Spring garden calendar – What to do in your garden now

Below, we'll cover general spring gardening tips before delving into specific advice for individual garden styles. Many of us blend and combine elements from different styles, so there's plenty of valuable information here for every garden enthusiast.

As the sun finally returns and the earth gradually warms up, a new, intensive season begins in the garden. Many vegetables and flowers can actually be planted in early spring, and a bit later, when the soil is ready, it's time for more seeds and planting out pre-cultivated plants. However, spring temperatures can be variable, so it's wise to protect the most sensitive plants from the cold. If sown too early, they can be damaged by frost nights that suddenly reappear.

Spring is also an excellent time to plant new things and establish new flower beds and vegetable gardens. Brittle bulb plants like tulips, daffodils, and crocuses thrive in pots.

- Spring cleaning after winter

Do some spring cleaning in the garden to make room for new shoots and spring plants. Enjoy the light and birdsong while getting your daily dose of fresh air and exercise.

- Prepare beds and flower beds

Remove weeds, cut down withered perennials, and check the soil. Perhaps you need to replace some soil and add other fertilizer? We have tips on soil and fertilizer for all types of plants.

- Prune trees and bushes

But don't forget to read about each variety; some may be better pruned in the autumn. In our plant guides, you can read in detail about how to take care of the specific plants you have.

- Plant new perennials, bushes, and trees

Explore the large selection of outdoor plants and supplement your garden where needed. How about a perennial bed that blooms throughout the season or a fruit tree?

- Pre-cultivate indoors

Sow seeds of vegetables and flowers indoors, which you can plant out when the weather gets warmer. Spring is the high season for pre-cultivation and growing. If you're not already started, we can give you short and simple tips on spring planting.

- Sow seeds directly outdoors

You can sow seeds of many types of vegetables and summer flowers outdoors already in spring. Cold-sensitive plants, such as beans and legumes, are sown in late spring or early summer. Check out our sowing calendar for good sowing tips, month by month.

- Sow seeds in a greenhouse or grow tunnel

Greenhouses and grow tunnels capture the sun's warmth, which means that the planting season both starts a couple of months earlier and lasts longer into the autumn. So pre-cultivate in the greenhouse, if you have one.

- Divide perennials

If you have perennials that have grown large, you can divide many types of perennials in the spring. Plant them in new places or near each other.

- Get the lawn ready for summer

Rake the lawn to allow air to reach the roots and to remove leaves, branches, and cones. If you have an older lawn, it may be good to loosen the soil a little with an iron rake. Repair bare spots with top dressing, fertilize, and water. Here are our tips for taking care of the lawn all year round.

- Start the fight against slugs

If you've had slugs in your garden before, start now! Tackle the slugs early in the season so they don't have time to reproduce. It may seem brutal, but cutting them in 2 is the most humane method.

Different gardens have different care needs, below we list the most important things for the six different styles in our style guide – A world of gardens.

The classic garden blooms in spring and is full of life, both for yourself and for guests.

- Let the entrance flourish

Decorate your spring entrance with plants and decorations. Fill pots with spring flowers that can tolerate frost early in the spring, and follow up with other types of spring flowers when the warmth has increased a couple of notches. And don't forget the entrance for Easter; nothing beats a pot full of mini daffodils and pansies (weather permitting).

- Clean up in the flower beds

The autumn bulbs are beginning to emerge now in spring, everything from tulips to hyacinths. Make it beautiful in the flower beds so that the flowers can shine with all their might.

- Plant spring bulbs

Prepare for autumn by planting spring bulbs so that you also have flowering towards the end of summer and autumn. Dahlias and gladioli are popular choices.

- Wake up the geraniums

As February–March approaches, you can begin to wake the geraniums to life after their winter dormancy. Place them in a bright spot, at room temperature, and water them a little more often. Cut them down to about 10 cm, and repot after a few weeks in the light. Geranium 'Queen Ingrid' is the classic garden's majesty, but check out all the fantastic varieties that exist; perhaps you'll find a new favorite this year.

The Nordic garden's clean lines and simplicity are present in spring too. A little effort now pays off big when vacation arrives.

- Strengthen the lawn

A well-maintained lawn is crucial in a Nordic garden. After winter, the lawn may need fertilizer. Furthermore, it can become quite wet when the snow melts, so be careful with its treatment. Perhaps it's also time to bring out the lawnmower and inspect it for the new season – or even buy a new lawnmower if needed.

- Lay ready-made turf

If you don't have a lawn but want a green and lush one – and preferably quickly? Choose ready-made turf! With roll turf, you can enjoy your lawn as soon as you've rolled it out.

