Spring Home and Garden Sales: What Drops in Price Between March and May
Garden tools, outdoor furniture, mattresses and paint all have a spring price cycle. Here is the order to buy them in - and what to leave until summer.
Spring is the home and garden industry’s main season, and like fashion, it is planned long in advance. Retailers promote early to capture the first warm weekend, hold prices through peak demand, and clear outdoor ranges by late summer. There are good deals on both ends, but on different products.
March: tools and preparation
- Power tools and workshop gear: spring promotions from tool retailers like Pinecrest coincide with DIY season. Bundle deals (tool plus two batteries) are the value sweet spot.
- Seeds, soil and raised beds: garden suppliers discount early-season orders; buy before April demand peaks.
- Paint and decorating supplies: retailers run multi-buy offers before Easter.
April: lighting, storage and organising
Spring-cleaning promotions bring modular storage and organisers down 15-25%. Lighting retailers refresh ranges in spring; outgoing designs are discounted quietly – look for “last chance” filters.
May: mattresses and bedding
The late-May holiday weekends are the single best time of the year to buy a mattress. New models land in June and retailers clear current stock with 20-35% discounts, often with free pillows or bedding bundles. Mattress-in-a-box brands like Northwind run their deepest codes of the year in this window. Bedding brands follow with early-summer linen promotions.
What to wait for
- Outdoor furniture and grills: cheapest from late July as retailers clear for autumn ranges. If you can live without them for one more summer month, the saving is 30-50%.
- Air conditioning and fans: cheapest in early spring or early autumn, most expensive during the first heatwave.
- Lawn mowers: promotional in March, discounted again in September.
Buying furniture well
- Measure the room and the access route – returns on large items are expensive and sometimes charged.
- Check delivery terms: “free delivery” may mean kerbside; room-of-choice and assembly often cost extra.
- Ask about floor models and open-box stock; discounts of 20-40% are common and rarely advertised.
- Stack: furniture retailers frequently permit a code on top of sale pricing and pay strong cashback rates.