Burgon & Ball - RHS Stainless Mid Handled Trowel – Professional Extended Reach Tool

Burgon & Ball RHS Stainless Mid Handled Trowel – Professional Extended Reach Tool

The Burgon & Ball RHS Stainless Mid Handled Trowel is the perfect hybrid for gardeners who need a little more reach than a standard hand tool provides. Featuring a 48cm length, it is specifically designed to bridge the gap between short hand tools and full-sized garden spades. Whether you are working at the back of a deep border or tending to raised beds, this trowel allows you to dig and plant comfortably without overstretching, all while maintaining the precision of a hand tool.

Best For: Gardeners working in raised beds, deep garden borders, or anyone who finds standard hand trowels just a little too short for comfortable reaching.

Key Features

• Extended Mid-Length Reach: At 48cm long, this tool provides the extra reach needed to access the back of flower beds or the center of large raised planters without straining.

• High-Capacity Deep Dish: The blade features a wide, deep-dish design, engineered to carry the maximum load of soil with every scoop, making planting and transplanting faster.

• Precision Forged Tang: The neck of the tool is precision forged at the optimal ergonomic angle, using a specialized steel composition to ensure maximum strength at this critical pressure point.

• Rust-Resistant Beauty: The mirror-polished stainless steel head ensures clean movement through soil and offers superior resistance to rust, keeping the tool in pristine condition for a lifetime.

• RHS Endorsed: Officially endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society and backed by a lifetime guarantee, signifying professional-grade quality and design.

Specifications

• Brand: Burgon & Ball

• Dimensions: 7cm wide head x 48cm overall length

• Handle: FSC-certified hardwood

• Head: Mirror-polished stainless steel

• Storage: Includes a sturdy leather hanging cord

Ideal For (Uses)

• Raised Bed Gardening: Ideal for gardeners using raised planters where the extra handle length allows for sitting or standing comfortably while working.

• Deep Border Planting: Perfect for reaching into the middle of established garden beds without having to step onto and compact the soil.

• Large Pot Cultivation: Makes light work of digging in large, deep containers or whiskey barrels where a standard trowel might fall short.

• Precision Digging: The narrow 7cm blade is excellent for digging deep, precise planting holes for perennials and small shrubs.

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.