• Keep an eye out for pests such as aphids which can multiply quickly in warm weather
  • Help courgettes and squash to ripen in the sun by removing any leaves which are shading them
  • Clean your pond pump filter to keep it working properly
  • Harvest the last of the peas and broad beans, picking them regularly until no more pods are produced
  • Continue lifting garlic and shallots when the tops start to die off. Scoop the soil from around the bulbs and leave them on the soil to dry before storing them
  • If warm weather persists, allow your grass to grow a little longer by setting the mower blades higher to relieve stress on the lawn. Leave the clippings on the lawn to help retain moisture
  • Give conifer hedges their annual trim and reduce the growth on new spring-planted conifers to make a thicker hedge
  • Check for reversion on variegated shrubs and trees and remove all-green shoots Plant dwarf bulbous irises for winter colour
  • Tidy the pond by deadheading marginal aquatic plants and removing excess growth from submerged oxygenating plants