Raffi at 14:35, 9 April 2007

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[[Image:Spade.jpg|thumb|small [[spade]] for [[clay]] soil; the other one for [[sand]]y soil and [[Loam|loamy]] soil]]
A '''garden tool''' is any one of many tools made for gardens and [[gardening]] and overlaps with the range of tools made for [[agriculture]] and [[horticulture]]. Garden tools can also be [[hand tool]]s and [[power tool]]s.

The hand tools still used by gardeners originated with the earliest agricultural implements used by man: the [[spade]], the [[Hoe (tool)|garden hoe]], the [[pitchfork]], the [[garden fork]], the [[Rake (tool)|garden rake]] and the [[plough]]. The earliest tools were made of wood, flint and bone.

The development of metal working, first in copper and later in iron and steel, enabled the manufacture of more durable tools. Industrial metalworking enabled the manufacture of cutting tools, including [[pruning shears]], [[grass shears]] and [[secateurs]].

The first power tool to become popular with gardeners was the [[lawn mower]]. This has been followed by a very wide range of power tools, including [[cultivator]]s, [[string trimmer]], [[sprinkler]]s, [[hedge trimmer]]s, [[lawn aerator]]s, [[leaf sweeper]]s, [[leaf blower]]s and [[mini-tractor]]s.

==See also==
* [[Agricultural machinery]]
* [[Antique tool]]
* [[Cutting tool]]
* [[Diamond tool]]
* [[Groundskeeping equipment]]
* [[Hand tool]]
* [[Landscape products]]
* [[Mechanised agriculture]]
* [[Power tool]]
* [[Tool]]

==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module5/tools.shtml BBC How to be a gardener]

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[[Category:Gardening tools]]

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Raffi at 14:35, 9 April 2007