Transitioning your garden from winter to spring is a process that revitalises your outdoor space for the coming season. It involves thoroughly clearing away debris and assessing any necessary repairs to garden structures. Early spring is also the ideal time to prune shrubs and trees, apply mulch, divide perennials, and prepare soil for planting. These key steps not only encourage new growth but also ensure a vibrant, healthy garden as it awakens from winter dormancy.
Lawn maintenance
Early spring lawn care is essential for promoting a healthy, lush lawn throughout the year.
Early spring lawn care focuses on:
- Removing twigs, leaves, and rubbish, allowing air and sunlight to reach the grass.
- Lightly raking or scarifying, to remove moss and thatch.
- Identifying compacted or waterlogged areas for aerating.
As we progress into spring, periods of warmer, drier weather can encourage some early growth. Performing a 'high cut' and neatening the lawn edges, helps to keep your lawn looking great this time of year.
Pruning back shrubs, trees and dividing perennials
At Four Brothers Garden Services, we recommend pruning your deciduous trees and shrubs that flower on new wood, as well as those grown mainly for their attractive foliage, in late winter to early spring. Pruning during this period gives your plants a healthy start to the season, encourages lush new growth, and helps shape them beautifully for your garden. By timing your pruning just before the growing season, you ensure that cuts heal quickly and new branches develop just where you want them.
It is also an optimal time to divide herbaceous perennials, as new growth emerges, in order to rejuvenate existing plants and propagate new ones.
If you haven't pruned yet, now is the time to get this done.
General garden maintenance
We know that as early spring arrives, a new set of garden tasks can quickly pile up.
From clearing away winter debris to preparing flower beds and tackling those first bursts of weeds, this season brings its own challenges. We’re here to help you get your garden ready for the months ahead—whether it’s pruning shrubs, refreshing borders, or giving slippery paths and patios a gentle clean. Let us know how we can support you as your garden wakes up for spring.