PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a horticultural scoop that can easily dig a hole in which a seedling or a bulb is planted in a horticultural operation.SOLUTION: The horticultural scoop 1 comprises two scoop parts 4 equipped with a handle 2 and a blade 3 that is continued to the handle 2 and has a circular arc cross-sectional shape in a plane perpendicular to the longer direction in which the scoop parts are rotatably connected through a pivot 5 at a boundary part of the handle 2 and the blade 3 while the concaves of the blades 3 are mutually opposed. The two scoop parts 4 are each biased in a direction to close the blades 3 by a biasing member. When the tips of the two blades 3 are contacted, the two handles 2 are mutually opened.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】園芸作業において苗や球根を植える穴を容易に掘ることのできる園芸用スコップを得る。【解決手段】柄2と、柄2に連続して設けられた長手方向に対して直交する面における断面形状が円弧状の刃3と、が設けられたスコップ部4が2つ、刃3の凹面を互いに対向させつつ、柄2と刃3との境界部分において軸5を介して回動可能に連結されている園芸用スコップ1。2つのスコップ部4はそれぞれ付勢部材により刃3を閉じる方向に付勢され、付勢力で2つの刃3の先端が当接しているとき、2つの柄2は互いに開いている。【選択図】図1