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After an extremely difficult summer of record-breaking high temperatures, parched ground and scorched plants, gardening is back! It feels so good to be able to get out there again, working with soil that isn’t either baked hard or reduced to dust.
With the gardener’s eternal optimism, we’re planning on making next spring the best yet. We want the hugest colour explosion! And that means spring bulbs – and plenty of them.
If you’re feeling the same pull to plant as us, you may be well under way with your bulb planting already. If you still have planting to go… well, read on, because we have the perfect giveaway for you!
The giveaway
We’re give away a selection of our RHS-endorsed hand tools that are just perfect for planting bulbs – however and wherever you’re planting. The prize includes:
RHS-endorsed hand-held bulb planter: Ideal for using on compacted ground in borders or for naturalising bulbs in a lawn, our bulb planter has a deeply serrated edge to slice easily through the soil. It removes a neat 6cm core, ready to pop in your bulb.
RHS-endorsed compost scoop: This is a real faster filler! Perfect for working with containers, this scoop picks up a healthy measure of compost with every load, and the deep curved back and sides prevent spillages. This scoop is also our Product of the Month in October, so you can get 10% off.
RHS-endorsed transplanter: The transplanter is narrower than our standard trowel. It’s ideal for planting in densely planted beds and borders, or in looser soil. The depth marker helps make sure you plant your bulbs at the perfect depth.
RHS-endorsed dibber: Our dibber offers a clever alternative to digging individual holes for bulbs. The sharp tip slides effortlessly into all kinds of soils, sliding smoothly past hidden stones, roots and other unseen obstacles.
This quartet of planting tools will help you breeze through your blub planting this autumn. Whether you like to sift, stab or slice your soil, there’s the perfect tool here to help with your chosen technique. Together they make up a prize worth nearly £70 – and they could be yours!
GOOD LUCK!
How to enter
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The small print
Autumn planting prize draw, 2026
This giveaway is open to UK residents over the age of 18 only. No purchase necessary. No cash alternative is available. The winner will be chosen at random and the judges’ decision will be final. One winner will receive a prize bundle as outlined in the blog post above, consisting of: Burgon & Ball RHS-endorsed hand-held bulb planter, compost scoop, transplanter and dibber. Prize draw opens at 00:01 on 01/10/2026 and closes at 23:59 on 11/11/2026. Winner will be contacted by Burgon & Ball shortly after the closing date. Employees of Burgon & Ball and their family members aren’t eligible to win. One entry per person; entries created by a bot or a service that automatically enters participants are not eligible to win. We draw your attention to our privacy policy here.