The garden shears have grips and an actuating plate (31) connected at the lower end of the upper parts of the first grip and near a first transfer opening (33) and the upper end of a toothed area (35). Two rotating plates (11,12) are identical and have an upper swinging opening (13) and are held by a pin (02).Two blades (21,22) are connected via a second pin (01) and are attached to a toothed area.