Posted on Thursday, 12th June 2025
If you're new to gardening, it can often feel overwhelming trying to figure out what you need and how to get started. To help you find your green fingers, our storage experts have partnered with award-winning garden designer, Pandora Ryan, to reveal the beginner gardening tips you need to know to start your new hobby.
When starting out, it’s important you have a good selection of tools that have their own designated space. A trowel, hand fork, garden hoe and lawn mower are the key items to get your plants and lawn thriving throughout the peak summer months.
Create a space within your home, garage or garden shed to store your tools when they’re not in use. It’s important that the area is dry and clean to avoid them getting damaged over time. If you need more space to store your gardening tools, our personal storage units are there to keep everything you need safe and sound.
There are so many everyday household items that can be used in your outdoor space to help keep costs down. Before recycling your cardboard, place it under your mulch to help prevent weeds coming through. Plastic bottles can also come in handy for protecting young plants. Cut them in half and place over the plant to stop pests from eating them.
If you’re currently in the process of decluttering your home of old furniture, consider how they could instead be used in your outdoor space. Old drawers can be transformed into unique planters and can be moved around your garden depending on what you’ve planted.
For Pandora, being mindful of the seasons is an essential step in cultivating a healthy and maintainable garden: “The summer months are the best months to lay the groundwork for a thriving garden in the seasons ahead. There are three main areas that you need to focus on, soil health, pruning and planning.”
As the autumn months approach, you’ll want to focus on any repairs needed in your outdoor space. This time of the year is perfect for seeding your lawn, and the best climate for germination; it’s the ideal environment for lawn growth as the cooler autumn months and warm soil will allow your garden to thrive.
During the autumn months, you will need to start thinking about storing away your garden furniture. If left out during the colder climates and seasons, they could become damaged and unusable when summer rolls back around.
The winter months can undo all your many months of hard work, so it's important to be prepared. Most flowers will come to the end of their bloom when the colder weather hits, but other flowers such as roses will still need pruning during this time.
When it comes to your lawn, the colder season is a great time to let it rest, but if it feels like it’s getting a little unruly, you may want to use the lawn mower every month. Remember, don’t cut your grass if it’s wet as this will spit out grass clippings and generally isn’t good for the health of your lawn.
We tend to see grass regrowth towards the end of March, so you may want to start mowing around this time. If your outdoor space has garden beds, you will need to de-weed them as this will ensure that your plants grow nice and healthy in the warmer months.
Spring is also the perfect time to get out your garden furniture, and if stored correctly, these can be used in your garden straight away.