- Plant hedges

Spring is a good time to plant hedges, to frame the garden or prevent views from neighbors.

- Clean away winter

Blow leaves off the trampoline, the patio, and check the condition of the outdoor furniture. Perhaps it needs a refresh?

In spring, the foundation is laid for much of what you can later enjoy in the earthy garden.

- Sow, sow, and sow

Pre-cultivate indoors and sow directly outdoors. Check out our sowing calendar, where you get sowing tips month by month.

- Start a compost

Spring is an excellent time to start composting. Your food and garden waste can be transformed into nutrient-rich soil that your plants will love. Bokashi is also something you can learn about if you don't already compost with that method.

- Recycle easter

Eggs, flowers, and much more can be useful again for the greenery that grows, both indoors and in the garden. Here are the tips that will make Easter more sustainable.

- Plant edible plants

An earthy garden contains a lot of edibles. The kitchen garden and the greenhouse are great places to start planting vegetables and herbs now – when the risk of frost is over. Try to think seasonally, so that you have plenty of good things to harvest both in summer and autumn.

- Mulch cultivation

What if you could ignore watering, digging, fertilizing, and weeding – but still get bigger and better yields? It sounds impossible, but if you mulch cultivate, it's actually not. Mulch cultivation is the shortcut to new life in the soil.

- Start garden projects

Spring provides a lot of motivation; it's a perfect time to tackle garden projects. Perhaps you want to build a hotbed, realize the dream of a greenhouse, or build an insect hotel?

Scent, flowers, and colors characterize the romantic garden, and now it's time for it to come to life.

- Prepare for summer's floral splendor

Divide perennials that need room to grow and bloom in the coming months – and plant new perennials. Peonies, for example, are wonderful additions to a romantic garden due to their large flowers and lovely scent.

- Create a blooming entrance

Combine plants in pots filled with spring flowers like pansies and mini daffodils. Also, consider scent, where lavender, for example, blooms early and smells good.

- Create a rose arch

Create a beautiful rose arch with an early blooming and fragrant climbing rose, or let the roses climb along the fence. The rose garden will soon burst into bloom.

- Plan and plant the fragrant garden

A beautiful garden is a feast for the eyes. Adding lovely scents gives it yet another dimension. Here are our best tips for a fragrant garden.

- Plant a blooming hedge

Hedges don't have to be rigid and strict. How about framing the garden with a blooming hedge?

- Wake the dahlia tubers to life

Dahlias are perfect in the romantic garden. For the blooms to last long, it's best to pre-cultivate the dahlia tubers indoors in the spring. Most varieties can be started as early as March to May.

Spring in a Mediterranean garden awakens gently, but with each passing week, you get closer to that southern European feeling.

- Wake the Mediterranean plants from winter dormancy

Mediterranean plants love sun and warmth, and now they've been dormant for a long time. Give your Mediterranean plants new life after winter.

- Prepare the outdoor kitchen

Get the outdoor kitchen, grill, and pizza oven ready for the season. Gathering around the outdoor kitchen is standard in a Mediterranean garden. Now is the time to build that pizza oven and clean up the patio.

- Plan the herb garden

Create a fragrant herb garden this year; now is when you can plan and get things ready before the heat arrives. Or, you can keep it simple and plant some Italian herbs in pots that you can soon place on the terrace.

- Prepare the greenhouse or orangery

Clean up the greenhouse and get it ready for the season. Maybe you have room to install the pizza oven and a small café set, and turn it into a small orangery this year?

Water, aquatic plants, moss, and shade plants are essential in the Japandi garden, and now the focus is on preparations.

- Creating a garden pond

A Japandi garden often features water elements to give a sense of balance and harmony. Don't have a garden pond? Right now, before things start sprouting and growing, is a perfect time to start digging.

- Cleaning and preparing water features

If you already have water in your garden, you should remove leaves, replace filters and pumps to ensure fresh water.

- Cleaning up the garden

Create order in the garden now, so you can enjoy nature's tranquility and gather new energy when summer arrives. Rake together leaves, remove dead plants, and weeds that have appeared in garden paths and gravel areas.

- Planting plants

Spring is a good time to plant plants that thrive in the quiet shade of a Japanese-inspired garden, like hosta and ferns. You can also create an acid soil bed with rhododendrons, magnolias, Japanese maples, and heather, for example.

- Creating harmony with stones and gravel

Lay out stepping stones and gravel to create calm, meditative areas. Perhaps the garden needs a new garden path this year?

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