden handle, it provides a good grip. Its metal head, narrow and extending the full length of the tool for optimal strength, is made of polished stainless steel.

* FSC is an international eco-label guaranteeing that the wood comes from sustainably managed forests

Dimensions : length: 30 cm (12in) - width: 3 cm (1in) - weight: 244 grams

With its ergonomic design, the trowel with handle effortlessly penetrates all types of soil, aided by the smooth polished stainless steel finish that simply glides between hidden stones, roots, and other invisible obstacles. The handle is compostable, the metal head is recyclable.

The English have the privilege of being the reference in gardening.  Promesse de Fleurs has chosen the English company Burgon & Ball for the quality of its materials and its methods of manufacturing steel, which will soon be three centuries old. The company has been working with steel in Sheffield since 1730, starting with a patent for solid steel shears for sheep. The production of garden shears and equipment quickly outstripped that of sheep shears, but the stainless steel tools from Burgon & Ball are officially approved by the Royal Horticultural Society - probably the ultimate reward in the gardening industry.

The steel used for Burgon & Ball tools is alloyed with carbon to give it strength, and with chrome to prevent rust. It's 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 medium balance between chrome and carbon, while the blade of this transplanter, 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 to achieve exactly 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 used also depends on the tool. This trowel requires a thicker steel thickness than a knife, which can be much thinner steel. The thickness of the steel affects the weight, so it's also a balance to be found, which the Burgon & Ball company, with almost 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and enjoyable to use.