January
A fantastic time to start planning your garden!
Prune those Roses, Wisteria and fruit trees
Why not shred your Christmas tree and use it for compost?
Get the green house cleaned out and pots ready for Spring planting
This is a very good month to rake worm casts from the lawn to avoid mud patches
February
Prepare for the season ahead
Cut back any shrubs and move any that might thrive more in a different position
Clear the garden of any perennial weeds like Dandelions
Protect any new Spring shoots from slugs and snails
This is great month to plant shallots, onions and early potatoes
Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials
Top dress any containers with compost
March
Treat your lawn to its first cut of the year!
Fertilise all beds to wake them up for the Spring
Feed all Roses and make sure they are all pruned
Prune Clematis
Dead-head all Hydrangeas and Daffodils
Install supports for plants to encourage growth in the right direction
Turn-over and hoe all well-rotted compost. If needed, add in new compost
April
Increase the water given to garden and house plants
Protect all fruit blossom for late frosts
Feed all citrus plants
Sow hardy annuals, herbs and wild seeds
Seed new lawns and patches
Prune fig trees
Divide bamboo and water lilies
Plant summer flowering bulbs
Keep weeds under control
May
Get ready for the summer by planting bedding plants at the end of the month
Earth up potatoes
Water earlier in the day and in the evening to contain moisture
Regularly hoe off weeds
Mow lawns weekly from now on
Look out for Viburnum beetle and Lily beetle grubs
June
Mow lawns at least once a week
Start spraying box hedging
Harvest salad plants and early potatoes
Prune Spring flowering shrubs, Pyracanthus and privets
Shade green houses
Fertilise perennials, shrubs and Roses
Watch out for black spot and aphids
July
Prune Spring flowering shrubs
Pick courgettes
Treat apple scab
Clear algae off all ponds and keep the water topped up
Feed lawns
Harvest apricots
Prune flower bedding plants and shrubs
Plant autumn crocuses, amaryllis and nerines
Feed and cut hanging baskets
August
Regularly maintain water to the garden and lawn, at least once a day
Sow hardy annuals
Prune and 'dead-head' Roses
Raise level on mower to avoiding burning the grass
Water Camellias and Rhodedrons
Stake plants such as Dahlias to prevent broken stems
Cut back herbs to encourage new growth before the frost
September
Don't water the grass unless it's necessary
Scarify grass
Dig over an area to be grassed and leave it for a few weeks before laying down new turf or seeds
Plants perennials
Dead head any plants
Save and collect any rain water through guttering pipes
Pick apples
October
Protect plants from the onset of the cold by raising them or placing them into the greenhouse
Continue to harvest fruit and vegetables
Sow Crepis, Hollyhocks, Sweet Peas, Aqua Liger and Oriental Poppies
Plant Daffodils and Tulip bulbs
Plant Spring bedding
Plant Wallflowers, Primulas and Winter Pansies
November
Don't let the birds go hungry this Christmas, make sure you feed them through-out the Winter months!
Lift Dahlia tubers
Cut back yellowing foliage of herbicious perennials
Collect leaves and put them in black bags for next years compost
Empty pots which are sitting in water
Plant winter wedding plants
Feed birds throughout the winter months especially
December
Keep leaves off the lawn
Dig over empty borders
Prune climbing roses, acers, fruit trees and grape vines
Avoid walking on grass this time of year if soaking wet
