BestLandscaperTools.com was started by Neil Davis to pass on and promote what I have learned in 40 years of landscaping and intensive gardening.

The starting point is what I have learned about tools. I am a former landscaper. I owned my own landscape contracting firm for 15 years and I remain an active ornamental gardener. I like to plant nursery bought plants including trees, shrubs, ground covers, perennials and annual plants on my New Jersey property.

I have terrible native soil. It contains an unusually large number of potato size rocks and a heavy clay content. It is a nightmare to dig in and I like to dig. I actively maintain what I plant and transplant. I love to use tools and power equipment to maintain my gardens. What I have learned about both I feel can be helpful to landscape contractors and gardeners - even if you have good soil. There is real innovation in landscaping tools and I have discovered some really innovative tools that make landscaping and gardening easier.

I just turned 60 so the youthful energy that could work all day in the landscape is hard to come by. It matters that tools can make landscaping and gardening easier for folks like me.

Finally, I want to recommend quality tools for the landscape contractor. It is easy to buy tools that your horticultural distribution center offers. The tools we recommend are hard to find at nurseries, tool supply businesses, garden centers and other tool supply retailers. The tools we recommend here are high quality tools that will last. Maybe they are not for the whole crew, but we know that productivity increases for people who use these tools.