Burgon & Ball - RHS Stainless Border Spade – Professional Mirror-Polished Garden Tool

Burgon & Ball RHS Stainless Border Spade – Professional Mirror-Polished Garden Tool

The RHS Stainless Border Spade is a slightly smaller alternative to a standard digging spade, making it the perfect choice for working in confined spaces or for gardeners who prefer a shorter, lighter-weight tool. Despite its more compact frame, this spade is built for serious work, having been tested to a breaking strain of 90kg—far exceeding the British standard of 55kg. This tool transforms difficult digging tasks into a smooth, professional-grade experience.

Best For: Gardeners working in tight borders or those seeking a lightweight yet incredibly strong tool that reduces physical strain without sacrificing efficiency.

Key Features

• High-Performance Blade: Features a large blade relative to its size for efficient soil movement, crafted from mirror-polished stainless steel for maximum rust resistance and minimal soil adhesion.

• Superior Strength: Engineered with an extra-long, double-riveted strapped socket that provides both immense strength and the necessary flex at the tool's key pressure point.

• Ergonomic Comfort: Equipped with wide comfort treads at the top of the blade to protect your feet and a comfortable FSC-certified hardwood 'Y' grip handle.

• RHS Endorsed: This tool carries the prestigious endorsement of the Royal Horticultural Society, ensuring it meets the highest standards of gardening excellence.

• Lifetime Guarantee: Built to last a lifetime, providing peace of mind and long-term value for every seasoned gardener.

Specifications

• Brand: Burgon & Ball

• Head Dimensions: 23cm long x 14cm wide

• Overall Height: 93cm

• Material: FSC Certified Hardwood & Stainless Steel

Ideal For (Uses)

• Confined Digging: Perfect for navigating between established plants in crowded garden borders where a full-sized spade is too cumbersome.

• Challenging Soils: The wide foot treads allow you to apply maximum pressure to penetrate heavy or compacted clay soils comfortably.

• Precision Planting: Its narrower profile makes it ideal for digging precise holes for perennials, shrubs, and bulbs.

• Lightweight Gardening: An excellent option for gardeners who find standard spades too heavy, offering professional power in a more manageable size.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.