Narrow flat wire flower rake with 9 tines - Burgon & Ball - RHS Range

The small flat wire flower rake by Burgon & Ball is a hand tool that looks like a narrow lawn brush, equipped with 9 teeth arranged in a fan shape and a short handle made of FSC-approved wood, easy to handle in tight spaces and between established plantings. It is truly a pleasure to use, as the flat teeth pick up leaves and debris without piercing them, making it a very maneuverable tool. It is perfect for removing leaves and debris under bushes, so that slugs and snails have nowhere to hide. It is specially designed for maintaining small gardens, terraces, balconies, and small flowered areas in beds or planters. The stainless steel of this flower brush is extremely rust-resistant, so it will remain shiny and beautiful for years to come. This rake, with the arrangement and flexibility of its 9 teeth reinforced by a distribution bar to prevent the teeth from bending, has the advantage of not damaging the soil, paved or tiled surfaces, or the lawn. It allows for light scarification of the lawn, i.e. removing mosses that tend to develop in wetter and shaded areas of the lawn, or picking up small pruning debris.

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

Head dimensions: 13 cm (5in) - Total length: 58 cm (23in)

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 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 - 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 the appearance of rust. It is a very precise balance that needs to be found between chrome and carbon, different for each part of the tool. The heat treatment allows for exactly the right hardness of the steel 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 flat wire brush requires a very low thickness of steel and a higher bending capacity than a knife. The thickness of the steel also affects the weight, so it is a balance that the company Burgon & Ball, with its almost 300 years of experience, has validated to ensure that its tools are both effective and pleasant to use.