Best gardening chair

A gardening chair can make tasks like weeding and planting more comfortable. Take a look at our favourite designs for your plot.

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Get yourself a gardening chair, and you can avoid awkward and tiring bending when you’re tending beds, borders, and containers. Many designs are dual-purpose and convert into kneelers for occasions when you need to get lower, while some have storage on board for tools to keep everything close to hand. These are the top designs on offer.

Best overall

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Groundlevel garden kneeler and chair

Wipe the mud off

Gardening chair and kneeler in one, this functional design is a useful addition to any plot. A micro-sponge pad doubles as a seat or surface for your knees and is easy to clean when it gets grubby. There’s a three-compartment tool bag for the side, too.

Best for prettiness

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G Good Gain garden stool

Easy to fold

Brighten up your day with this attractive gardening chair, which comes with floral-patterned tool pouches. Flip it over, and it’s a kneeler instead of a seat. It’s simple to open and close and light to carry as well.

Best space saver

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Esschert Design GT01 garden stool

Nifty number

Garden storage limited? Then check out this fold-up gardening chair, which is 41 by 31 by 30 centimetres in size. A metal frame and a textile seat make it light and unbulky, so moving it around is a breeze. There’s a bag with compartments for hand tools, which can be removed if you prefer. 

Best for tool storage

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Draper GKS/1 gardener’s kneeler seat

Durable design

Made from impact-resistant plastic, this gardening chair has an inset rubber seat to create comfort while you’re working. You can use it as a kneeler as the foam relieves pressure on your joints. It has an in-built compartment under the seat for stashing hand tools to keep everything you need with you.

Best for mobility

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Easylife Lifestyle Solutions garden cart

Roll along

Ideal for joint or back pain sufferers, this gardening chair has wheels to make adjusting position easy. It’s not heavy to carry when necessary, either at just 3 kilograms. There’s room for tools in the tray underneath, and it can support sitters up to 20 stone 5 pounds in weight.

Best for tools

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Draper 60852 gardener’s tool cart and seat

Get organised

Take a perch on a design that doubles as an outdoor toolbox with this gardening chair with plenty of capacity for the equipment you need around your plot. Smaller items are kept neat on a compartmentalised tray with further storage space below. Another of our selection that has wheels, it’s no effort to move around. Two handles make it easy to carry as well.

Our verdict

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Avoid the aches and pains prolonged work outside can bring with a gardening chair. Our number one pick is the Groundlevel garden kneeler and chair, which creates a stable seat to save your back, and doubles as a kneeler. There’s a tool bag on hand, so they’re ready to grab, and it can be wiped clean.

Why trust us?

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Sarah Warwick
Freelance writer

Sarah is a freelance journalist and editor writing for websites, national newspapers, and magazines. She’s spent most of her journalistic career specialising in homes and gardens and loves investigating the benefits, costs and practicalities of home improvement. It's no big surprise that she likes to put what she writes about into practice, and is a serial house revamper.