If you are looking for a great gift for the gardener in your life, a garden tool set is one that will please most gardeners. You can find these in a wide range of prices, and there is also a lot of variation in the garden tools that are included on one of these sets. Here is a look at some of the tools you might find in a garden tool set, and some things to keep in mind to make sure you pick a tool set that will last a while.

These sets come with anywhere from 2 to 15 or more tools in them. They typically are stored in something as simple as a pouch, on up to a vintage wooden box. You can find inexpensive plastic handles, or more traditional wooden handles, or some high tech composite handles for the ultimate in comfort.

One of the most common tools is a pruner. The most common pruners come in 2 styles, one is the bypass pruner, which works great for relatively small jobs. This pruner has blades that slide past one another in a fashion similar to scissors, which results in a clean cut and is great for smaller pruning jobs like pruning flowers or vegetables. These are usually small enough for one hand. The other style is an anvil pruner, and this is better suited for larger branches and often comes in a much larger size to handle tree pruning.

Most garden tool sets will include a hand fork which will be useful for weeding and small cultivating jobs. Some of these are made by stamping a sheet of metal to simulate the tines of a fork, these are not preferred as it is usually easier than it looks to bend these tines. Go for the cast version that have the solid tines if you can.

Garden trowels look like a small spade, and are handy for digging holes for transplants or digging up some root crops like onions or garlic. Just as with the garden fork, the cast versions will be sturdier and less likely to bend under duress.

A bulb digger looks a lot like a garden trowel, but is narrower and sometimes longer. It's is used for digging a smaller deeper hole for things like planting flower bulbs.

A weeder looks like a large flat bladed screwdriver with a notch on the end, and as its name suggests it is used to pluck weeds out of the garden or lawn by digging down and getting the weeds at the root.