Preparing your garden for spring

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Padraic Kelly

It’s officially spring, the season of regrowth, when the natural world begins to revive itself after the colder winter months. This means it is also the perfect time to starting thinking about your garden again, and with that in mind, here are our top tips to help you get your garden prepared for spring.

Tidy up first!

The first thing you want to concentrate on is doing a general tidy-up, digging up leaves and removing leaves and debris from flower beds, borders, paths, etc. You can use the dead leaves and organic matter by using it to fill your compost pile.

Check for pests!

After winter, your garden may have become home to hibernating pests, snails, slugs, etc. Make sure to checking for white-vineweevil larvae, which live in the compost and feed on plant roots – and get rid of any you find.

Tackle hardscaping issues

Early spring, before the ground is ready to be worked, is the perfect time to focus on hardscaping – repair damaged walls, clean out your gutters, and fix fences, benches, window boxes and raised beds, etc.

Cool-weather loving plants

It’s still a bit cold out, so if the soil isn’t ready for planting, why not get to work filling your spring containers with coolweather loving plants like pansies, nemesia, and osteospermum daisies.

Get summer -flowering bulbs

Get your hands on some summer-flowering bulbs that are ready for spring planting, such as dahlias, begonias, lilies, peonies, etc. By planting these during the spring, by the time summer comes round, your garden will be set to burst into colour with flowers.