Getting Your Garden Ready For Summer

A good outdoor space can be a boon when the weather is warm. However, if you’re going to enjoy the benefits of time in the garden, it’s worth investing time and energy in preparing the space. 

Let’s run through a few steps you’ll want to take before summer rolls around. 

Resilience

Assessing and Tidying Your Garden Space

Your first step should be to examine your garden space as it currently is, and determine what needs to change during the coming months. If you want to make major changes to the layout, then it’s a good idea to get started as early as possible.

Getting the space clear might be a special priority. Debris might be removed, along with any weeds that might be blighting the patio and pathways. Now is also a good time to prune any plants that are showing signs of excess growth.

Planning and Planting Summer Blooms

If you want your garden to be truly spectacular during summer, then you’ll need to pick out the kinds of summer-flowering plants that work well with the local climate. Variety is often key. Look for contrasting colours and heights, and make sure that you plant a mixture of perennials and annuals, such that something is always blooming, whatever the time of year. If your planting schedule is dominated by a single kind of flower, in other words, you might find that you get one short-lived, though impressive, bloom.

Enhancing Outdoor Living Areas

Enjoying the time you spend in your outdoor space often means having the right seating installed. You should have enough garden furniture to accommodate yourself and any guests you might entertain over the summer. Getting the best from your garden late into the evening might mean installing patio heating – along with a few solar lights that will help elevate social areas.This will not only help to create a pleasing ambience, but it might also make the space safer when you’re getting around it at night time.

Implementing Sustainable Watering Practices

Keeping your garden healthy during summer means providing it with a steady stream of water. You might make it easier to manage your garden during droughts through the right mulching, which will help to minimise water loss through evaporation, and through a system that will harvest and dispense rainwater in accordance with the needs of your plants.

Conclusion

Getting the most from your garden during summer means doing the right preparation ahead of time. The best time to start those preparations, of course, is right now!