Garden seives are made from a range of materials including metal, stainless steel, wooden and plastic. Each material has its own benefits however consider size, and weight when looking for garden seives for sale.

Large garden seives are great for working large amounts of soil, however they can be heavy. Small garden seives handles less material however are light and well suited to smaller gardens.

Garden Sieve or soil sieve

Garden sieves or soil sieves are used for a variety of purposes including

  • removing small rock and the material from soil
  • removing tuberous weed roots
  • separating small bulbs
  • for sieving soil to cover newly planted bulbs
  • refining compost

Garden sieves are usually metal or plastic. Metal sieves are generally stronger and more useful. Wooden garden seives are also popular, traditional garden seives are actually made from English Beech and are still available.

Some makes are stainless steel and have 3 different gauge (fine, medium and course) interchangeable mesh bottoms to suit different uses.

Rotary garden seives are useful for creating a fine even soil mix.

Mechanical garden or soil sieves are available for commercial use.