Fruit and vegetable garden
Gooseberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants can be pruned from around now but it might be better to wait until late winter/early spring so that any winter damage can be removed at the same time. Wounds will heal faster in the warmer weather.
Strawberry runners that have been potted up for forcing in February and March next year should now be turned on their sides or placed in a well-ventilated cold frame. Excess moisture or warmth could cause rot or precipitate premature growth.
Sow over wintering broad beans (mild areas only) outside or under cloches where the soil is well drained or in pots in an unheated greenhouse in cold districts. Harvests should be marginally earlier than the first spring sowings.
Dig over, incorporating well-rotted organic matter if available and weed vacant areas of the vegetable plot. Once fully wetted by winter rain cover with thick black polythene or other opaque covering and leave until next season when the ground will be easy to prepare for planting and sowing.

Flower garden
Plant tulip bulbs this month. Some tulips persist year to year, some perform less well and are treated as bedding and replaced every year.
It is not too late to research and order summer-flowering bulbs for planting in the spring or during the winter.
Last chance to plant out winter bedding plants. You could try Wallflowers, Forget-me-nots, Bellis, Primula, Viola (winter pansies) and other spring flowering plants. Plant them into well-prepared ground or pots of suitable compost. Water them if no rain is forecast using stored rain or recycled water wherever possible.
Now is the ideal time to plant roses. Avoid planting in areas where roses were previously growing otherwise new introductions may suffer from replant disease (rose sickness).

Trees, shrubs, climbers and hedges
This is also a good time to transplant trees and shrubs growing in unsuitable positions. Mature trees may not survive as it is difficult to remove the intact rootball, you may be best advised to leave well alone. There are contractors who specialise in moving established mature specimens but they are not cheap.
A busy time for the gardener but you will be rewarded in the Spring!