Plant out container-grown roses and shrubs
Fork compost into flower beds to prepare soil for summer bedding
Sow the following crops outside this week: beetroot, lettuce, watercress, radish, spring onions, parsley, chives, carrots, swedes, turnip, cabbage, peas, marrows and courgettes
Tie in shoots of clematis and climbers to trellis and supports
Regularly water newly planted trees, roses, shrubs and hedging
Apply a moss killer to lawns, then, after a few days, scarify to rake out the dead matter