The best tools to make gardening easier

By Lucy Hall | Published – 4 Feb 2026

The benefits of gardening for our physical and mental health are well documented, and a Saga survey found that gardening really does grow on us as we get older.

But just as we gain more time in later life to spend in the garden, we can lose stamina or mobility.

Here are seven of the best gardening tools that make gardening more accessible for all, whatever your age, ability or stage in life.

1. Secateurs

Someone using a pair of secateurs to prune a branch

Fiskars PowerGear

Boost your grip with rotating (Fiskars PowerGear) or ratchet (Darlac) types, or try powered pruners (Stihl).

2. Bulb planter

A bulb planting tool creating holes in the soil for bulbs

Crocus

Create holes fast using this spiral auger for a cordless drill (Crocus).

3. Top kit

Niwaki's golden spade for gardening

Niwaki

Reach into beds with the Wolf-Garten multi-head range and the small Niwaki Golden Spade.

4. Easy grip hand tools

Easy-grip gardening tools

Peta UK

These easy-grip tools by Peta UK have angled handles to keep wrists straight and pain-free.

5. Vertical wall planters

A vertical wall planter containing herbs and leaves

PlantBox

Use PlantBox self-watering modules to grow at eye level.

6. Rolling garden seat

A rolling garden seat on wheels

Ability Superstore

Work the ground without squatting or kneeling (Ability Superstore).

7. Raised planters

A raised wooden planter containing pink flowers

VegTrug

Use sturdy planting boxes (Garden Trading) or manger-style VegTrugs (John Lewis) to get closer to your plants.