Duchy Originals, the Company established by HRH The Prince of Wales, is taking a leap into the gardening arena with the launch of a premium range of over 15 new garden tools made in the UK and based on classic Victorian designs.

The Duchy Garden Tools Collection has been designed and crafted using drawings from the Victorian archives. They combine the finest materials with traditional British craftsmanship to produce a range inspired by the tools of yesteryear. Made with the highest attention to quality, strength and function, this premium range has been created especially for the passionate leisure gardener.

The range includes 16 classic digging, cultivating, cutting and hand tools and well as two watering cans. Prices range from £15 (hand tools) to £65 (digging tools). Quite appropriately, the tools will go on sale first at the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery Lostwithiel, Cornwall from late February. Duchy will also be selling the tools at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in May.

The Duchy Originals brand is renowned for being one of the UK’s leading organic food producers. It was established in 1990 by The Prince of Wales to promote sustainable farming and food production through the manufacture of a range of premium organic products and to generate funding for the Prince’s charities. A similar desire to support sustainable woodlands and UK craftsmanship has driven the production of the Duchy garden tool range, which will be produced to the same impeccable standards as the brand’s food products.

To develop the tools Duchy has partnered with leading garden tool manufacturer Caldwells, a UK family firm that has been making high-quality tools since 1770. They have all been produced within the UK to the highest British standards.

A key feature of the tools are the unique design features and the quality of production. For instance, the digging tools are solid forged from one piece of stainless steel with an extra long 12" socket to maximise strength and prevent handle breakages. All the tools have wood barrel waxed handles for natural environmentally-friendly protection against the elements and the steel is hand polished to a mirror finish.

Another key attribute of the range is the ethical sourcing of Ash. HRH The Prince of Wales, himself an enthusiastic gardener, is also an active campaigner for more sustainable woodland management. He has always been keen to encourage ways of maintaining commercially viable forestry working in harmony with nature.

The wood used in the production is all Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) sourced. All of the hand tools are made using Duchy of Cornwall Ash sourced from HRH The Prince of Wales’s estates. The digging and cultivating tools use Ash sourced from sustainable forests in Canada.

As with all Duchy products all profits made from the sale of the tools will be donated to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation. To-date over £4.5 million has been donated to the charity since the Company’s inception in 1990, going to a wide variety of environmental, community, education and health projects.

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