Control Your Clutter

A potting bench helps you organize your gear and garden more efficiently. Made of rot-resistant red cedar, it will last outdoors for many years. Cedar potting bench, $169, www.leevalley.com.

Pick the Best

The Day Basket Factory in North East, Maryland, has been weaving baskets out of white oak since 1876. Use these sturdy carryalls for gathering fruit and flowers in the morning and for serving rolls or chips at a barbecue in the afternoon. Berry basket with drop handles, $55, www.daybasketfactory.com.

Spice It Up

The most common herbs and annuals look more stately when planted in red-clay or white stained pots by Guy Wolff. Hand thrown in New Preston, Connecticut, after 18th- and 19th-century English, French, Tuscan, and American designs, they are future heirlooms. Guy Wolff pots, $15 to $36, www.guywolff.com.

Can Do

Refresh hard-to-reach hanging plants and window boxes with the Haws watering can, first made by Jonathan Haws in England in 1886. Designed to stay balanced whether empty or full, the can is easy to maneuver. Haws two-gallon galvanized watering can, $78, Fiacre & Fleur, 610-338-8182.

Water Well

Real Simple asked two dozen professional gardeners if they had a favorite hose. Many named the Gilmour Flexogen, which is lightweight, won't mildew, and handles easily in all weather. Gilmour Flexogen 100-foot hose, $40, www.amazon.com.

Prune Like a Pro

The Swiss-made Felco 2 pruner may be the most durable and versatile garden tool in America. Once sold only to professionals but now available to all, it cuts stems and branches cleanly with minimal effort. Felco 2 pruner, $33.50, www.amleo.com.