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Gardening calendar
Check out our gardening calendar for the most important tasks to be done in the garden and yard at each season of the year.
Things to do in the garden in April
- Remove winter protection from roses as soon as the temperature reaches 2°C during the day, preferably on a cloudy day.
- Prune roses and then fertilise them.
- Remove winter protection from lawns, shrubs and perennials as soon as the temperature reaches 10°C during the day, preferably on a cloudy day.
- Prune trees and shrubs, then fertilise them.
- Plant summer-flowering bulbs.
- Carry out spring maintenance on your lawnmower and edger.
- When all the snow has melted, carry out an initial light raking of the lawn.
- Carry out a soil analysis to determine your lawn's specific needs.
- Clean your gardening tools.
- Clean flowerbeds.
- Prune and divide perennials if necessary.
- Amend and loosen the soil in flower beds.
- Sow vegetables indoors, depending on variety.
- Sow vegetables outdoors, depending on variety.
Things to do in the garden in May
- Add mulch to flower beds.
- Plant trees and shrubs bought in pots in specialised potting soil with a transplant fertiliser.
- Fertilise conifers and cedar hedges with a specialist fertiliser.
- Plant annual flowers in flowerbeds, flowerpots and window boxes.
- Sow vegetables indoors, according to variety.
- Sow vegetables outdoors, according to variety.
- Acclimatise indoor seedlings for outdoor planting.
- Plant indoor seedlings outdoors, according to variety.
- Plant vegetables bought in pots in the vegetable garden or in containers.
- Gently rake the lawn after the snow has melted.
- Mow the lawn for the first time.
- Dethatch the lawn.
- Aerate the lawn every 2 or 3 years.
- Topdress the lawn.
- Sow the lawn.
- Fertilise the lawn.
Things to do in the garden in June
- Plant perennials bought in pots using potting soil for flowers and flowerbeds.
- Fertilise perennials and annuals.
- Fertilise trees and shrubs.
- Prune cedar hedges.
- Take indoor plants outdoors.
- Plant herbs bought in pots or containers.
- Sow and transplant vegetables that don't like the cold.
- Check for insects and diseases.
Things to do in the garden in July
- Make sure your flowers and vegetables are getting enough water on hot days. You might need to set up sprinklers.
- Keep weeding your garden. Weeds can easily move in and compete with your plants.
- Harvest early-season vegetables like radishes, lettuce, and green onions.
- Keep an eye out for signs of pests and diseases.
- Remove wilted flowers from your annuals to encourage new blooms.
- Give your annuals a boost with water-soluble fertilizer.
- Put in stakes for climbing plants like clematis, grapevines, and honeysuckle. You may need to put netting over your berry bushes to keep the birds off them.
Things to do in the garden in August
- Remove wilted flowers from your annuals to encourage new blooms.
- Apply granular fertilizer to your vegetable plants.
- Remove the lower leaves from your tomato plants to help the fruit ripen.
- Plant fast-growing vegetables like spinach, beets, radishes, and kale.
- Prune any leafy hedges that have finished flowering for the summer.
- Seed your lawn when the days are still warm but the nights are cool.
Things to do in the garden in September
- Harvest delicate crops before the first frost.
- Apply fall grass fertilizer to your lawn.
- After your last harvest, clean up your garden and remove any plants with insect damage.
- Plant spring bulb flowers like tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.
- Bring tropical plants indoors before the first frost, washing them with insecticidal soap to avoid bringing pests into your home.
- Plant garlic.
- Plant new perennials and shrubs.
- If weather permits, /en/fall-lawn-maintenance/.