Trugs are a classic and very traditional gardening tool, certainly treasured for life and the perfect gift or a big thank you. Trug Makers have sizes and styles to suit every need, from the kitchen garden to the allotment! Browse the various sizes and read about my Trugs and their feedbacks.

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Charlie Groves has been hand-crafting Sussex Trugs in a range of traditional styles dating back over 150 years. Ideal as a gardeners tool and a beautiful gift The Trug Store is proud to be the supplier to everyone from the keen gardener to The Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley.

We have been making Sussex Trugs in our workshop and selling them from a little shop attached to the house for over a hundred years. Our trugs are still made using traditional methods and materials. We use locally coppiced sweet chestnut for the frame and the willow for the boards and feet. Trug making plays a small but important part in the conservation of ancient coppiced woodlands and is one of the reasons trug making needs to be preserved as a craft.

Our trug baskets are carefully hand made in the traditional way, still in Sussex, by Kevin. He has updated a bit though, now his trugs are made from Birch ( FSC approved of course.) Willow, the traditional ‘basket’ wood, is great but does need a bit of looking after.

Birch on the other hand you can leave around outside for ages, it will come to no harm.