02/05/2026
Feeling slightly overwhelmed with your garden when everything is quickly growing?
I am Leigh and based in Shaftesbury serving Dorset, Somerset & Wiltshire. I would be able to help with many outdoor jobs:
As a new month approaches:
~ Clear out spring bedding
~ Divide and cut back spring-flowering perennials
~ Plant out dahlias at the end of May
~ Thin out annuals sown earlier
~ Last opportunity to plant evergreen shrubs
~ Protect young plants from slugs
~ Replenish water plants with aquatic fertiliser
~ Cover plants with horticultural fleece whenever night frosts are forecast.
~ Where possible water plants in the morning when plants have had their 'sleep' and have more energy to draw up water through their stems.
~ Prune Clematis montana after flowering and move tender shrubs in pots outside for summer.
~ May is also a good time to harden off summer bedding plants and prune spring-flowering shrubs.
Other May tasks include:
~Thin out vegetables sown earlier
~ Continue successional sowing of vegetables
~ Sow and plant out tender vegetables later in May.
~ Protect crops from carrot fly
Call or message me on 07855 404357 to discuss how I can help with general maintenance, tidy ups, new planting ideas or landscaping projects.
