Digging Tools: Spades, Forks, Shovels & Mattocks at Klevaro

Our digging tools range is built around the kit a UK gardener actually uses through spring and summer: stainless-steel spades, forks, edging irons, drainage shovels and trench spades, plus pick axe shafts for heavier ground. We carry the Rolson Tools garden range with ash handles alongside other UK trade names. The aim of the range is to give home gardeners and small landscapers a sensible middle ground: stronger than the cheapest garden-centre kit, more affordable than top-tier professional brands, and easy to maintain over many seasons. Browse alongside our wider garden tools, hand tools and home & garden ranges so you can kit out a new garden in one order.

Spades, Forks and Edging Irons

The core trio of UK garden digging is a spade for planting and cutting beds, a fork for turning compost and lifting root vegetables, and an edging iron for keeping a clean line between lawn and bed. Our stainless-steel pieces sit in the everyday-gardener bracket: strong enough for clay soils, light enough for a few hours' use without wrecking your back. Ash handles give a softer grip than plastic and last for years if stored undercover. A border spade with a slightly narrower blade is a useful third piece for raised beds and tighter planting jobs, where a full-size digging spade is unwieldy and risks knocking neighbouring plants.

Shovels and Heavy Ground Tools

Drainage shovels, Newcastle-pattern shovels and trench spades shift loose material, dig narrow trenches and clear out drains. Where the ground is compacted or rocky, a pick axe shaft pairs with a mattock head for breaking new beds and removing stubborn roots. These are the tools that earn their keep when you are setting up a new garden from scratch, rather than the day-to-day maintenance kit. If you are working on a new build or clearing an overgrown plot, a half-day with a mattock and a Newcastle shovel often does more than a weekend with just a spade, especially on the heavier clay soils common across much of the UK Midlands and the South-East.

Care, Storage and Buying Once

Most digging tools last decades if they are stored properly. Rinse off, dry, hang on a shed wall and run a file along the blade once a season. Pair with a hand trowel and fork set for the close-in planting work, plus a kneeler or gloves if you spend longer sessions in beds. For wider lawn and tool maintenance, browse our general tools range. Buying mid-range stainless steel once and looking after it is almost always cheaper across ten years than replacing budget carbon-steel tools every two or three seasons when the heads loosen or the blades rust through.