Gardening Gloves & Knee Pads

Everything You Need to Know About Gardening Gloves

If you’ve ever spent time tending a garden, you know that long hours of holding tools can take their toll on your skin. Gardening gloves are an ideal solution. They protect your hands as you work, preventing blisters and hot spots from forming and helping keep you comfortable.

There are several different types of garden gloves to choose from, including:

• Gauntlets: Gardening gauntlets feature long cuffs that extend up your forearms. They provide extra skin protection, which makes them a good choice when you’re reaching into trees for pruning or handling plants with sharp leaves.
• Short gloves: These traditional gardening gloves cover your hands and wrists. Usually, the wrist opening is loose to allow airflow and keep your hands cool. The wider opening also makes these gloves easy to slide on and off.
• Elastic-wrist gloves: These gloves feature an elastic wrist cuff that fits close to your skin. They prevent cold air or dirt from getting in so you can stay clean and warm.
• Gloves with claws: These gloves feature plastic claws that slip over your fingers. The claws enable you to dig into the dirt efficiently without using a garden tool. One example of this style is the Honey Badger gloves in the UK.

As you’re choosing gardening gloves in the UK, you’ll find a range of materials, including:

• Leather: These gloves are strong and long-lasting. They’re also quite thick, so they protect your skin from thorns and sharp leaves; rose gardeners often prefer leather for that reason. Many leather gloves are waterproof.
• Fabric: Gloves made from fabric are soft and flexible, giving you more dexterity for delicate gardening tasks. Fabric is breathable, so these gloves can help prevent sweaty or hot hands. Fabric also comes in a variety of designs, so if you're fashion-conscious, they might be a good choice.
• Rubber: These gloves are designed to keep chemicals away from your skin, so they’re ideal when you’re using fertilisers and pesticides. Keep in mind that rubber gloves are not breathable, so they tend to be warmer than other styles. They're more waterproof than fabric gloves.

Some features that are available on gardening gloves include:

• Hook-and-loop wrists: These gloves feature a hook-and-loop flap so you can ensure they fit properly on your wrists.
• Rubber-coated palms: Gloves with this feature are often made from fabric for breathability; then, the palms and fingertips are coated with rubber for extra protection.
• Textured palms: This style features a textured surface on the palms and fingers; it helps you maintain a firm grip on your gardening tools.