Want to get cracking on the garden but don't know where to start? Celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin runs through the must-haves and must-dos of gardening for spring 2011, exclusive to iVillage.
Get buying!
Diarmuid Gavin: Go online now or go to garden centres to get seed catalogues and plan ahead.
Add window boxes to your home
Diarmuid Gavin: They are a simple, cheap investment and a great colourful addition to add character to your home - you can even start gro
Take the splash and add a pond to your garden
Diarmuid Gavin: A pond is always a good addition - and not hugely expensive or complex.
Invest in water butts
Diarmuid Gavin: Collect water using a rain trap on your down pipe, or catch water on hard surfaces such as garden sheds for example and divert it in t
Get potting!
Diarmuid Gavin: Think about outside your home and add pots and containers - these provide instant impact outside as people will immediately spot them as they a
Get pruning
Diarmuid Gavin: ...The best time for this is now. Work on those plants that have become a little bit overgrown now.
Dont overcomplicate your garden
Diarmuid Gavin: Don’t use too many different species at once or it will look like a multi coloured fruit salad.
Use my favourite – grasses!
Diarmuid Gavin: I love grasses - and anything that looks like a grass - sedge for example.
