Maryann Mein said the rainfall in June will bring new life to soil which has languished under the pressures of extended dry periods over the last few years.

Ms Mein said many residents who have held off planting trees, roses, shrubs or bushes in the last few years due to the lack of moisture in the soil can transform their gardens by planting right now.

The horticulturist said gardening programs on television outlining planting times aren't necessarily applicable to the climatic conditions in Orange.

"We have a hot summer and a very cold winter, so just taking advice from the internet or seeing it on a program on television doesn't always work," she said.

Ms Mein said planting roses in winter to produce magnificent blooms and foliage for spring needed to be done in a way so no pockets of water are trapped.

"Otherwise in weather conditions like we are having now that water can freeze and damage the roots," Ms Mein said.

Gardening expert and Orange City Councillor Reg Kidd agreed the city is set for a good spring.

"The soil is absolutely saturated at the moment but as long as we get some more follow up rain and it doesn't heat up we will stay on track," Cr Kidd said.

He encouraged all gardeners in Orange to mulch their soils and hopes the heavy rainfalls this month will encourage people to plant lawns.

"I think a lot of people have been unnecessarily worried about putting in lawns and the water required so they have put down paving.

"What we have to remember is that lawn around your house cools it down during the warmer months and I think people who have been watering in lawns over the last couple of years have been given something of a bad rap," he said.