Here’s a list of our favorite gardening products, from soil amendments to tools, most of which you will find in our gardens while the rest are on a huge wish list.

Looking for a gift? Do check out our Succulent gift guide, gifts for the Beginning Gardener and Gift Guide for the Vegetable Gardener.

Also check out our product reviews — they’ll help you shop smarter.

Full disclosure: We get commissions from purchases made through links in this post. We haven’t received any products for free — every product is one that we purchased and use in our own gardens.

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Personal Equipment

Professional Thorn-Proof Rose Pruning Gardening Gloves

Gardening Sleeves

Women’s Waterproof Garden Boots

Men’s Waterproof Gardening Boots

Pest and Disease Solutions

Bonide Dormant Oil Spray

Bonide Thuricide BT Insect Killer

Eagle Fungicide

EcoSMART Organic Insect Killer

Safer Pyrethrin & Insecticidal Soap Concentrate

Southern Ag STOP Blossom-End Rot of Tomatoes 

Southern Ag Triple Action Neem Oil

Sovran Fungicide

Fertilizer  

Propagation supplies

2-inch Seed Starter Pots (extra-strength)

Calibonsai Coarse Sand

Hoffman Seed Starter Planting & Potting Mix

Humidity Domes

LED Strip Grow Lights (48″)

Rooting Hormone Powder (choose the strength you need depending upon the ease of propagating a particular plant)

Seed Propagation Trays (extra-strength, 32 cells)

Seed Starter Kit (72-cell tray, vented humidity dome, flat seed tray)

Seed Starter Trays (32 cells)

Seed Starting Heat Mat

Soil and Amendments

Ammonium Sulfate

Coco Coir Brick 

Compost

Elemental Garden Sulfur, Organic

Garden Gypsum, Organic

Lime, Organic, Fast-Acting

Perlite

Potting Soil

Sphagnum Peat Moss

Succulent and Cactus Soil Mix, Organic

Vermiculite

Winter Survival, Fall Lawn Fertilizer

Tools and Equipment

AccuSharp 006C GardenSharp Tool Sharpener

Canterbury Hoe Fork

Chapin 2-Gallon Poly Lawn, Garden, And Multi-Purpose Sprayer 

Corona Razor Tooth Pruning Saw

Corona MAX Steel Spade

Felco F-2 Classic Manual Hand Pruner

Fiskars PowerGear2 Lopper

Fiskars 46 Inch Steel D-handle Digging Shovel

Food Cycler Indoor Kitchen Compost Container

Razorback Forged Blackland/ Southern Meadow Hoe

SCOTTS S20710 20V SYNC Lithium-Ion Cordless Cultivator

Silky Zubat Professional Hand Saw (a Gardenologist favorite!)

Sun Joe TJ603E 16-Inch 12-Amp Electric Tiller and Cultivator

Herbicides

Southern Ag Surflan A.S. (pre-emergent crabgrass solution, listed for use on buffalograss, among others

Books

Taylor’s Guide to Shade Gardening: More Than 350 Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers That Thrive Under Difficult Conditions

 by Frances Tenenbaum (Editor), Steve Buchanan (Illustrator)

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propogation and Uses

by Michael A. Dirr  (Author), Bonnie Dirr (Illustrator), Margaret Stephan (Illustrator), Asta Sadauskas (Illustrator), Nancy Snyder (Illustrator) This book is indispensable.

Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs

by Timber Press

American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses : The Definitive A-Z Guide

by Charles Quest-Ritson  (Author), Brigid Quest-Ritson (Author)