17th February 2025
How to get your garden ready for spring
Spring brings longer days, pretty blossoms and (if we're lucky) warmer weather… but how can you prepare your garden to make the most of all spring has to offer? Well, swap your cold weather gloves for gardening gloves and start prepping with our top tips for a spring-ready garden…
Be bulb savvy
The end of winter is the best time to stock up on your favourite seeds and bulbs for bloom in late spring and early summer. You should plant these as soon as the weather warms up a touch. Consider investing in yellow trilliums, lilacs, hyacinths and daffodils for a really colourful selection.
Part with the pests
Even the greatest gardeners concede that pests – creatures and diseases – are part and parcel of gardening. Ahead of spring, spend some time looking for pests that have hidden themselves away during the winter, with snails, slugs and aphid colonies likely to be found hibernating at the crowns of your perennial plants.
Post-winter tidy up
During chilly months, it's tough to find the enthusiasm to venture out into the garden, so your garden may need some prep before you can start planting your selections for spring and summer. Pick up any dead leaves and twigs, redefine the borders of your lawn and remove the dead stalks off perennials. You can even clear away moss, weeds and lichen by filling a bucket with boiling water and salt and spreading the liquid across the area.
Garden gadgets
Garden technology is more sophisticated than ever, with gadgets ranging from the avant-garde to the practical.
The best plan of attack? Pick the kind of technology that suits your gardening expertise and level of activity, as some of the gizmos can be rather expensive and may end up collecting dust.
We’re sure you’ve got gardening covered, but just in case you need us, remember the contents in your garden are covered by Allianz Home Insurance.
