Old Garden Tools

Some of the oldest implements in the world are those that have been used for land cultivation. Many garden tools are universal in use, like the rake, scythe, slasher, spade and saw, and much estate management of the past, before mechanisation, was dependant upon them. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kay N. Sanecki was a founder committee member of the Garden History Society and is now one of its Vice presidents. A Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture, she is the author of several books on various aspects of garden history, herbs and fragrant plants. OTHER TITLES for Shire BY THIS AUTHOR are Humphry Repton Discovering Herbs (see above)