1. Preparing Your Garden for Spring Vanderbilt Community Connections

2. Astronomical Spring is March 20 th to June 19 th ….but it really depends where you live! Exactly when is spring?

3. Early Spring February to early March Middle Spring Mid March to April Late Spring May

4. Hey What about June??? Isn’t it still spring? Nope…not for me!

5. Tasks for February 1.Clean up debris left over from fall 2.Weed 3.Apply Pre-emergent weed killer to established beds 4.MULCH 5.Stop and Look! What do you want your garden to look like next spring?

7. Plants for a February Garden SNOWDROPS Galanthus

8. Plants for a February Garden LENTEN ROSE Hellebores

9. Hellebore and Galanthus

11. Tasks for March 1.Complete list from February! 2.Have soil tested if opening up a new bed 3.Attend local gardening events 4.RESIST the temptation to plant all but hardy perennials !!!!

12. Plants for a March Garden Primroses Primula

13. Plants for a March Garden Celadine or Wood Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum

14. Plants for a March Garden CANDYTUFT Iberis

15. Tasks for April 1.Time to start planting perennials 2.Resist the temptation to plant annuals until after April 15 th ……I wait until the end of April when the ground is warmer 3.Create new planting beds 4.Go buy plants, support the local plant societies!

16. Middle Tennessee Perennial Plant Sale April 14, 2012 TN State Fairgrounds

17. Bloom ‘n’ Garden Expo April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2012 Ag Expo Park, Franklin

18. Tasks for May 1.Plant tender annuals 2.Planter boxes and pots 3.Finish up plantings, apply fertilizers, mulch 4.Skeeters are coming……

19. May Gardens….. the possibilities are endless

20. Tasks for June………Sit back and enjoy your garden

21. View from the Screen Porch …… where those skeeters can’t get me!!

22. Thanks for your time! Questions?