How To Prepare Your Garden For Summer

Spring is the ideal time to give your garden some TLC, whether it's keeping on top of maintaining your garden or giving it a make over, you'll want to get your garden ready for those summer gatherings.

Step one - Rejuvenate your lawn

A great place to start is by tidying your lawn, over the winter months you may rarely get a clear and dry day to cultivate your grass.

When spring arrives it is wonderful to get outdoors in the fresh air and tend to your garden. You may want to start by taking care of any weeds that may have sprouted. You can clear these the old fashion way by pulling or digging the weeds and their roots out, although this sometimes creates a mess in your garden. An easier way that involves less hard word is to use weed killer to safely remove the weeds and prevent them growing back.

We sell a range of weed killing products such as Roundup GC All Surfaces Liquid Concentrate (280sqm) to help kill weeds quickly.

Now that you have taken care of the weeds, you are ready to give your grass a cut with the lawn mower. Whilst mowing beware of any hard debris such a stones and sticks that may get caught in the blades. This is also a good time to check the edges of your lawn are tidy, this can be done by digging out your edges with a spade or half moon edger.

Once your grass is trimmed down now is a great time to apply fertiliser to your garden, this will give it a new lease of life and help promote healthy growth.

Our vast range of garden tools will help with all garden maintenance.

Step Two - Trim your shrubs and hedges

You can now start to tidy any hedges or shrubs by removing any over grown or dead branches on shrubs and trimming down hedges. These tasks can be completed with pruning shears or hedge trimmers.

Our Green Blade Power Pruners are great for cutting back plants and shrubs.

Step Three - Maintain Plants and Flowerbeds

Spring is traditionally a time for flowers to bloom, with this in mind you may want to fill your garden with a variety of flowers and plants.

If you already have plants or flowerbeds check to see if any dead flowers need cutting back. Treat your plants/flowers to some nutrient filled food to help with their growth.

If you are wanting to plant new flowers/plants early spring is an ideal time to plant many variety of perennials. Pansies, Iris, Lilac, Tulips, Hyacinth and Daffodils are perfect for planting in early spring. Spring is also a great time to plant fruit and vegetables.

We sell a range of flower seeds like the Thompson & Morgan Sweet Pea : Antique Fantasy Mixed that will add colour to your garden.
Get your children involved with our Mr Fothergill's GroBox Gardens - Childrens' Flower Garden

If you have a small lawn you can always create colourful hanging baskets to add some colour to your garden.

Step Four - Encourage Wildlife In To Your Garden

Spring is an ideal time for spotting lots of wildlife in your garden, whether it's bees buzzing around your flowers or birds coming to bathe or feed. To encourage wildlife you may want to add bird tables and feeders to your garden. If you have a bird bath make sure this is clean and filled with water.

Gardman No Mess Seed Mix Bird Food will attract many species of bird in to your garden.

Step Five - Check Garden Furniture

Maintain your garden furniture with varnish or wood stain this will rejuvenate it and help to prevent fading and weathering in the summer months.

You might want to add dining furniture to your garden in preparation for summer parties. The Padfield 4 Seat Dining Set would make a delightful addition to your garden.

Step Six - Enjoy Your Garden

After all your hard work on your garden, now is the time to sit back and enjoy the sunny days. Invite your friends around for refreshing drinks and delicious barbecued food.

Take a look at our BakerStone Pizza Oven Box Original and impress your guests with your cooking skills.