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Gardening guides — New Zealand
Practical guides to growing food in New Zealand: when to sow and plant out, what goes wrong and why, and how timing changes from the far north to the colder south. View the planting calendar →
Featured · Seasonal
What to Plant in May in NZ
What to plant in May across NZ — last call for autumn roots and greens everywhere, garlic closing in most regions but just opening in the coldest, and citrus.
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What to Plant in November in NZ
What to plant in November across NZ — courgette, pumpkin and beans open further south as frost season ends,...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in June in NZ
What to plant in June across NZ — the quietest sowing month, but tomatoes start indoors up north, garlic's ...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in December in NZ
What to plant in December across NZ — the first frost-free month everywhere, last calls for mizuna and tama...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in February in NZ
What to sow in February across NZ — last call for peas, spinach and the summer crops, plus what's finishing...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in January in NZ
What to sow in January across NZ — the eight crops that suit every region, the last warm-season sowings fur...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in March in NZ
What to sow in March across NZ — the last lettuce sowing, garlic going in early up north, and the summer ha...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in April in NZ
What to plant in April across NZ — citrus trees, autumn roots and greens, and garlic timing by region, plus...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in July in NZ
What to plant in July across NZ — onion and coriander reopen the sowing calendar everywhere, basil and toma...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in August in NZ
What to plant in August across NZ — the year's big sowing rush, with brassicas, broad beans, shallots and i...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in September in NZ
What to plant in September across NZ — peas, lettuce, spinach and carrots reopen, onion and shallot close, ...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in October in NZ
What to plant in October across NZ — cucumber opens, five spring crops close, tomatoes go outside further s...
Oct 13 · 6 min
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What to Plant in Wellington in May
What to sow in Wellington gardens in May — the month frost actually arrives in the inland valleys, plus the...
New Zealand — temperate · Jul 25 · 5 min
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What to Plant in Wellington in March
March sowing and harvest timing for Wellington gardens — plus why wind, not frost, is the thing to plan aro...
New Zealand — temperate · Jul 23 · 5 min
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What to Plant in Auckland in July
July in Auckland is a productive month for the winter garden — here's exactly what to sow, transplant, and ...
New Zealand — sub-tropical · Jun 29 · 5 min