8 tips for gardening gloves

Are your fingers itching to start gardening or get the new patio laid, or do you just need to take rubbish to the recycling centre? Then this is the place to find the right gloves for the job. It’s important to choose the right type of gardening gloves for optimal protection of your hands during your project – and to ensure you’re ready to continue the work the next day.

Here, we offer tips for choosing the best work gloves for various types of projects in the garden.

Gardening gloves and rose gloves

Many gloves that are suitable for gardening also protect against thorns and stinging nettles, for example. Gardening gloves give you a better grip on gardening tools and protect your hands from blisters and scratches. We’ve made the choice easier by presenting the most commonly selected glove types.

Gardening gloves in leather

Gardening gloves with goatskin are soft and supple, with good finger sensitivity. They protect the fingers and the fabric sections on the tops of the hands make them breathable. These gloves are good for all-round gardening and weeding, and also offer a bit of protection against thorns. They are not waterproof.

See examples of gardening gloves in leather and other types

Gardening gloves for women

Feminine gardening gloves in small and medium sizes with soft goatskin or dot patterns in rubber provide a good grip and finger sensitivity. They are made to fit women's hands. They have breathable fabric sections on the tops of the hands. These gloves are good for all-round dry gardening, such as weeding, transferring seedlings to pots, and similar tasks.

See examples of ladies’ gardening gloves in feminine styles

Dipped gloves and gardening

Knitted gloves with nitrile- or latex-dipped palms are a good choice for general weeding and gardening. These gloves have excellent finger sensitivity to give you a good grip on gardening tools and protect your hands from moisture. The snug-fitting cuffs at the wrists help prevent dirt from entering the gloves. Note that knitted gardening gloves do not protect against sharp thorns.

See examples of dipped gloves for gardening

Rose gloves protect against thorns

When pruning roses and shrubs with thorns, it’s a good idea to wear long rose gloves to avoid looking like you’ve been in close combat with a cat! These long gardening gloves offer your hands and forearms effective protection from sharp thorns. The reinforcements on the hand sections and rubber-coated cuffs give you extra protection.

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Men can use welder gloves as rose gloves

As rose gloves for men, we suggest long welder gloves, which are available in sizes to fit men's hands. These gloves are excellent for pruning roses and thorny shrubs because they are made in strong split leather to provide optimal protection.

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Protective sleeves for pruning roses

In the past, housewives used fabric forearm covers in the kitchen to avoid splashes and spills on their clothing sleeves. However, the protective sleeves that we recommend here are made from a completely different material. They are made from strong split leather, which makes it difficult for thorns to penetrate – and they prevent you from being stung on your forearms when removing nettles, for example.

These protective sleeves can be combined with gardening gloves to keep both hands and forearms well protected.

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Work gloves for contruction work

When you’re installing a new patio or terrace, your fingers work overtime because you must repeatedly grip, carry, and place the tiles. Therefore, you need very durable work gloves to protect your hands from wear and impact from the heavy tiles and flagstones.

Split-leather work gloves

We suggest classic work gloves in split leather. These gloves provide a good grip and are very durable, and therefore are suitable for demanding work. The fabric sections on the tops of hands make the gloves breathable.

See examples of work gloves in split leather

Dipped gloves for gripping tiles and patio stones

The tedious work with tiles is made much easier when you wear snug-fitting, knitted all-round work gloves with palms and fingers dipped in e.g. nitrile. The dipped sections provide a good grip on tiles, but these gloves are not as durable as split-leather work gloves. On the other hand, these knitted, dipped gloves offer better finger sensitivity and good breathability.

See examples of dipped work gloves

Now, you’d probably like to check out our glove range so you can choose the right gloves for your garden or patio project. The only thing you need to know is your glove size, you can easily find your size by consulting the guide for each glove product in our web shop.