The invention relates to a garden plantation tool, and concretely relates to a foot-operated garden excavating apparatus. The apparatus comprises an excavating mechanism and a lifting mechanism; the excavating mechanism comprises a excavating barrel with an opening at a lower end, an excavating chamber is provided in the excavating barrel, a lower edge of the excavating barrel is in edge shaped, and an upper end face of the excavating barrel is opened with a ventilated through hole; the lifting mechanism comprises a sealing plate and a footwear base for accommodating a human foot, the sealing plate and the upper end face of the excavating barrel are connected in horizontally rotatable connection, the sealing plate and the upper end face of the excavating barrel joint with sealing, the sealing plate is opened with a ventilated through hole, and the sealing plate and the footwear base are connected in fixed connection. The apparatus solves the low efficiency of excavation with hoes, and is a laborsaving and highly efficient excavating tool.