10 Essential Gardening Accessories

Do you dread working in your flower beds because of that sound your knees make when you stand again? Well, there's a solution. Try a garden rocker or a green kneeler to provide support while you weed and plant seeds and seedlings.

Garden kneelers reduce strain on your back and knees while you work in the garden. Just place in your garden bed, kneel or sit and lean forward to get closer to the plants. They move easily for access to your flowers and veggies. Use the hand rails for support when you stand again.

Foam kneeling cushions are inexpensive and can be stored with your gardening tool bag.

Upgrade your watering game with a new watering wand or nozzle. Look for styles that will reach both hanging baskets and the shrubs at the back of the border. Many have spray adjustments from mountain mist to strategic blast. To accommodate the needs of different plants, keep a watering wand close to the house for hanging baskets and planters that need focused, gentle watering.

Bonus: Helps knock the dirt off the vehicles in your fleet, too.

Looking for fun with yard and garden clean up? Consider these tools. You can use these scoops for big, dirty tasks like spreading mulch and gathering leaves. These lawn claws are irresistible to kids, who may help with the chores if they can pretend to be a leaf-eating dinosaur.

Leaf claws can be used by kids and grown-ups to protect your hands from prickly foliage like hollies, and to scoop up mulch. In the fall, let your little helpers easily scoop up wet or decaying leaves.

The red stripes and white stars of the flag go with every color in your garden. An American flag is a must-have outdoor accessory from Memorial Day through Labor Day. But it’s not the only one you’ll find online. Check out our selection of collegiate flags and bright garden flags to welcome visitors to your yard.

Gorgeous terra cotta or ceramic containers give your thriller, spiller, filler planter extra oomph. If you garden in colder climates, be sure to check for frost-proof ceramic containers that won't break when the weather chills out.

Check out the hundreds of planter designs online, many of them can be delivered to your home.

Love the look of terra cotta and stone planters filled with hibiscus, palms and other tropical plants? Beautiful as they are, they can be heavy, and you need to consider the risk of the pot draining onto your living room floor, or outside on the deck or patio. Save your back and your deck by using planter caddies underneath the pots and enjoy the ease of moving the containers from sunlight to shade.

Good gardening shoes or boots are worth the investment, especially if you garden in a rainy, mucky climate. If you’re doing heavy work like digging holes for trees and shrubs, or hardscape projects like paver paths, you’ll want sturdy work boots. But for planting, maintaining and harvesting, muck boots or garden clogs are the right fit. They're weather proof, and they slip on and off easily at the doorway.

Home Depot associates know about aprons, especially ones with pockets. You can put pruners, a small trowel, a small knife, a pencil, a writing pad and a phone in the pocket. You can put garden debris or plant tags in the pockets when you’re in the garden, and can empty them when you’re back at your house. When you’re potting plants, an apron keeps your work clothes clean.

Every gardener needs a stash of buckets and flexible plastic tubs or trugs to carry garden debris, hold potting soil or to carry water. (Pro tip for using a flexible tubtrug: Fill with water, then hold the handles close together for transport. Pour from the side for a homemade watering can.)

Five-gallon Homer buckets have endless uses in the garden, like carrying weeds from garden to compost pile. Drill holes in the bottom and fill with potting soil and use as a makeshift planter for summer tomatoes.

You may not have an outdoor garden, but you can bring something beautiful like an orchid inside your home. In seasons when there’s not much to look at outside, you can always rely on an orchid for breathtaking blooms. Learn more about caring for orchids.