Canterbury Garden Centres to help you prepare for Spring

How’s your garden looking? Mine is looking a bit ragged and rather bare.  I dug two borders over the summer and de-weeded here and there, which I think was very good of me, considering the general apathy with which I had previously viewed the jungle at the back of my house. I must say that I’m not a natural gardener. Instead, it was a combination of peer pressure and embarrassment that forced me to tackle the green, elbow-high mass of grass and nettles that was my garden.

Anyway, even though I’m a novice, I do know (because somebody told me) that now is the time to plant bulbs. When it stops raining, I fully intend to go bulb-crazy. Come springtime, I want my forlorn patch of muddy grass to be bordered with all kinds of colourful plants. Daffodils, especially.

I’ve recently discovered that garden centres are fantastic places – not just because you can buy plants, bulbs, gardening equipment and garden paraphernalia (gnomes, for example) – but also because the staff tend to know an awful lot more about gardening than I do, and are perfectly willing to spend plenty of time explaining to me the simplest of gardening concepts like how to use a rake.

Here’s a list of our local garden centres here in and around Canterbury:

Wyevale Gardens, just off the A28 at Chartham

J H Worrel & Son in Sturry Road

Canterbury Garden Centre, which is in Herne Common – a bit of a drive but well worth it

Gardeners Paradise in Stodmarsh

Thompsons Plant and Garden Centre in Petham

If I’ve left anything out, or anybody would like to share their tips or advice on gardening, please comment below.