Gardening is Good For You

The Gardening is Good for You project – an initiative by the Horticultural Trades Association which is supported throughout garden centres across the UK – helping to inspire colour and interest in your garden all year round…with monthly themed articles, inspiration and ideas for the garden.

The project helps introduce gardeners to a range of plants which will enables gardens to stay interesting and attractive from January to December. Here are this years suggestions month by month.

• January — Year-round colour and interest, grow yourself healthy
• February — Planting styles for creating your perfect garden
• March — Spring colour and spring planting
• April — Colour themed displays, get creating in the garden with colour
• May — Plants for summer displays and crops, get growing
• June — Scented plants and fill your garden with fragrance
• July – Plants for instant colour and displays, and enjoy time in the garden.
• August – Plants to excite the senses in the garden.
• September – The gift of growing together
• October – Planting with nature in mind
• November -Autumn planting, getting down to earth
• December – Winter colour, plant away the winter blues