Burgon & Ball showed a totally new design of garden rake on their Glee stand.

The Culti Rake was developed in collaboration with RHS head gardeners and looks set, they say, to become one of the most used tools at RHS Wisley Gardens

Designed as a hybrid between a rake and a cultivator, the tool clears the ground as well as creating a surface tilth. The narrow (18.5cm wide) head makes it ideal for working between rows or in tightly planted borders.

The outer tines are double strength, useful for dealing with individual weeds and scraping ground right up to the edges of beds and borders.

With a head made from stainless steel and handle in FSC polished ash, overall length is 105.5cm. SRP is £27.95.

Also on the stand were the latest additions to the company’s RHS-endorsed range – a selection of cutting tools, including hedge and grass shears, telescopic-handled by-pass, anvil and ratchet loppers, and a heavy-duty pruning saw. Five of the new tools have compound action levers that dramatically increase cutting power (thus reducing the amount of effort required in use).