Gardening

Left-handed gardening tools designed for a comfortable, natural grip in the garden.

Left-handed secateurs: which one should you choose?

All three secateurs below are genuinely built for left-handed use — the cutting blade is on the left, not just the handle colour — so the choice comes down to hand size, budget, and how much pruning you're doing.

Secateur	Price	Best for
Darlac Left Handed Professional Secateur	£20.95	Best value, and a slimmer profile that suits smaller hands. Rated 5 out of 5 across 30 customer reviews.
Darlac Expert Left Handed Pruner	£26.50	A step up in cutting capacity (2.5cm vs 2cm) for heavier stems, with SK5 carbon steel blades and shock-absorbing handles.
Stafor Left Handed Secateurs / Pruners	£27.95	Manufactured in Italy by Stafor, a specialist Italian maker of garden shears and pruning tools — an alternative if you'd like a different brand to Darlac.

For occasional garden maintenance, the Darlac Professional Secateur is the sensible starting point — it's the most affordable genuinely left-handed option here, and the one our customers rate highest. For thicker or woodier stems, step up to the Darlac Expert; if you'd prefer a different brand, the Stafor is Italian-made and built to the same left-handed standard.