Tool Talk http://radiusgarden.com/blog News & Info About Radius Ergonomic Garden Tools Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:42:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ann Arbor Adopt-a-Park Day http://radiusgarden.com/blog/ann-arbor-adopt-a-park-day/ http://radiusgarden.com/blog/ann-arbor-adopt-a-park-day/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:42:07 +0000 Bruce http://radiusgarden.com/blog/?p=779 [...]]]>
Thank you again for the donation you made to the Ann Arbor Adopt-A-Park program. The volunteer park adopters *loved* the trowels and weeders. The attached picture is of Anne Banister at Wheeler Park. She said, “Thanks for the fabulous weeding tool — it is miraculous!!”

Sincerely,
Tina Roselle
Adopt-A-Park Coordinator
Natural Area Preservation
City of Ann Arbor

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Radius was featured on the cover of the May greenworld magazine cover. greenworld is Australia’s leading horticultural marketing and retailing magazine.

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John Cavill is a gardening expert and writer who has won a Royal Horticultural Society Silver medal in 2006 & 2009. He gardens professionally in private gardens, commercial and public areas plus schools and allotments. Here’s what he says about Radius tools: “Radius tools are fresh, functional and fabulous to use. Their advanced ergonomic design is a true breakthrough for gardeners and they really do make light work of the toughest garden jobs. As a professional gardener I have put my tools through their paces and they pass with flying colours!”

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Joe Lamp’l, aka “Joe Gardener,” says “Gardening Doesn’t Have to Hurt, Just Because I’m Getting Older!” See the full article here.

]]> http://radiusgarden.com/blog/joe-gardener-on-radius-tools/feed/ 0 Radius Garden Founder, Bruce Baker, featured on the Daily Grommet http://radiusgarden.com/blog/radius-garden-founder-bruce-baker-to-live-blog-on-the-daily-grommet/ http://radiusgarden.com/blog/radius-garden-founder-bruce-baker-to-live-blog-on-the-daily-grommet/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:42:55 +0000 Bruce http://radiusgarden.com/blog/?p=735
Radius Garden Founder, Bruce Baker, participated in a live blog session on the Daily Grommet. Visit the Daily Grommet here.

]]> http://radiusgarden.com/blog/radius-garden-founder-bruce-baker-to-live-blog-on-the-daily-grommet/feed/ 0 I’m In Love With A Radius Spade http://radiusgarden.com/blog/im-in-love-with-a-radius-spade/ http://radiusgarden.com/blog/im-in-love-with-a-radius-spade/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:57:25 +0000 Bruce http://radiusgarden.com/blog/?p=742
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.

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Bruce Baker, Radius Garden founder, discusses the design of the Natural Radius Grip trowel.

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Bruce Baker, Radius Garden founder, explains the patented Natural Radius Grip.

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

]]> http://radiusgarden.com/blog/award-winning-o-handled-tools/feed/ 0 Radius Garden Extends the Reach of Its Award-Winning “O”- Handled Tools with New, Affordable Pro-Lites. http://radiusgarden.com/blog/radius-garden-extends-the-reach-of-its-award-winning-%e2%80%9co%e2%80%9d-handled-tools-with-new-affordable-pro-lites/ http://radiusgarden.com/blog/radius-garden-extends-the-reach-of-its-award-winning-%e2%80%9co%e2%80%9d-handled-tools-with-new-affordable-pro-lites/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:27:10 +0000 Bruce http://radiusgarden.com/blog/?p=682 [...]]]>
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:

Edie Herrold, Radius Garden, 734-222-8044, edie@radiusgarden.com, www.radiusgarden.com.

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