Best gardening gloves to buy now if you're spending more time preening your outdoor space

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published 29 April 2020

Spending more time at home had us thinking about doing new things and improving our house. If gardening’s one of your newly-found hobbies, then we've been searching for the most beautiful gardening gloves out there.

With so much time in our hands nowadays, it’s a good idea to venture into new hobbies. If you’re lucky enough to have some outdoor space, the chances are you’ve already tried out some gardening recently

How to choose the best gardening gloves for you

Always thought of being a therapeutic and relaxing activity, gardening can also be quite hard work. The dirt, sweat, spikes, and chemicals… These are just some of the reasons why you need some good gardening gloves in your arsenal to protect your green fingers. You don’t want to let accidents get in your way when it comes to perfecting your dream garden.

When choosing the best gardening gloves for you, it’s important to keep in mind how heavy the work will be: light duty (sowing seeds and some general tasks); medium (potting, pruning and clearing); or heavy (landscaping, digging or mowing). We’ve made a selection of affordable (and chic, because why not?) gardening gloves to improve your tool kit next time you’re and about in your garden pottering.

Gardening gloves that are beautiful you can shop right now

Scion Mr Fox Gardening Gloves

£13, Johnlewis.com These cute fox print gloves are made from cotton and feature silicone drops. They don't even look like gardening gloves!

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B&Q Verve Nylon Lavender Gardening gloves

£3, diy.com Practical and comfortable, the basic nylon gloves you need to keep safe against thorns and brambles while gardening.

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Love the glove deco

£15.99, Waitrosegarden.com Luxury and stylish gloves? Yes, please. With leather trimming and super soft fingers and palms, you'll feel protected and ready for some hard work.

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Gardeners Gardening Gloves Set

£10, Argos.co.uk These lovely print gloves come with a barrier cream to treat your hands and have a well-deserved relax time after.

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Sicilian lemon cotton grip gloves

£6.99, Waitrosegarden.com These bargain cotton gloves will brighten up your tool kit and get you in the right mood for gardening.

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Morris & Co. Gloves & Hand Cream Gardening Gift Set

£25, Johnlewis.com Nothing better than a lovely set with floral cotton gloves to protect and hand cream to pamper your hands afterwards.

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Wilko Professional Garden Glove Medium

£5, Wilko.com If you're already a pro and wants to level up our gardening game, these are the perfect ones. These professional gloves are ideal for planting, seeding, lifting and digging.

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Manuela Rio Tinto is a freelance fashion and lifestyle writer with experience in both short and long-form articles, as well as copywriting. Brazilian, she moved to London six years ago and since then has worked for brands like Woman & Home, Woman’s Own, Chat, Selfridges and Karen Millen, to name a few. Passionate about all things culture, travel and scuba diving-related, you’ll find her either reading, travelling or diving in her spare time.