Hoping for your garden to flourish beautifully in the spring and summer months? Winter gardening is the best way to achieve this and we’re going to explore why.
Once temperatures drop and the ground begins to freeze, there can often be a misconception that gardening must grind to a halt. However this is not true. During the winter months there are a number of jobs that require to be carried out in order to guarantee that you garden flourishes to its maximum potential throughout the warmer, sunnier months ahead. From winter pruning and planting to planning future garden developments, come with us as we dive into the reasons why winter gardening is so important.
Preparing outdoor living spaces
During the winter, we typically spend a little less time outside relaxing and socialising in the garden than in the warmer seasons. Therefore, this makes winter the perfect time to begin prepping, tidying and installing your outdoor living features for the busier garden months ahead. Our masterly garden care team are currently jet-washing any slippery hardstandings to ensure that they are looking spick and span now and throughout the rest of the year.
As winter is typically a much quieter time of year, this is also an excellent window to begin embedding a series of stylish outdoor living features into your landscape. From sheltered pergolas to expansive natural stone patios, there are a number of landscaping features that you can use to frame idyllic outdoor living spots.
Bare root planting
Over the winter period, our soft landscaping team are busy establishing a variety of root-balled and bare root plants and hedges. Cost-effective and environmentally friendly, planting bare root plants and hedges throughout your garden is a superb way to enhance your garden with natural structure, colour and texture.
Have you spotted a few empty spaces throughout your beds and borders? Winter is a great time to begin thinking about filling these areas with an assortment of beautiful blooms and shrubs. Our skilled soft landscaping team are currently establishing a variety of bespoke infill planting schemes which are brimming with an abundance of eye-catching plants set to flourish spectacularly in the upcoming months.
Winter pruning
Throughout the colder months, our masterly horticultural team are busy pruning roses, wisterias, fruit trees, grapevines and more. Winter pruning these plants is extremely important in helping support the overall health of the plant. Pruning in the winter (whilst the plant or tree is dormant) is extremely beneficial to these plants as it encourages greater growth of fruits and blooms, improves circulation, supports a healthier structure and more. Pruning in the winter also helps to further protect your plants and trees from potential risks of disease.
Help garden wildlife
With harsher weather conditions and freezing frosts, winter can be a challenging time for our garden wildlife. At this time of year, it is important to re-fill and hang up a variety of bird feeders throughout your garden.
Freezing and icy conditions can make it hard for birds and other garden wildlife to find water. If you have a water feature or a garden pond, then you can help your local wildlife by melting multiple holes throughout the ice.
Lawn care
Winter’s cold and frosty conditions can cause our lawns to become slightly weaker. To give our lawns an extra helping hand from now until February, our lawn care specialists are applying lawn feeds filled with iron and potassium to give our green spaces an extra boost. If your lawn is in need of a tidy-up after the festive period then we would suggest raising the height of your mower before mowing.
Our talented team provide specialist garden care throughout Oxfordshire and beyond. Get in touch with us today to find out how our team can help care for your garden throughout every season.
