The Garden Year: March 2023

March 1, 2023

Welcome back to the Garden Year linky - it’s the first one of 2023 and it will stay open for the whole month, so I hope you’ll pop back to add your post during the month. I’m looking forward to reading about your garden projects and garden visits.

It’s been a long, and colder than usual, winter here in London and it’s good to see my own garden spring back into life. As with every garden there’s always jobs to be done, isn’t there? For me right now that’s weeding and generally tidying up after the winter months, when time in the garden has been few and far between.

I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to, but if you need a nudge to get out into your garden, or out visiting those around you, here’s some links which may help.

Advice, inspiration and places to visit

RHS advice: jobs to do this month
Gardeners World advice and inspiration
National Trust gardens and parks to visit
English Heritage historic gardens to visit

Roses and pastel spring flowers in a wicker basket positioned on the left of the photo, the remaining space is blank — Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

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The Garden Year: November 2022

November 1, 2022

Hello there and welcome back to my garden linky, which opens at the start of each month and stays open for the whole month - meaning you can link up at any time. You’re welcome to link any posts that have a garden theme - this could be your garden, the plants you’re growing or the gardens you visit, or anything in between - just so long as it’s related to gardening.

Plants in their prime this month

Chrysanthemums
Alstroemerias
Holly
Fatsia
Mahonia
Rosemary and Bay

What to do in the garden this month

If your ground isn’t wet or frosty it’s a great time to plan new fruit trees and bushes.
Dig over and weed empty parts of your vegetable beds, adding rotted organic matter to give your crops next year a really good start.
Sow broad beans to over winter and get ahead start if you have space.
Sow sweet peas in cardboard loo roll inners ready for the earliest of flowers next year.

A dried fallen leaf on top of the barbecue cover

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The Garden Year: October 2022

October 1, 2022

Plants in their prime this month

Rudbeckia
Crocosmia
Penstemon
Red Hot pokers
Sedum
Aster

What to do in the garden this month

Put the garden to bed - move tender plants into a greenhouse or conservatory, and cover or store your garden furniture.
Take the last chance to mow lawns and prune hedges
Prune climbing roses

An orange gerbera growing in a terracotta pot with a brick wall in the background

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