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7 top garden tips for the Bank Holiday weekend

Make the most of this Bank holiday! Spend a couple of hours in your garden now and you’ll reap the rewards in the coming months, with beds filled with flowers and huge harvests in the veg plot. We’ve put together our top tips on how to get your garden into shape for the summer. Check out our bank holiday gardening tips down below!

7 top garden tips for the Bank Holiday weekend

Prune Summer Blooming Shrubs

Knowing when to prune summer blooming shrubs is essential to ensure your shrubs thrive and flower just when they should. Pruning helps with the health and longevity of the shrub and helps prevent pests and diseases as well. Knowing the correct times to prune shrubs throughout the year can help keep your garden looking good and thriving.

How to grow a grapevine

This how-to grow a grapevine guide will help you grow your own thriving vine and harvest a satisfying crop of grapes. You might even be able to make your own wine. Growing grapevines has become more prevalent in recent years, and with just a few tips, such as what soil they prefer and how to care for them, you’ll be well on your way to harvesting your first bunches of delicious grapes.

Choosing the right nest box for your garden birds

Adding a nest box to your garden can provide small birds with a home and give you the chance to learn more about these beautiful creatures. Watching birds nesting is a real thrill, and by putting up nest boxes you can encourage more birds to make their homes in your garden. Read our top tips on selecting the best boxes for your garden birds.

Choosing the right nest box for your garden birds

Everything you need to know about gardening tools

If you’re just starting your gardening journey, here’s our guide to some of the tools you’ll need and what they do. Whatever garden job you want to tackle, we have just the tools for it in our centre, and our friendly staff are always on hand for some free advice!

Everything you need to know about gardening tools

Feeding your garden plants

Time to start feeding your garden plants as many come into active growth and the temperatures increase. Fertilising garden plants means providing them with the right levels of nutrients so they can thrive and survive, giving you a display of abundant flowers, fruits and vegetables. Fertilisers are used to boost flowering and is specifically useful for plants growing in containers.

Spring-flowering garden plants

Enjoying spring-flowering garden plants is one of the great joys of springtime. When there is suddenly lots of colour in the garden, it can really lift everyone's mood after a long winter. As bulbs pop up through the earth and those recognisable spring flowers start to bloom, the weather begins to warm, and seeds begin to emerge.

7 great vegetable gardening hacks

Our top 7 vegetable gardening hacks will have you looking at your vegetable garden in a different way. Whether you're a novice vegetable grower or have grown your own food for years, there's always something new to learn and ways to make the job easier or more fun.

6 lawn care tips for April

Winter can be tough on lawns, so as the weather warms up and the days get brighter, it’s good to pay your lawn some attention to get it back into shape for the summer. Here are our top tips for April lawn care.

6 fantastic flowering cherry trees and how to grow them

Here are six of our favourite flowering cherries and how to grow them.

6 fantastic flowering cherry trees and how to grow them

How to support wildlife in April

There are many ways to support wildlife in April, so don’t forget to keep wildlife in mind with your general gardening tasks.

What to do in the kitchen garden in April

If you are wondering what to do in the kitchen garden in April, we’ve put this list together to keep you on track during a hectic time of year for gardeners.