Gardening Hints & Tips for the month
APRIL 2026
Hello April – Time to Get Growing!
Spring is well and truly here, and the garden is bursting back into life. While there’s still the occasional risk of a late frost, the days are getting warmer and everything is starting to grow again — making it the perfect time to get outside and get stuck in.
April is a busy and rewarding month in the garden. Cut back dogwoods now to encourage fresh, colourful stems for next season, and begin mowing lawns again, keeping the blades set high to start with. It’s also a great time to add instant colour with summer hanging basket plants, while pruning summer and autumn flowering clematis will help keep them healthy and full of blooms.
Don’t forget to pull away any unwanted suckers from roses to keep plants strong.
In the veg patch, there’s plenty to do. Sow crops such as beetroot, broad beans, carrots and cauliflower, and plant out seed potatoes — just keep some fleece or cloches handy to protect young plants if the weather turns chilly.
If you’re growing under cover, repot any pot-bound plants into larger containers and start feeding greenhouse and houseplants regularly to support healthy growth. Indoor climbers like jasmine and passionflower can also be pruned now to keep them in shape.
Around the garden, now is a good time to move evergreens that are in the wrong place and to continue feeding garden birds as they nest and raise their young.