Best Gardening Gloves - Top 5 Pick for Your Excellent Hand Protection

Flowers and attractive foliage are a joy to have in one’s yard, and so is watching them grow from your own hands’ work. Now, let me tell you that gardening requires much patience, effort and protection so I never go out to work on my garden without my gardening gloves. These protect my hands from thorns and blisters from handling my gardening tools and from carrying my foldable garden buckets almost all day long during weekends. Actually, I keep more than a single pair of gardening gloves for different purposes because when you do lots of gardening, maintaining your lawn or doing any landscaping job you need to deal with different tasks so you are going to need gloves with different features. For example, here are some types of gardening gloves and their advantages.

*Rubber Gloves – These are very popular for different purposes. They fit well and they’re very flexible. They are often used for wet work.

* Nitrile Gloves – These gloves are good for working with a lot of mud. They’re coated with a material called nitrile that’s rubber-like, yet stronger. They’re also very flexible for added comfort.

*Cotton Gloves – Obviously, these aren’t for dirty work or the soil and dirt will ruin them. They are best for light garden work like trimming, picking up fruits and flowers and other light gardening task. They can protect your hands against thorns, having blisters and from sharp leaves of weeds. They also allow your skin to breathe.

By the way, before putting on some gloves and head to your garden, put some lotion on your hands. This will prevent your hands from drying and keep your skin and nails healthy. Or, you can also try running your nails on soap to keep the dirt from getting inside them.

Now here are some of my favorite gloves which I always have when I am in my backyard gardening. I’m sure they’ll work great for you too!

Atlas 370 Garden Club Gloves. Assorted Colors - 4 Pack. Size Large

These pairs are cut out for different purposes and are great for daily gardening. They are both durable and light. I just love going out with a pair of these when I’m out tending to my plants and pulling out the weeds. The white part that covers the palms is made of nitrile which effectively protects palms and fingertips from friction, thorns and other peeves. It also provides an outstanding grip for handling even wet and oily work. It’s just like rubber, but better. The gloves are also just the right thickness to allow you to feel and to allow you to move your fingers freely. The colored part is nylon knit-work which makes these gloves more comfortable to wear. These gloves are also machine washable so they’re easy to clean. 

G & F 1852-3 WomenSoftJerseyGarden Gloves, 3-Pairs Green/Red/Blue per Pack

These gloves are as comfy as they look and are 100 percent made of cotton. I absolutely love using a pair of these especially when beautifying my landscape. Their fabrics keep my hands warm in cool weather and allow my skin to breathe in warm days. These gloves also fit perfectly and allow me to feel what I’m holding. They are so perfect for handling gardening tools like trimming tools and also of digging tools such as hoes, pick and shovels. There are these dots of PVC all over the parts covering the palms too that make it easier to hold tools. These dots provide better grip to prevent slipping. The knit wrist fits snugly and keeps the dirt out to prevent the uncomfortable feeling of having dirt on your hands. Keep a pair of these with your gardening tools for comfortable protection for your little gardening work.

Atlas Nitrile Gardening and Work Gloves, Cornflower Blue, Medium

In picking the right gloves for specific gardening tasks, there is usually the dilemma of which gloves to pick – the thin ones that can allow you to feel what you are handling while the thick ones can effectively protect your hands from any mishap. Often, people pick gloves that are quite thin so they can feel what they’re doing, like picking weeds, harvesting vegetables or fruits and so on. However, gloves like these, especially the rubber type, often get punctured. That’s why some people pick thicker or bulkier gloves like leather although compromising the “feel” just to be protected from cuts, thorns and blisters. The Atlas Nitrile Gardening and Work Gloves are better than leather and rubber. I always have with me a pair of these. They’re thick enough to protect my hand against sharp plant parts, yet thin enough to fit like a second skin and allow my fingers to feel. The open mesh also allows my hands to breathe so this adds more comfort compared to rubber gloves that are inconvenient when my hands start to get sweaty. This one’s very handy in warm weather.

Magid TE195T-M Terra Collection Professional Rose Gardening Gloves - Womens Medium

When it comes to taking care of roses, I recommend these pair of rose care experts. As we all know, roses are the prettiest flowers plants you can have in your garden. However, their stems are also riddled with sharp thorns that can really hurt your hand. Thorn scratches are really annoying and painful peeves. These rose gardening gloves combine superior protection and comfort to your fingers and hand and can also protect your lower arm because for sure you will be digging deeper into the roses’ bushes just to get a flower stem. They’re equipped with synthetic leather pads at the palms for protection against those nasty little thorns and they also have reinforced fingertips and knuckle guards. These gloves can reach up to the elbows so the arms are covered while working even in thick growths. They also fit snugly and allow flexibility and comfort. Enjoy growing beautiful roses sans the injuries with these gloves.

Youngstown Glove Co. 04-3800-30-M Women's Garden Glove Performance Glove Medium, Burgundy

This pair of gloves is one for versatility, durability and comfort. These gloves can handle a whole lot of gardening chores. They are made of soft, synthetic suede that won’t stiffen or shrink after washing. The burgundy-colored part that covers the back of the hand is stretchy so the gloves fit more snugly and comfortably. This also allows for more flexibility so you don’t feel awkward working even with maximum protection. The gloves also feature guards for the knuckles and fingernails so you’re protected from knuckle injuries and cracked nails. The black part that covers the underside is thick enough to protect your hands from weeds, thorns and sharp leaves. The gloves are also fitted with neoprene cuffs that also support the wrist part and can keep away dirt. Other than giving you hand protection, these pair will really look nice on you.