Abstract: A wooden handle of the gardening tool comprises a handle provided at the top thereof with a T-shaped slot. The top of the handle is fitted securely into a reinforcing sleeve. The top end of the handle and the reinforcing sleeve are secured by a protective body of a plastic material. The blade shank of the gardening tool is held securely by the T-shaped slot of the handle and the protective body.

Abstract: A device for fastening a wooden handle and a blade of a gardening tool comprises a connection member engageable with the wooden handle and the blade. The connection member is composed of two inner frame pieces, four outer frame pieces, and a connection space formed by two inner frame pieces for receiving therein a connection end of the blade. The wooden handle is provided at one end thereof with a connection slot dimensioned to receive therein two inner frame pieces of the connection member. The connection member is engaged with the wooden handle and the blade of the gardening tool such that two inner frame pieces are lodged in the connection slot, and that four outer frame pieces embrace securely the walls of the connection slot, and further that the connection end of the blade is held securely in the connection space formed by two inner frame pieces of the connection member.