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The personal touch: our new personalised trowel – with a giveaway!

If you’re looking for the perfect gift, don’t you find that a little personal touch makes all the difference to making it even more special? We thought personalisation would be a lovely service to offer to gardeners, so we have introduced our personalised RHS-endorsed trowel.
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The personal touch: our new personalised trowel – with a giveaway!
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The personal touch: our new personalised trowel – with a giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED

If you’re looking for the perfect gift, don’t you find that a little personal touch makes all the difference? And when you’re looking to treat yourself, doesn’t the element of personalisation make it even more special?

Well, we thought personalisation would be a lovely service to offer to gardeners, so we have introduced our personalised RHS-endorsed trowel.

The personalisation is etched down the side of the tool head, in text that’s not too big, not too small – just the right subtle touch. We have a selection of three typefaces to choose from. There’s a classic ‘serif’ option, a sleek modern ‘sans’ style, and a flowing handwritten script. There’s something here to reflect your personality, whatever your style.

And as the personalisation is etched into the metal rather than the wood of the handle, it won’t wear off, become rough to the hand, or allow the wood to deteriorate. It will stay looking good, year after year, reminding the user just how special they are.

We think it makes a lovely gift. For a wedding, a retirement, a birthday, a new home… There’s so many occasions when a personalised trowel is the perfect present for a green-fingered special someone.

Of course, a personalised trowel has a distinctly practical side too. For gardeners who work communally – in allotments, community gardens, or perhaps professionally, with colleagues – there’s no better way to ensure that everybody knows exactly whose trowel is whose.

Whether you want a name, a classic monogram, a date, or even a special message, we’re happy to add it to the trowel. As long as it’s under 20 characters, you can take it where you please. Within reason, of course – we wouldn’t want to make the roses blush!

The giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED

To celebrate our new service, we're giving away five personalised trowels.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog. Scroll to the bottom of this page to comment (your email address won't be published). You could tell us which special occasion you'd like to mark, or who you’d like to personalise a trowel for. It’s OK to suggest yourself! You’ll also need to be a subscriber to our monthly email newsletter to be a winner, so if you're not already signed up, fill in your email address in the grey band right at the bottom of this page. It’s easy to unsubscribe at any time if you don’t enjoy our monthly updates.

Good luck!

 

The small print

Personalised RHS-endorsed trowel prize draw, 2024

This giveaway is open to UK residents over the age of 18 only. No purchase necessary. No cash alternative is available. The winner will be chosen at random and the judges’ decision will be final. Five winners will receive: one Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed trowel with personalised etching. Prize draw opens at 00:01 on 28/03/2024 and closes at 23:59 on 07/04/2024. Winner will be contacted by Burgon & Ball shortly after the closing date. Employees of Burgon & Ball and their family members aren’t eligible to win. One entry per person. Entries created by a bot or a service that automatically enters participants are not eligible to win. We draw your attention to our privacy policy here.

 

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99 comments
  • A personalised trowel sounds awesome, would be great for down at the allotment to show off a bit of quality to the others down there!! My name of course!!

    Graham Corfield on
  • I would love to win a personalised trowel for myself, that’d be magical, as I’ve been gardening since 10 yrs old with my grandfather who is no longer here, and I miss so much. It’s my 50th birthday in August😆
    I can look up and say I’m still gardening, with my own special trowel! Thank you all x

    Michelle Cadwallender on
  • What an interesting blog, really enjoyed the article on the capsule tool collection very inventive to think of tools as you would the clothes in your wardrobe, sometimes you have so much to choose from however just use a few of your favourites

    Sarita Beddow on
  • What a wonderful innovative idea. Excellent gift idea for a gardener young or old. Celebrate a Birthday, Anniversary, Special Occasion or just give yourself one.

    Michael Cookson on
  • I would love this trowel as most of my tools are now so old they are falling apart, I am in the process of replacing them all. Ty

    Sandra Masson on
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