Lawn kit essentials

The ideal foil for colourful borders, a healthy, well-kept lawn can be hard to achieve when it’s also the spot where friends and families gather and play. Constant traffic and overuse, plus the need to mow and trim regularly, means that most gardeners need a selection of tools to help them give their emerald sward the right TLC.

To help you keep your lawn lush and make the most of your patch of green, the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine

reviews team regularly tests lawn kit so you can choose your tools with confidence.

From the latest cordless mowers to edging shears for that perfect finish, we’ve put a host of lawn care tools through their paces and awarded the very best our coveted Best Buy. Every piece of kit you’ll find over the next four pages has won a Best Buy, so this is the perfect place to start your search for the right tools for the job.