8 DeWalt Gardening Tools You Probably Didn't Realize Existed

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Gardening, like any other hobby or craft, has a whole industry of tools that people trust, with big brand names like Felco, Fiskars, and DeWitt. However, for more hardcore landscaping needs, many still lean toward traditional power tool brands like DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Ryobi when they need things like mowers, string trimmers, and leaf blowers. DeWalt's landscaping tools, in particular, are pretty popular. 

However, much like Milwaukee and other major brands, DeWalt actually makes tools that would fit quite nicely in a hobby gardener's toolkit, as well. Its offerings in this space don't get much conversation in the gardening community, so we took a look around the virtual hardware stores and found some products worth talking about. Generally speaking, less popular tools have way fewer reviews than popular ones, so these aren't products we're recommending, necessarily — this is more of a fact-finding exercise. 

So, if you're curious if you can add some DeWalt tools to your garden other than its incredibly popular 20V cordless pruners, you absolutely can. Whether or not you want to is an entirely different conversation, though. Below is a list of tools in DeWalt's massive product collection that can be used for gardening, and we're fairly confident there's at least a few that you didn't know about before coming here. 

A folding knife or a pocketknife makes for a great tool in the garden. They can be used to prune plants, open bags of mulch, or cut rope and twine. You can fold it up when you're done and place it in a pocket without worry about jabbing yourself, which means you can carry it around the whole time you garden. DeWalt has a few folding knives on sale, including this 3½-inch folding knife featuring a carbon fiber handle. It's small enough to fit into a pocket, but large enough for gardening tasks. 

The knife itself is pretty simple. It comes with a liner lock to prevent accidental opening and a serrated portion for sawing when you need it. User reviews aren't plentiful, but the few people who have bought one say that it comes sharp out of the box, and the carbon fiber body makes it pretty lightweight. Of course, the knife also costs $77, which probably explains why people aren't lining up around the block for one of these. 

It's also no surprise that DeWalt's folding knife isn't terribly popular, because DeWalt is almost never mentioned as a popular folding knife brand, especially in more among the more premium brands. You're more likely to be pointed toward one of the more popular brands, or just something super cheap like this Icon folding knife from Harbor Freight if you want something cheaper.

Needle nose pliers are another good tool for gardening. They essentially play the same role as your fingers would where you might need to grip it and rip it. That includes pulling weeds, pulling saplings, and otherwise dealing with any other small plant where your fingers might not work correctly. DeWalt sells these 8-inch Compound Action Long Nose Pliers, which at least appear to suit this task nicely. On top of the needle nose, the tool also has a cutting section, which could be useful for trimming small plants. It's also not terribly expensive at $24. 

These pliers aren't expressly made for gardening, which is probably why gardeners don't seem to use them very often. However, they are made from chrome-vanadium steel, which will help protect the from rust, a real danger when working with plants and dirt and other substances that are wet most of the time. DeWalt's one-year warranty is a little weak here, especially for a tool that's going to be dirty all the time, but the company says its design helps keep it working smoothly. 

This one has a couple hundred reviews, which for the most popular tool brand in the U.S., is a bit low. The reviews are mostly good, but there are loads of options for garden pliers, and traditional needle nose aren't always the most popular choice, although some folks do use them. So, you probably won't find these in the gardening section of your local hardware store.

Hedge trimmers are a common gardening and yardwork tool, and DeWalt makes more than a dozen of them. Most are longer and made for landscaping, with lengths up to 26 inches. Hedge trimmers that long wouldn't be great for gardening, unless your garden's full of giant bushes or small trees. However, for smaller applications, the DeWalt 20V 8-inch Cordless Hedge Trimmer is a decent alternative. It's small enough to be used in one hand, and much better suited for smaller bushes or plants where a regular-sized hedge trimmer would be complete overkill. 

DeWalt says this hedge trimmer is built for small hedges, thick grasses, and more precise yard work. It also comes with a blade tip guard to protect it when using it near to the ground, another boon for gardeners where most of the things they do are close to the ground. Its rated to cut things up to half an inch thick and lasts up to 38 minutes with a single battery (sold separately). 

At less than 20 reviews on Home Depot, this seems like one of DeWalt's least popular tools, though there's a logical explanation for that. The tool is part of DeWalt's 2026 release lineup, so it's quite literally brand new at time of writing. DeWalt also released a 12-inch, 60V chainsaw as well. It's a bit too big for gardening applications, but smaller tools seem to be on the menu this year. 

If you've ever cultivated or tilled a garden by hand, you'll know what a giant pain in the neck it is. There are plenty of tillers and edgers on the market, but if you don't need one often, a full-sized tool may just take up space. However, you can get smaller ones that attach to other tools you own. DeWalt has such a system. You have to buy its attachment-capable string trimmer kit first, but then you can buy this DeWalt Cultivator Attachment and cultivate your garden whenever you want. 

