• Keep collecting seed from perennials and alpines and watch out for any tree and shrub seeds you might want to save.
  • When planting spring bulbs in pots, put plenty of drainage material in the bottom to stop them becoming waterlogged and add potting compost mixed with a handful of grit.
  • Stop feeding permanent plants in containers.
  • Watch out for the first autumn-fruiting raspberries. They should be ready to eat.
  • Divide and replant large clumps of perennial herbs 
  • Raise the cutting height on your lawnmower as the growth rate of the grass slows.
  • Take pelargonium cuttings to overwinter indoors.
  • Propagate new gooseberry bushes by taking hardwood cuttings from healthy plants before their leaves drop.
  • Collect, clean and store away cane supports as plants go past their best.
  • Detach the layered side shoots of carnations which have rooted and place them in a new spot.