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Essential Early Spring Tasks

Essential Early Spring Tasks

Update: 2025-03-06
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Spring Awakening – Essential Tasks to Revive Your Shade Garden

Spring is stirring, and it’s time to wake up your shade garden! In this episode of The Shade Gardening Podcast, we’re diving into the essential early spring tasks that will set your garden up for a season of lush growth and colour.

🌿 In this episode, we cover:

✔ Clearing winter debris and refreshing mulch for healthy soil
✔ Pruning and dividing shade-loving plants like ferns and hellebores
✔ What you can plant now (and what to hold off on!)
✔ Plant Profile of the Week: Pulmonaria – a spring gem for pollinators and shade gardens
✔ Design Tip: How to create year-round interest in your shady spaces
✔ Listener Question: "Is it too early to start planting?"

Plus, a sneak peek at next week’s episode, where we’ll explore quick, impactful ways to refresh your shade garden this spring!

Grab your gardening gloves and join me as we step into the cool, quiet world of shade gardening.

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🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.
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