A garden rake is a useful tool with a long handle and a row of projecting teeth at its head for preparing the soil to plant your garden. It is one of the most useful tool that one can have in the shed. These rakes are functionally elegant in design and help to keep the lawn tidy.

There are two basic type of rakes that every gardener must have to take care of important lawn care functions:

• A lawn rake
• A gardener rake

Garden rake can clean all kinds of debris from the lawn. In the ancient time, these rakes were being used to rake leaves during the winter. Rake is the ideal tool for reaching under bushes and digging out all the decaying leaves, twigs, debris and junk that get stuck in there.

Materials Used to Make the Rake
While buying a rake for your garden, the most important aspect to consider is the materials from which the rake is made. Some people will go for a heavier steel rake. While some other, who experience weakness in their hands or wrists, will choose a light weight rake that is easier to use. Garden rakes can be made from stainless steel, wood, plastic, aluminum, iron, etc. Garden rakes of metal are efficient at working in the soil. Plastic rakes are the least preferred because of its poor durability. While selecting a plastic rake, we should make sure that the plastic possesses high strength.

Applications
These garden rakes are used to smoothen and break up the soil after cultivating. Adaptable for all garden works, it is used to do the following:Lawn grass raking
Seed bed cleaning and preparation
Removing autumn leaves
Scarifying
Raking gravel
Gathering hedge trimmings, twigs, garden refuse etc.

A garden trowel is a tool having a curved blade, which is mainly used for lifting plants and digging small holes. This multipurpose tool can also be used for planting, soil leveling, potting, and soil preparation. This tool is extensively used in various gardening activities, hence considered an essential part of the gardening tools collection.

The trowel, in general, is also used in constructional activities like shaping and smoothing a mold, cement, or mortar. But, these trowels, unlike the garden trowels, have a flat blade and they also differ in design. Anyway, garden trowel is the most widely used type of trowel. The blade of garden trowel is mostly made of carbon steel, metal, or polymer, which makes it durable and long lasting.

Garden trowels come in several varieties, depending upon the type of application. Two varieties are more significant among them, i.e., the weeding trowel and the dandelion trowel. The weeding trowel is best fitted for application areas where one has to work in the cracks between pavements, and so; while the dandelion trowel is ideal for pulling out deep rooted weeds.