6 dealers for vintage & antique garden tools
Country Home Antiques This Norfolk- based business has an online store as well as a barn showroom on a farm in Foulsham (opening times vary), and among the collection of country antiques there’s usually a garden tool or two. We love the old metal plant labels, the parsnip lifter and the strawberry trowel currently in stock. countryhomeantiques.co.uk; @countryhomeantiques
Garden and Wood
Louise and Piers are true experts when it comes to antique and vintage gardenalia, ephemera and tools. They have been collecting and restoring all manner of items for many years, based in a beautiful cottage in the Oxfordshire countryside. Browse their online store and follow the Instagram account for stock updates. Cucumber straightener, anyone? gardenandwood.co.uk; @gardenandwood
The Vintage Garden Store You may have come by the Vintage Garden Store at the Malvern antiques fair from time to time. John and Carole also have an online shop selling their wonderful array of hand tools, spades, forks, hoes and more. At the moment, the inventory also includes a nettle swipe and two beautiful wooden wheelbarrows. thevintagegardenstore.com
Vintage Garden Tools
A family- run business based in Kent, Vintage Garden Tools offers tool refurbishment as well as vintage pieces – from spades to billhooks – to buy through its eBay shop and through stands at garden shows. vintagegardentool.com; @vintage_ garden_tools
Orchard Garden Antiques This is another lovely family business, run by David, Christabel, and their daughter, Katie, from their countryside home near Montgomery on the Welsh border. Among their mix of metalwork, planters, garden furniture and interiors pieces, they sell vintage hand forks, dibbers and shears. orchardgardenantiques.co.uk; @orchardgardenantiques
Vintage 216
While this may not be the place to buy from – the store is based in Victoria, Australia – the Instagram account for Vintage 216 is a delight to follow and scroll through. Garden pieces such as vintage terracotta pots, old watering cans, sieves, decorative birdhouses, trowels and secateurs are beautifully styled and displayed, and endlessly inspiring. @vintage.216
Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk
14th-15th Summer Fine Sale, Tennants Auctioneers, The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk
18th Toys for the Collector, Special Auction Services, Plenty Close, off Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5RL. specialauctionservices.com
18th-19th Design, Sworders, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk
18th-19th Fine Art & Antiques, Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park, nr Cranham, Gloucestershire, GL4 8EU. chorleys.com
19th-20th Summer Country House & Fine Interiors Auction, Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. andersonandgarland.com
20th-21st Back To The Future including Mid Century Design, Fieldings, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, DY8 1JN. fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk
25th-26th Toys, Dolls, Models, Antiques & Interiors, The Cotswold Auction Company, Bankside Trading Park, Love Lane, Cirencester, GL7 1YG. cotswoldauction.co.uk
26th Toys & Models, Sporting & Fishing, Tennants Auctioneers, The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk