When the garden goes quiet in December, the pros get busy. For experienced designers and landscapers, winter is far from downtime. It is a purposefully strategic pivot point. This time of year helps both professionals and the home gardener with a smooth the entry into next spring and give themselves a boost toward another successful season of growth.
Whether it’s structural pruning and drainage fixes or critter protection and strategic design planning, professionals use December to set up a thriving garden for the year ahead. Harsh winter weather gives them time for learning, assessing and planning indoors. A fair-weather day allows for seeing the gardens and landscape in its bare-bones glory, a great time to trim, remove and clean.
