not a garden shop is an online store built around two very different traditions of garden craft, run from Tokyo and Auckland. From Tokyo we bring proper Japanese horticultural steel, the same carbon steel lineage used in Japanese bladesmithing for centuries, alongside hand-thrown pots and planters. From Auckland we hold stock across New Zealand and Australia. Every piece is chosen to be used for decades, not seasons.
東京とオークランドを拠点とするオンラインストア。高品質な園芸道具、農具、そして個性的な鉢を専門としています。digging & cultivation
cutting & pruning
watering & measuring
maintenance & care
topiary & hedges
terracotta
metal
All prices shown in NZD and include GST. See our tool care guide.
Digging & Cultivation
transplanting trowel
$28.00
Single-piece stainless steel blade with a walnut handle, sized for tight planting gaps.
Weight: 210g
hori hori knife
$42.00
Carbon steel blade with depth markings and a leather sheath — equal parts knife and trowel.
Weight: 260g
Cutting & Pruning
okatsune 180mm bypass pruners small no.101
$48.00
Small bypass pruners forged from Izumo Yasugi carbon steel, sized for compact hands.
Weight: 177g
okatsune 210mm bypass pruners large no.104
$68.00
Extra-large bypass pruners built for bigger hands and heavier stems.
Weight: 238g
okatsune buds cutting scissors no.304
$20.00
Fine-tipped floral snips for buds, stems and deadheading.
Weight: 110g
folding pruning saw
$54.00
Curved carbon steel blade that folds into a resin handle, sized for a jacket pocket.
Weight: 180g
Topiary & Hedges
topiary shears & clippers
price TBC
Small, precise blades sized for shaping hedges and topiary — for fine detail work, not bulk trimming.
Watering & Measuring
soil thermometer — brass
$34.00
Solid brass stem with a sealed glass dial face, reads to a 20cm probe depth.
Weight: 60g
Maintenance & Care
sharpening kit — stone, oil & cloth
price TBC
A fine whetstone, camellia oil and a cleaning cloth, sized to keep pruners and knives sharp and rust-free. See our tool care guide.
leather tool sheath / roll
price TBC
Hand-stitched leather, sized to carry pruners or a hori hori safely — also works as a gift on its own.
current soil temperature
at 18cm depth
at 18cm depth
All prices shown in NZD and include GST. See our pot care guide.
Terracotta
long tom pot — terracotta
$22.00
Tall-format terracotta, wheel-thrown and unglazed — suited to deep-rooted plants.
Weight: 1.4kg
shallow bowl — unglazed
$29.00
Unglazed terracotta bowl with a wide, shallow profile, ideal for succulents.
Weight: 640g
Metal
window box — galvanised steel
$44.00
Galvanised steel box with welded corner seams, fits standard sill brackets.
Weight: 1.8kg
portfolio available on request. private commissions & bespoke work.
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Rural and Waiheke deliveries are charged at a higher rate, calculated at checkout. Please contact us for orders to Great Barrier Island.
Orders are processed within 2–3 days and shipped via New Zealand Post or Poste Haste. Deliveries are tracked and arrive within 2–3 working days. Rural deliveries may take 4–6 working days.
International orders dispatched from Tokyo are subject to customs and duty charges on entry to your destination country. not a garden shop will not be held responsible for any additional charges incurred. Please contact your local customs office for further information.
Charges are calculated at checkout. Once passed to the courier, the item becomes the property of the buyer, who is eligible for any customs or duty charges payable on entry.
Orders cannot be delivered to PO Boxes. Tracked shipping only. For any shipping enquiries please contact us directly.
We do not offer refunds for change of mind. We will consider an exchange within 7 days of delivery, provided the item is completely unopened, unused, and in its original packaging.
Contact us before sending anything back — exchanges sent without prior confirmation will not be accepted. The customer is responsible for return postage both ways. Only one exchange per order. Proof of purchase required.
Orders can be cancelled within 12 hours of purchase. A 5% fee applies to cover non-refundable transaction and processing costs. Once an order has been packed or dispatched it cannot be cancelled.
If an item arrives faulty or damaged we will gladly replace it and cover all return shipping costs. Please contact us with a photo of the fault within 7 days of receiving your order. Under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 you are entitled to a repair, replacement, or refund for any item that is not of acceptable quality — we will always honour this.
For Australian customers: our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage, and to have goods repaired or replaced if they fail to be of acceptable quality but the failure does not amount to a major failure.
Sale items are final sale. No exchanges. Statutory rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act still apply.