Oh I cannot begin to tell you how many gardening gloves I have lost over the years. And on top of those, I should count the ones I left out for bad weather to drench them and strong weather to damage them. Needless to say it has been an on going purchase, and one that I am happy to eliminate.
I have two tips for keeping your garden gloves where they belong, and in tact. First is the magnet approach. Make a slit in each cuff big enough to insert a magnet and sew into place. This will allow you to attach them to your metal bucket, or large tools when they are not in use, but have not been returned to the garden shed.
The second idea is to sew on a material loop to each gloves cuff. Then when you take them off, instead of laying them on the ground hook them over tool handles, a wheel barrel handle, or a button on your clothes. My preference is to hook them onto the buttons of my pant pockets, then there is no chance of them being left outside, unless I get the urge to go skinny dipping, but even then the clothes should be retrieved once I exit the water.