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Sneeboer Tools are now available at Restoration Hardware nationwide. Photo: Restoration Hardware
Seasoned gardeners have relied on Sneeboer tools for decades. Since 1913, the Holland-based company has built up a reputation in providing tools that fit the three S's: Sturdy, simple and stylish. Until now, they were only sold at 13 select retailers in the United States, such as New York Botanical Gardens.
This spring, Sneeboer tools will become a lot easier to find: Restoration Hardware stores and catalogs nationwide -- as well as the store's website -- unveiled the tools too, becoming a Sneeboer retailer for the first time.
Each tool has hand-forged, stainless-steel blades and ash wood handles. The products range from typical gardening tools like a hand cultivator ($49) and a transplanting trowel with a heart-shaped blade ($69), to more sophisticated products that aim to make gardening easier. The dibbler ($49), for instance, is an arc with a stainless-steel tip that, with a little bit of compression, creates holes in the soil for planting seeds and bulbs. The Dutch hoe ($89)'s forward-facing blade slices through weeds that are slightly under the soil surface ... requiring less strain on your back.
It's no question: Higher quality means higher prices with these tools, and we can't help thinking they'll soon be cult-favorites amongst gardeners thanks to a new-found mass availability.