A Practical Guide to Preparing Your Garden for Winter
A successful garden season doesn’t end with the last harvest. What you do in the garden before winter can help set the stage for healthier soil, fewer problems, and an easier start when spring returns.
Putting the Garden to Bed from Evans Organics is a practical, approachable guide to closing down the garden thoughtfully—without feeling like everything needs to be cut, cleared, and hauled away.
Learn how to decide what should stay, what should go, and what can wait until spring, while considering soil health, overwintering beneficial insects, plant disease, garden wildlife, and next season’s growth.
Inside, you’ll find practical guidance for:
🌿 Selective garden cleanup — understand what to remove and what may be better left standing
🍂 Leaves & plant debris — put valuable organic material to work instead of automatically throwing it away
🐝 Overwintering pollinators & beneficial insects — preserve important garden habitat through the colder months
🌱 Soil protection & preparation — help protect and improve the soil during winter
✂️ Perennials & spent plants — learn what to cut back now and what to leave until spring
🧹 Garden sanitation — recognize when cleanup really does matter for reducing future problems
🗺️ Planning ahead — use the end of the season to make next year’s garden even better
Written for everyday gardeners, Putting the Garden to Bed replaces the old idea of a perfectly “clean” fall garden with a more thoughtful approach: clean up where it helps, leave habitat where it matters, protect the soil, and prepare for the season ahead.
Whether you grow vegetables, herbs, flowers, pollinator plants—or a little of everything—this guide will help you close the garden season with purpose and welcome spring with a head start.
Put your garden to bed the right way—and let winter become part of the growing cycle.
— Evans Organics