The attachment works as you would probably expect, using the same motor and battery as the string trimmer. Just take off the string trimmer part and put the cultivator on, and then you can use it to break up or aerate the soil, which is something gardeners should look into doing when replanting the garden every year. DeWalt's cultivator has four steel tines and eight total blades and can mix soil up to 5 inches deep. Like most similar cultivators, there's a mud guard to keep your jeans mostly clean while it kicks up dirt. 

While the attachment isn't made specifically for gardening, a home garden seems like arguably one of the best use cases for it. Systems like this tend to be hit or miss when it comes to popularity, but given that a cultivator isn't something you'd use every day, it makes sense that it's not quite as popular as some other attachments. 

Creating a garden bed is most of the battle when it comes to making your first garden, and an edger will help you really clean up a fresh bed and make it look nice. DeWalt has two tools to help you with this. The first is the Flexvolt 60V Max Cordless Edger, which comes with a steel blade that spins and lets you draw out an edge for your garden or clean up your sidewalk or street curb. Much like the company's Flexvolt string trimmer, it's attachment-ready, so you can buy other attachments make it do more things. 

If you already own an attachment-ready string trimmer from DeWalt, you can also buy an edger attachment. Both tools offer a blade depth of 2.5 inches and speed controls, so it shouldn't really matter which one you get. They also both have less than 200 reviews, which is not a lot for a DeWalt cordless tool. In any case, this would be a mostly aesthetic purchase for gardeners, but a clean border around the garden is always nice to look at. 

This isn't a list for recommendations, but if you are curious, we'd look into getting the attachment-ready string trimmer and then the edger attachment. String trimmers are, in my experience, more useful for general yardwork and landscaping whereas you really only need to edge sometimes. 

If you did want to edge your garden bed by hand, DeWalt has tools for that too. The DeWalt 55-inch Turf Edger is what the name implies. It's a 55-inch-long tool with an edger at the end that you can use to manually draw out your garden bed or edge near your sidewalk, driveway, or curb. The blade is made of forged carbon steel, fashioned into a half-moon shape, and has a stepper edge so you can stomp it down without hurting your foot. It has a black finish that helps prevent corrosion and a lacquered wood handle to help prevent wear. 

As someone who has used manual tools to edge before, I can tell you that it's nice to have but it gets long in the tooth after a while. DeWalt's turf edger is pretty small and lightweight, so it'll be easy to store, and it also comes with a limited lifetime warranty, which helps justify the already reasonable $32 price tag. Gardens are usually quite a bit smaller than driveways and sidewalks, so this probably makes more sense for gardening than it does for yard work. 

However, this tool not only has less than 100 reviews, but a shocking number of them are negative. Several users have complained about durability problems, stating that the edger feels a little flimsy, and doesn't seem to cut into the ground very well. The negative reviews almost certainly contribute to its lack of popularity. 

An axe is handy in any outdoor activity, including gardening. Axes are used similarly to hatchets — you use them to cut a bunch of stuff. When I helped my mom garden when I was a kid, I was known to swing a hatchet or two into the dirt to cut tree roots and small, woody plants. DeWalt only sells a 20-ounce Steel Campers Axe, which is right around the size you'd want for gardening. It's not too heavy, but should be enough to clear reasonably sized roots. It's also fairly anonymous with only 150 reviews as of this writing.

The axe has a fairly typical construction, which includes a wood handle and a metal head. DeWalt says the head is a single piece to improve durability and backs it up with a lifetime warranty. It also comes with a plastic sheath to keep the blade safe while not in use. Professional reviews say that the axe is pretty good and stacks up nicely against competitors, so this is something gardeners may actually want to look into at some point. 

The only other thing is to make sure to keep the blade sharp. A dull axe blade can cause it to not bite into material and bounce back at you, which is dangerous. Here's a guide from Outdoor Life on how to sharpen an axe in case you're curious. It doesn't matter what axe you buy. If you don't keep it sharp, it won't work correctly. 

When I was a kid, we had a couple of gardening power tools and a pair of electric hedge trimmers. When working out in the yard, I had to get power to these tools somehow, and an extension cable was about the only (and best) way to do it. Extension cords are a dime a dozen, although there are some good tips on selecting the right one. DeWalt sells one that seems pretty good for outdoor use; the 50-foot SJTW Locking Extension Cord appears to be a step up from the usual extension cord selection you'd find at a hardware store. 

This cord is bright yellow, which will be easy to see in the garden, and it's rated for outdoor performance. That means it can take hot and cold temperatures, as well as a bit of rain and other precipitation. The locks can stay plugged in while enduring up to 80 pounds of pull force, and the ends also light up when the connection is properly grounded to help prevent electrical problems. In short, this is surprisingly high tech for an extension cord. 

The amount of features is reflected in the price, which comes in around $77 — probably a reason it's not terribly popular with consumers. It only has about a dozen reviews as of this writing, and while they're all positive, $77 for a 50-foot extension cord is a little tough to swallow.