TO DO LIST

HAVE a general clear-up, tidy away equipment and set out large pots of winter bedding or specimen plants to create focal points viewed from the house.

PLANT up festive outdoor containers with skimmia, gaultheria, ivy, winter heathers and variegated euonymus, and tidy the garden ready for Christmas visitors.

START Christmas shopping at the garden centre and pick up orchids and poinsettias for the house while you’re there.

Grab your poinsettia