You can often recognize gardeners by their hands. Rough. Dry. A little dirt under the fingernails.

Crabtree & Evelyn has a line of products designed to deal with this thorny dilemma. The Gardeners Collection enables lovers of the soil to exult in the garden while nurturing their hands and nails.

You don’t have to give up your green thumb to have petal-soft hands. Gardeners Ultra Moisturizing Hand Formula gives back what an afternoon working the trowel takes away.

This intense cream is recommended for anyone with dry skin, even if they don’t dig around in the dirt. The formula includes conditioning shea butter, cleansing cucumber extract, purifying rosemary extract and refreshing sage extract. There’s also macadamia nut oil to moisturise and soften weary hands. Myrrh conditions nails and cuticles.

It comes in a variety of sizes, from an 8-gram tube you can tuck in your jeans pocket to a generous, 250 gram pump bottle you can keep in the potting shed. Prices range from $8-$30.

The collection also includes packets of restorative muscle soaks, liquid hand soap, and keratin-rich cream for nails and cuticles. Gardeners’ Hand Scrub with Pumice ($22) exfoliates the skin while gently washing away soil, leaving you with skin smooth enough for an English garden party.