STEP 1
Tell us where you grow
Enter your suburb, city or postcode. GrowCal matches it to a curated Australian regional growing profile — you don't need to know your climate zone.
Personalised growing calendars
Grow what's right, when it's right.
Get a personalised planting calendar for your garden.
Try:
Start with your suburb or postcode. Next you'll choose what you're growing — vegetables, herbs, fruit or your lawn.
How it works
Three steps to a calendar you'll use
STEP 2
Choose what you grow
Vegetables, herbs, berries, citrus and fruit trees — then tick or untick individual plants. Change your mind any time.
STEP 3
Get your 12-month plan
Sowing, planting out, feeding, pruning, pest checks and harvest windows, ready to download to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook.
Growing zones
Five broad zones that actually describe Australian gardens
Northern hemisphere planting charts don't work here. These labels help you recognise your conditions — but your calendar is generated from the curated regional growing profile your suburb resolves to, not from the label alone.
Cool
Cold winters, mild summers, real frost risk.
Frost shapes the year. Warm-season crops go in late spring once the soil warms, while brassicas, peas and leafy greens thrive through the cooler months.
Typically: Hobart, Ballarat, Canberra, Armidale
Temperate
Four distinct seasons, light frost inland.
The most forgiving Australian growing pattern. Two big planting pushes each year — spring for summer crops and autumn for cool-season crops.
Typically: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
Subtropical
Warm humid summers, mild dry winters.
Winter is the premium growing season. Summer humidity brings fungal pressure, so favour heat-tolerant varieties and keep airflow generous.
Typically: Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Bundaberg
Tropical
Wet and dry seasons rather than four seasons.
The dry season (roughly April to September) is the main vegetable window. Through the wet, focus on perennials, tropical greens and drainage.
Typically: Cairns, Darwin, Townsville
Arid
Hot dry summers, cold nights, low rainfall.
Avoid establishing tender crops in peak summer heat. Autumn and early spring are the productive windows, with shade cloth and mulch doing the heavy lifting.
Typically: Alice Springs, Broken Hill, Kalgoorlie