After the storms of Winter, take a walk around your garden and tidy up. Remove any damaged branches from trees, trim back shrubs once they have started growing, reshape lawn edges. Lawns can be given a spring treatment including moss and weed control, and fertiliser for the growing season. Around early April if the ground is not too wet, give grass a first cut at a high level. Bare soil can be mulched with bark or wood chips, or a decorative aggregate to deter weeds.