National Gardening Week is the perfect time of year to show off your green fingers and celebrate all things gardening. Launched in 2012 by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the nationwide campaign aims to raise gardening awareness and encourage more people to participate in horticulture as a healthy outdoor activity.

National Gardening Week 2025

28th April – 4th May

This year, National Gardening Week focuses on welcoming new and beginner gardeners to horticulture. Whether it’s planting your first seeds or building your own raised garden bed, it's the perfect time to embark on your gardening journey.

Supporting New Gardeners

The RHS is also running a number of events, guides, and courses at their gardens, focusing on beginner tips and how-to guides for easy gardening challenges. There's support every step of the way.

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What’s On?

National Gardening Week offers an exciting variety of nationwide gardening events and ideas for families to generate gardening ideas at home.

Our top four picks for National Gardening Week 2025

An Introduction to Garden Plants | Monday 28 April | RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey

Absolute Beginners - Gardening in a Tiny Space | Saturday 10 May | RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon

Beginners Guide to Gardening | Friday 16 May | RHS Garden Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire

One Man's Treasure | Monday 28 April - Sunday 4 May | RHS Stowe Gardens, Buckinghamshire

You may want to read about our recommendations for small gardens too.

Small Garden Fencing Ideas

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Simple Garden Projects to Get You Started

For those new to gardening, starting with manageable projects can build confidence:

  • Container Gardening: Perfect for patios or balconies.
  • Raised Beds: Ideal for growing vegetables and herbs.
  • Wildlife-Friendly Features: Incorporate bird feeders or insect hotels to attract beneficial creatures.

    • Remember, your garden is a reflection of you. Start small and let it grow with you.

    How can fencing improve your gardening?

    Fencing can be a surprisingly powerful tool for improving gardening, both practically and aesthetically. Here’s how it can help:

    Practical Benefits

    1. Pest Control
      a. Protects from animals: Keeps out rabbits, deer, badgers, and other wildlife that eat plants.
      b. Barrier for pets: Stops dogs or cats from trampling your plants or using the garden as a toilet.
    2. Microclimate Creation
      a. Solid fencing like timber or acoustic panels can block wind, retain warmth, and even reduce frost risk, helping plants thrive.
      b. Helps support more delicate or exotic plants that wouldn't usually cope with UK weather.
    3. Support for Climbing Plants
      a. Trellis panels or slatted fencing can act as a framework for climbers like clematis, roses, or sweet peas, maximising space vertically.
    4. Soil & Mulch Retention
      a. Low fencing, sleepers/landscape timbers, or edging can help retain raised beds, keeping soil in place and making maintenance easier.
    5. Zoning & Structure
      a. Create sections within your garden – a vegetable patch, wildflower area, or kids’ play space – using fencing to give a neat, organised feel.
    6. Privacy & Tranquillity
      a. Fencing, especially acoustic or solid fence panels, helps create a peaceful space by blocking out noise and prying eyes.

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    Keep sustainability in mind

    Disrupting your plants by having to remove rotting fence panels could be very detrimental; that’s why it’s important to invest in quality to ensure long term plant satisfaction.

    All our timber is from sustainable, well managed forests, and is vacuum pressure treated for longevity. Our unique Jakcure® timber treatment process allows us to confidently guarantee our fence panels for 25 years.

    Read more on our sustainability

    Spring gardening tips for beginners

  • Start with a tidy up - Clear dead leaves, trim back perennials, and prep your beds for new growth.
  • Feed your soil - Add compost or well-rotted manure to give your plants a strong start.
  • Plan your planting - Sow hardy annuals, early veg like carrots and lettuce, and divide crowded perennials.
  • Mulch & protect - Mulch beds to retain moisture and keep weeds down; watch for late frosts!
  • Wake up your lawn - Mow lightly, overseed patchy areas, and rake out moss.

    • You may also be interested in our Spring garden jobs blog. 

    Wildlife-friendly fencing

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    Your garden should encourage local wildlife to thrive. Opting for more wildlife friendly options is easier than you think.

    Adding a hedgehog highway with a hedgehog friendly gravel board, letting parts of your garden grow wild and encouraging birds will, in turn, increase your natural pest control, so your crops can be better protected.

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    Product Focus

    The perfect product to start your gardening journey:

    Trellis

    A trellis structure is ideal for growing tomato plants, making harvesting and pest control easier. Jacksons Fencing has a variety of premium quality trellis designs to suit your garden, including diamond, lattice, and tartan (pictured). national gardening week 2025

    Explore Jacksons Fencing for Your Garden Needs

    At Jacksons Fencing, we offer a range of products to help you create the perfect garden space:

  • Fencing: Using our premium fence panel range, define your garden boundaries with style and ease.
  • Garden Structures: Add pergolas, or trellis to give your plants support while they grow.
  • Landscape timbers: Create your own raised bed for convenient gardening

    • Embark on your gardening journey this National Gardening Week and watch your green space flourish!

    Plus, all our timber products are preserved with our unique Jakcure® timber treatment and have our industry leading 25 year guarantee.national gardening week

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