Garden Calendar

June 19 2013

 "Long summer days and warm light evenings make June the month when the most reluctant gardener will enjoy spending time outside, even if only to lounge on the patio with a cool drink."   more...

Welcome to the J Arthur Bower’s Gardening Calendar, aimed at helping you to get the very best from your garden.

Whether you’ve got a balcony, a pocket handkerchief size plot or rolling acres, our calendar will ensure you get all those essential jobs done at the right time of year.

Don’t worry if that sounds a bit of a chore. More than anything, we want you to enjoy your garden. Nature is very forgiving, and if you can’t get something done at the best time, there’s usually an opportunity to catch up later. In fact, many gardeners will tell you that the best time to do a job is when you remember it! However, there are some tasks that are best done at a particular time – if this is the case, our calendar will tell you why.

For each month of the year we will give a detailed guide about the expected weather based on average conditions. In each month you’ll find an Essential Jobs Checklist followed by a more detailed guide to tasks around the garden. Most of our advice will apply wherever you live, but do bear in mind that timings will be slightly delayed the further north you live. Further hints and tips about the different tasks can be found in our separate Garden Expert section.

If you can’t find the information you need take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions sections, which covers a wide range of common queries about different areas of the garden. And if you’re still stuck, then you can e-mail us.