Radius Garden Founder, Bruce Baker, participated in a live blog session on the Daily Grommet. Visit the Daily Grommet here.

We found a great, in-depth review of our Pro-Lite Spade from a formerly “cynical” gardener in the Muskogee Phoenix Online. Read the review here.

Coverage of Radius Garden’s Pro-Lite tools in Pond Trade Magazine. See the full story here.

Radius Garden introduces new Pro-Lite Tools, an affordable spin-off of its award-winning ergonomic PRO Tool line, winner of the prestigious 2007 Organic Gardening magazine Editors’ Choice Award.   The lower price tag on this new line should make it easy for more gardeners – hobbyists and professionals alike – to get both hands on these innovative tools.

The Organic Gardening Editors’ Choice Awards are “the gold standard against which all gardening products are measured.”   “Organic gardeners are very conscious about their consumption—they want to buy only high-quality tools…that [are] genuinely useful, versatile, and durable so they aren’t replacing them every season,” according to Scott Meyer, Organic Gardening editor.

Although Radius Garden’s new Pro-Lite Tools carry a lower price tag than the PRO line, they are manufactured to extremely high standards and are equally ergonomic.  The comfortable, patented “O”- shaped handle, first developed for the PRO Tools, provides four times the gripping surface of conventional tools, with room for both hands.  Four models are available (Transplanter, Spade, Shovel, and Digging Fork), each with a blade made of heat-tempered carbon steel.  The three shovels feature comfortable over-sized, rolled forward steps, and the fork has sturdy square-shaped “English-style” tines.  Pro-Lite shafts are made of pultruded fiberglass with reinforced sockets, and are five inches longer than the PRO Tool line, making these tools more comfortable for taller users.

Whether new to gardening or experienced, hobbyist or professional, gardeners looking for tools that are comfortable and easy to use will find a cost-effective and long-lasting solution in these new Pro-Lite tools from Radius.
About Radius Garden, LLC
Radius Garden, LLC is a leading manufacturer of ergonomic garden tools.   Founded in Ann Arbor, MI in 2003, Radius Garden uses current research into human factors and tool usage to create tools that maximize power while minimizing hand, wrist, and back stress.  The result is an evolving tool line that allows gardeners to “Garden More.  Hurt Less.”™

Contact:

Bruce Baker, Radius Garden, 734-222-8044, bruce@radiusgarden.com, www.radiusgarden.com.

Like many pond gardeners, Bruce Baker used to work with multiple tools including nets, rakes, and scraping tools to try to stay ahead of rapidly growing string algae and to keep the surface of his modestly-sized, rubber-lined pond free of debris.  As the inventor of many innovative, high quality ergonomic garden tools, it came to him one day when he was covered with pond muck that all of these functions could be integrated in a single tool.

The new Pond Shark from Radius combines the features of a conventional pond net with a scraper blade and tooth-like tines designed to rip and remove string algae in a simple raking motion. Opposite the rake teeth is the flattened scraper blade, ideal for scraping debris from the bottoms of natural and artificially-lined ponds. The durable, nylon-fiber construction makes the Pond Shark effective, but safe, for rubber liners.  The hydrodynamic shape of the scraping blade helps the net to move and maneuver more quickly than conventional nets when used to catch fish and other fast moving aquatic creatures.  Other unique feature of the Pond Shark are its replaceable, snap-in net and the adjustable, telescoping shaft that locks the tool to any length a user finds appropriate.

Baker says the Pond Shark solves another grooming problem many pond gardeners face.  “I was always bothered by yellowing water lily leaves just when the plants were in full flower.  Now I catch the stems of the yellowed leaves in the Pond Shark’s teeth and just pop them off into the net,” says Baker.

The new patent pending Pond Shark is the most cost-effective solution for pond gardeners who enjoy the natural beauty of a water feature but would like to stay ahead on their pond maintenance.

About Radius Garden, LLC
Radius Garden, LLC is a leading manufacturer of ergonomic garden tools.   Founded in Ann Arbor, MI in 2003, Radius Garden uses current research into human factors and tool usage to create tools that maximize power while minimizing hand, wrist, and back stress.  The result is an evolving tool line that allows gardeners to “Garden More.  Hurt Less.”™

For more information, photos, and/or samples, please contact:

Bruce Baker, Radius Garden, 734-222-8044 or bruce@radiusgarden.com or visit www.radiusgarden.com.

