Abstract: A ground-tending device (8) including a first part (10) having a cavity-forming formation having a sharp free end (15), abase portion (13.1), a side walling (13) tapering from the base portion (13.1) to the free end (15), and a second part constituted by a handle (12) extending in an opposite direction from the first part (10) away from the free end (15), the handle (12) being forked, having a plurality of tines (22), and a pressure-application surface to apply a thumb pressure thereto. Also disclosed is a method of tending a portion of ground on a golf-green using such a device. The method including the steps forming a cavity in the ground with the first formation and then working ground material surrounding the cavity towards the cavity, using the tines, so as to at least partly closing the cavity.