Monthly gardening ideas: spring term
Explore a host of growing ideas and projects across the spring term with your pupils

Plan your monthly growing activities with our top ideas for:
- Indoor gardening
- Flowers and trees
- Fruit and vegetables
- Propagation and cuttings
- Gardening for wildlife
- Garden art and design
January
Indoor gardening
- Count and measure seeds in a fun seed germination activity
Flowers and trees
- Prune apple trees to help new growth
- Put autumn-sown sweet peas into bigger pots
Fruit and vegetables
- Plan your spring planting
- Protect overwintering crops from frost
Propagation and cuttings
- Take cuttings of woody plants e.g. raspberries
Gardening for wildlife
- Make a bird box
Garden art and design
- Make a measuring stick for seed and plant spacing
February
Indoor gardening
- Explore houseplants that are easy to grow with children
Flowers and trees
- Plant hedging and bareroot trees
- Sow sweet pea seeds in deep pots
Fruit and vegetables
- Prepare early potatoes for planting
Propagation and cuttings
- Make more snowdrops
Gardening for wildlife
- Create a log pile
Garden art and design
- Make newspaper pots for seed sowing
March
Indoor gardening
- Sow flower seeds in pots to help pollinating insects in June
Flowers and trees
- Sow pot marigold seeds
- Sow cornflower seeds
- Sow sunflower seeds
Fruit and vegetables
- Plant out early potatoes
- Sow tomato seeds
Gardening for wildlife
- Start composting
Garden art and design
- Paint pebbles to label plants
April
Indoor gardening
- Grow pea shoots
Flowers and trees
- Deadhead spring bulbs
- Plant out sweet pea seedlings after the last frosts
Fruit and vegetables
- Sow pumpkin seeds for autumn harvest
- Plant out broad beans
- Separate tomato seedlings
Propagation and cuttings
- Make more houseplants from leaf cuttings
Gardening for wildlife
- Add wildflowers to a grassy area
Garden art and design
- Make signs and labels for the garden