{"id":1053,"date":"2026-04-22T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:33:50","slug":"gardening-tasks-for-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/gardening-tasks-for-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening tasks for April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/image-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/image-3-scaled.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/image-3-scaled-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/image-3-scaled-520x694.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/image-3-scaled-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are your main gardening tasks for April <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udf31 Borders &amp; Groundwork<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sweep soil off the weed sheeting (or allow rain to wash it off naturally)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secure sheeting by placing bark around the edges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reshape the island bed into a <strong>kidney shape and add more landscape sheeting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue mulching beds with bark\/chips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the side border (ground elder area):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lay <strong>cardboard (overlapping well)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add <strong>ground sheeting (Mypex)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover with <strong>bark\/woodchip mulch<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udf38 Plant Care &amp; Propagation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take <strong>softwood cuttings from dahlias as they grow&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cut just below a <strong>node<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove lower leaves and place in compost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep in a propagator or bright windowsill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/garden-plants\/grown-shrubs-from-softwood-cuttings\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/garden-plants\/grown-shrubs-from-softwood-cuttings\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep <strong>clematis in pots well watered<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plant out once established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udf33 Trees &amp; Structural Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cover exposed <strong>birch roots<\/strong> lightly with soil (level only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fit a <strong>hinge to the gate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83c\udf31 Lawn Improvement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sow <strong>clover into the lawn<\/strong> (after liming)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep damp for <strong>10\u201314 days<\/strong> using a sprayer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/lawns\/benefits-of-a-micro-clover-lawn\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/lawns\/benefits-of-a-micro-clover-lawn\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https:\/\/thegrasspeople.com\/eco-clover-lawn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2702\ufe0f Pruning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prune back the <strong>pyracantha<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udc1b Pest Monitoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check <strong>box plants regularly<\/strong> for box caterpillar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for: chewed leaves, webbing, caterpillars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remove by hand or use <strong>pheromone traps<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are your main gardening tasks for April \ud83c\udf31 Borders &amp; Groundwork \ud83c\udf38 Plant Care &amp; Propagation \ud83c\udf33 Trees &amp; Structural Work \ud83c\udf31 Lawn Improvement \u2702\ufe0f Pruning \ud83d\udc1b Pest Monitoring Remove by hand or&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-your-gardening-tasks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/redgate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}