Spring Into Action: Landscaping Tips for a New Season

Spring has sprung in Christchurch! After a long winter of grey skies, overcast days and chilly mornings, it’s time to welcome colour, growth, and the promise of long, sunny days ahead. At Forever Green, we reckon it’s when your garden really comes to life. So, whether you’re giving your lawn a new lease of life, planting new shrubs, or getting into your vegetable garden, there’s no better time to get stuck into your garden and get your outdoor space ready for summer.

In this post, we’ve put together our top gardening and landscaping tips for spring with a few handy Forever Green products to help you along the way.

Trees & Shrubs: Plant for Future Shade and Colour

One of the best things about spring is that it’s the perfect time to plant trees and shrubs before the summer heat comes. Moist soil and plenty of time for roots to take hold means that your plants have the best chance of establishing and growing strong.

Some flowering favourites to keep an eye out for right now include:

Flowering cherry trees — Enjoy the glorious blossom in spring, then you’ll have the shade later in summer

Deciduous magnolias — Brighten up your garden with a beautiful statement tree

Daphne and Camellias — Hardy, fragrant, and full of colour

Rhododendrons and Viburnum burkwoodii — A must-have for scent and structure in your garden

Top Tip: Give your trees and shrubs the best possible start by mixing in some Forever Green Compost when planting. Our compost is chock-full of organic matter to help improve soil quality and promote strong root growth and is available at our new landscape HQ!

Edible Gardens: Fresh Food for You and Your Family

One of the most rewarding things about gardening is being able to grow food you can eat, and Spring is packed with opportunities to get planting.

Potatoes: A wide range of seed potatoes are now in store, these are best planted while the soil is warming.

Vegetable seedlings: Broccoli, lettuce and more are ready to pop into well-prepared soil. Make sure you enrich the soil first with Forever Green Compost for best results!

Strawberries: Plant now and protect with bird netting to prevent the birds eating all your hard-earned rewards!

Asparagus: Perfect planting time is now in late September, just remember to fertilise.

Herbs: Sow basil, coriander, parsley and mint. Keep them close to hand for easy snipping near your BBQ in a planter or near the kitchen window for those bright summer dishes we know you will be cooking up!

Need Expert Advice?

Choosing what to plant, move, or remove can sometimes be overwhelming. If you’re not sure where to start, why not book in with Geoff White for a one-hour consultation packed with expert advice and design ideas? Geoff has more than 40 years landscaping experience and can help you get your garden or landscaping project off to a great start.

Spring is the perfect time to start something new in your garden or landscape. It’s all about fresh starts, new growth and setting up your garden to really shine over the next few months.

With just a little bit of effort now, you can have beautiful flowers, homegrown food, lush lawns and a space that welcomes family and friends all summer long. Dust off those gardening gloves, grab some supplies from Forever Green, and get stuck in — because there’s nothing better than the feeling of stepping outside into a garden that’s blooming, productive and ready to be enjoyed.