Yard and garden clean-up tasks get you down?  Worried that if you do the job right, you’ll end up with debilitating back pain?  Worry no more.  Radius Garden, LLC announces the arrival of the new Gator Grabber, a great back-saving tool that can be used to pick up anything from leaves to litter to logs.  With its telescoping, powder-coated steel shafts, the Grabber easily adjusts to the correct length for any user and any task.  No need to bend and strain.

Sturdy, tooth-lined nylon-fiber jaws clamp and hold debris securely until the Gator Grabber’s jaws are intentionally released.  These jaws are shaped and angled to provide ultimate flexibility, allowing the user to work with broad, sweeping strokes or to pinpoint smaller objects.

Uses for this tool are many.  Leaves, branches and twigs, pulled weeds, small- to medium-sized rocks…all can easily be picked up and moved using the Gator Grabber.  It has even been used to stack a wood pile, picking up one log at a time and depositing it in the desired location.  Water gardeners can use it for moving pots and rocks (openings in the paddles make it easy to use in water).  Composters can use it to mix or turn their compost.  And it’s great for use in stables, too!

An early user, six years into retirement, had this to say, “I can’t thank you enough for the Gator Grabber.  It is the best system yet for loading leaves into my shredder, many fewer clogs and no bending over.  I usually am exhausted after 90 minutes of leaf removal, but I feel pretty good today!”
About Radius Garden, LLC
Radius Garden, LLC is a leading manufacturer of ergonomic garden tools.   Founded in Ann Arbor, MI in 2003, Radius Garden uses current research into human factors and tool usage to create tools that maximize power while minimizing hand, wrist, and back stress.  The result is an evolving tool line that allows gardeners to “Garden More.  Hurt Less.”™

For more information, photos, and/or samples, please contact:

Bruce Baker, Radius Garden, 734-222-8044 or bruce@radiusgarden.com or visit www.radiusgarden.com.

Brilliant Garden Products announces the launch of Radius Garden tools in the UK. See the full story here.

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Karen Day wrote this article on Cool Hunting’s web site: Radius Ergonomic Garden Tools

We found a very comprehensive review of our products at About.com: Ergonomics

There is also a nice series of photos showing our tools in use at Illustrations of How to Use Radius Garden Hand Tools

EMMAUS, PA, APRIL 10, 2008 – Radius Garden’s NRG PRO Mid-Length Tools have been awarded the 2007 Organic Gardening magazine Editors’ Choice Award, the most prestigious award in the gardening industry, given annually to products in recognition of their outstanding innovation in design, materials and/or performance.

Organic Gardening Executive Editor Scott Meyer and his staff of editors and test gardeners revealed the award winners in the November 2007 issue of Organic Gardening.

The Organic Gardening Editors’ Choice Awards, bestowed annually since 2005, honors the products that Organic Gardening editors have chosen as the best of the year based on months of trial testing by teams of highly experienced test gardeners. With no set categories for the awards and no set number of recipients, the products and the testing process drive the award categories.

Radius Garden’s NRG PRO Mid-Length Tools are among twelve innovative products that have been honored with a 2007 Organic Gardening Editors’ Choice Award.

Radius Garden, LLC manufactures advanced, ergonomic tools that make gardening easier and more satisfying for hobbyists and professionals. NRG PRO Mid-Length Tools feature stainless steel blades, an unbreakable steel-reinforced shaft, a comfortable, large “O”-shaped handle (with room for both hands!) and an extra-wide, forward kick.

“Organic gardeners are very conscious about their consumption—they want to buy only high-quality tools and other gear that are genuinely useful, versatile, and durable so they aren’t replacing them every season,” Meyer says. “We used these items hard in a variety of conditions so our readers can trust that they will work in their gardens for years to come. This is a vital service Organic Gardening provides for its readers because they rely on our more than 65 years of experience in gardening and product evaluation to help them make smart choices.”

The Organic Gardening Editors’ Choice Awards are the gold standard against which all gardening products are measured, and provide a seal of approval that can help put an gardening company or product on the proverbial map.

All winners must excel under extensive field-testing conducted by Organic Gardening’s team of editors and test gardeners, who take new products into their gardens to put them to the test. This process ensures that the performance of the winners is truly worthy of distinction and meets the guiding principle behind the program: gear that is of real value to the readers of Organic Gardening magazine.

The complete list of Organic Gardening 2007 Editors’ Choice Award winners was officially announced to the general public in the magazine’s November issues.

About Radius Garden, LLC:

Radius Garden, LLC, offers 4 lines of ergonomic garden tools, available throughout the United States and Canada, as well as internationally. Please visit www.radiusgarden.com for more information on Radius Garden products and retail outlets.

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