After the long winter months gardeners look forward to the first signs of spring and the beautiful splashes of colour that the early blossoming plants add to the garden. The bulbs planted in the autumn have now flourished into wonderful blossoming flowers. Amidst our enjoyment of the splendid flowers, colourful blossoms and the lush green lawn, we sometimes forget how quickly the soil dries out on warm April and May spring days and then later during the heat of summer. Regular watering is so important for maintaining a beautiful garden. If you would prefer to relax and enjoy your garden instead of carrying heavy watering cans back and forth, then you should install a fully automatic irrigation system in plenty of time for the summer such as the GARDENA Sprinkler System.

Once installed and connected to a water timer or water computer your irrigation system comes on automatically or you can switch on the sprinklers manually using radio remote control. The pop-up sprinklers come out of hiding to water your lawn and plants at exactly the right time. The GARDENA planning guide gives you an overview of all the parts you will require to install you irrigation system and helps you calculate the water requirements and necessary water pressure so that later on in the garden you have everything you need for the installation. You will have installed your irrigation system in no time at all. You will need to dig out narrow, spade-deep trenches for the connecting pipes and pop-up sprinklers, which are then covered over again with soil and turf. One of the many advantages of this system is that the sprinklers are hidden away below ground so that they are protected even from your lawnmower when your mow your lawn.

When programming the timer to control your irrigation system, remember to select the times such that your lawn and plants are watered before or after the hottest part of the day. Too much water evaporates at the surface of the soil in the sizzling lunchtime heat and the water does not reach the roots of your plants where it is needed. Why not arrange for a landscape gardener to install your Sprinkler System for you if you don't fancy the idea of installing it yourself yet still wish to benefit from the many advantages of the GARDENA Sprinkler System?