Gardening Glove Retailers
Retailers and materials for gloves used in gardening
Gardening gloves are gloves chosen for work in soil: protection from thorns, scrapes and blisters, grip on tools, and enough dexterity to handle seeds and seedlings. The retailers named for them here are the big practical sources, Home Depot, Lowes, Tractor Supply Co., Walmart and Target, and the substance of the page is its materials guide. Leather work gloves are the durable standard: pigskin is a popular option, naturally durable and breathable, and it withstands moisture without stiffening; goatskin and cowhide are also common, and synthetic leathers exist. Nitrile-coated gloves protect while weeding, cutting grass and planting, their textured coating improving grip on tools and materials and guarding against thorns and stickers. Cotton knit jersey gloves give comfort and flexibility for light work like mulching, with a knit wrist to keep out dirt, but less protection than leather. Polyester gloves use soft, abrasion-resistant fabric, and many gloves mix cotton fabric with leather palms and fingers for abrasion resistance with softness. The page closes with gardening references, Better Homes and Gardens, the Farmer's Almanac and Country Living.
What are gardening gloves? Obviously, they are gloves used for gardening.
You will find a wide assortment of gardening glove materials available. You will find leather, canvas, Nitrile coated, and more.
Leather Work Gloves are ideal for working in your garden or flower beds.
Pigskin is a popular leather option. 100% pigskin leather means they're naturally durable, breathable and will withstand moisture without stiffening. These gloves have you covered no matter the job, big or small. You can also find other types of leather such as goatskin, cowhide, etc. Synthetic leather options are also available.
Approach every outdoor project with ease when you're wearing Nitrile-Coated Gloves. rubber-coated garden gloves will keep you protected while you weed, cut grass, plant flowers and more. Plus, the textured coating improves your grip on tools and materials and protects your hands from scrapes, thorns, and stickers.
Cotton Knit Jersey Gloves provide comfort and flexibility. The lightweight gloves provide everyday light protection and makes these gloves ideal for mulching and gardening. Made from jersey material, the gloves feature a knit wrist to keep out dirt and debris while working. Note: would not offer as much protection for your hands as leather.
Polyester gardening gloves are another option. They can be made from a soft, abrasion-resistant fabric, these green gardening gloves will keep your hands safe from long days out in the yard.
You can find many gardening gloves that are mix of cotton fabric and leather portions. Premium leather and cotton provides a good abrasion resistant for many outdoor application, yet very soft to wear.
Many other gardening glove fabric options exist. Do your further research to find the material that is best for your purposes.
Learn more about gardening:
Better Homes & Gardens - Gardening : Create the perfect front yard and backyard landscapes with Better Homes & Gardens gardening tips. They will tell you about beautiful annual, perennial, bulb, and rose flowers, as well as trees, shrubs, and groundcovers that put on a year-round gardening show.
Farmer's Almanac Gardening : Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has spoken to all walks of life: planting charts for those who grow their own food; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; Moon and sunrise times for those who watch the skies; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air.
Country Living Gardening: How does your garden grow? Make sure your yard looks its best with Country Living garden plans, expert gardening tips, landscaping advice, outdoor decorating ideas, and inspirational garden tours.
Gardening is the activity of tending and cultivating a garden, especially as a pastime. It is important to wear the proper gloves when participating in this fun but physically challenging pastime.
Matching Gloves to Garden Jobs
Roses and brambles want leather gauntlets that cover the forearm. Vegetable and flower planting wants coated knit gloves with feel in the fingertips. Wet work, mixing, washing down, pond edges, wants nitrile or rubberized gloves that do not soak through, where leather would stiffen over time, pigskin excepted. Cleanup and wood handling want plain leather. The two-pair strategy the materials guide implies, one leather, one coated, covers a whole season for most gardens, and replacements come from the same big retailers without a special trip.
Gardening gloves wear out at the fingertips and thumb crotch first. Washing soil out before storage, drying away from direct heat, and keeping a spare pair in rotation all extend their life, and leather pairs repay occasional conditioning. When the coating on a knit glove cracks or the leather on a work glove wears through, the pair is done: gloves protect hands only while their material is intact.
Common Questions
Which gardening glove material is best?
It depends on the work, which is why the materials are listed in such detail. For thorns, rough wood and heavy digging, leather, pigskin above all for its moisture tolerance, or goatskin for dexterity. For general planting, weeding and tool work, nitrile-coated gloves give grip and scrape protection while staying flexible and cheap enough to replace. For light work, mulching, tidying, cotton jersey is comfortable and breathable but offers the least protection. Many gardeners keep two pairs: leather for the rose bushes and the woodpile, coated knit for everything else.
Where are gardening gloves sold?
At home and garden retailers rather than fashion stores, which is why the retailers named here are Home Depot, Lowes, Tractor Supply Co., Walmart and Target. Garden centers and hardware stores stock them seasonally and year-round, in men's and women's sizes and in multi-packs for coated gloves. This directory lists gardening gloves among the accessory categories because the buying questions, material, fit, grip and durability, are the same questions asked of any glove, and the main gloves page covers the fashion side of the family.
How should gardening gloves fit?
Snug enough for dexterity, long enough in the cuff to keep soil out. A gardening glove that is too large slips on tool handles and makes blisters more likely, not less; too small, and seams split at the fingers. A knit wrist or gauntlet cuff matters more than in fashion gloves because dirt and debris work downward into the glove all day. Trying gloves with a trowel in hand is the store test: grip, pinch a seed-sized object, and check the thumb seam.