A compact gardening set designed in a size that is perfect for those who want to enjoy gardening in a small space, such as balconies and planters.

This 3 piece gardening set was developed in partnership with renowned Ikebana flower artist Keiko Yoshino, and is meant as an ideal tool set for modern city gardening. Designed with durability and ease of use in mind, Les Petites Mains (“the small hands”) is comfortable for people and fitting for the environment they will be used in. Each tool is made from stainless steel, with beautiful snow beech wood used to craft the handles. The choice of snow beech was born from Niigata University’s “Snow Beech Project”, a conservation project that utilises wood previously cleared from the Niigata mountain forests.

All products are hand-finished by craftsmen in Tsubamesanjo.

• Scoop:
  A functional design that allows you to scoop up a lot, easily put it in the gaps between group plants, and mix fertilizers well. With the exquisite edge created by heat treatment and hand finish by a blacksmith specializing in hoe, it can comfortably work with hard soil, and also make root cutting very easy.

• Claw:
  It is a handy claw designed to cultivate the soil firmly. Since conventional gardening claws are not heat-treated, they are not suitable for cultivating soil, and have the disadvantages of bending, chipping, and soil getting into the side slits of many claws. This claw is strengthened by the skilled blacksmiths of Tsubamesanjo, and the tip has a trapezoid structure that is easy to dig, and, by eliminating the slit on the side, it is hard to get dirty even after use. Plowing with this cultivator will make the soil fluffy, so the plants will create an environment where it is easy to reach water and nutrients.

• Pick:
  For unwinding the crowded roots to make them fluffy. When replanting a plant, it is the best to unravel the densely solidified roots. It is also suitable for unraveling pot-bound roots and guiding small plant roots into their holes when transplanting.