Burgon & Ball Woodland Wonders Gardening Snips | RHS Gifts for Gardeners

Every gardener collects a drawer of scissors that never quite do the job. These are the pair that finally earns a permanent spot on the potting bench.

Sharp, stainless steel blades with pointed tips make quick work of deadheading, snipping herbs, or cutting flowers and fruit for the table, even where stems put up a fight. The scissor action gives you more control than a standard secateur, and the steel stays clean and rust-free with normal use.

What sets these apart is the artwork: deep forest green handles carrying illustrations lifted from the RHS's own historic botanical archives, all berries, leaves and birds against a woodland backdrop. It's part of a run inspired by the current appetite for wilder, more naturalistic corners in even the smallest gardens, and it carries the RHS's own endorsement, no small thing in this trade.

Built to last, with a ten year guarantee behind it, and packed in a neat card box with no plastic in sight, so it's as easy on the conscience as it is on the eye. A genuinely useful present, or a treat to keep for yourself.