part one: the irony
We've all been there at the big box store, we grap a value pack and think "I'll take good care of them this time" or "I'll invest in nice gloves next season"
The value is awesome. But you get what you pay for and 'big glove' wants you to use a new pair of those suckers every weekend.
The problem is that Nitrile coated gloves take more than 100 years to decompose.
In transparency, our gloves are made with synthetic fibers, and therefore contain plastic too.
The difference is in volume saved via durability, and higarden gloves' repairability. If a Nitrile coated tears or peels, it's done for.
part two: sustainability means durability
Willa H. of Hillsdale, NY has been wearing the same pair of higarden gloves for ten years. They are, by all available evidence, just getting started.
Although she holds the record today, we accept challengers via a tag on IG — anyone who can top 10 years gets gloves for life.
higarden believes in buying fewer, better things to limit what ends up in the landfill.
part three: the myth
Gardening gloves are like shoes. You wouldn't wear soccer cleats to a trail run or dress shoes to a rodeo — not of social norms, but because different occasions require different footwear. We don't think question this, it's common sense.
The gardening gloves you chose are no different. There is no glove that does everything.
There is, however, a glove for everything. Which is a different proposition entirely.
Full disclosure: our heritage gloves should not be used to handle thorny plants. Thorns require leather, and we don't make leather gloves yet.
They are not waterproof, but water repellant and quick dry. They will get wet and wet gloves are uncomfortable.
We suggest exchanging wet pairs with the ones from the dryer. You'll need a full rotation of higarden gloves on hand.
higarden will always be honest about limitations, because we put the gardener first in all that we do.
high rise | dewdrop
our gardening glove philosophy
Four gloves. Smooth palm for the work that asks something of your fingertips — the weeding, the sowing, the vine that isn't quite where you'd like it.
Grip palm for when the garden asks something of your whole hand. Mid rise for the everyday reach, high rise for when you don't feel like reapplying sunscreen all day or are moving debris to and fro.