The Garden Planner uses your location to recommend the best growing dates for your garden. (Don't forget to keep an eye on your local weather forecast too for unexpected changes that could affect your plants!)

Set your new location by typing in an address, moving the map marker, or clicking 'Find Location' on the map. If your location is not found, try just using the zip code/postal code.

Scroll down and click Save.

The Garden Planner looks up data gathered over 20-30 years from your nearest weather station to calculate your expected frost dates. In some cases, if you live very far from or at considerably different altitude to your nearest weather station, you may find you need to edit your frost dates to make your growing dates more accurate.

(Please note: Australia and South Africa use a different system based on postcode regions, so it's not possible to edit the frost dates in these areas.)

To edit your frost dates, click on the Manual Frost Dates tab.

Click on the dates to change them (we wouldn't recommend doing this by more than 2 weeks at either end). Alternatively you can check the boxes to specify if your area doesn't experience frost, or if you need to split the growing season in two to avoid growing some crops during the hottest part of the year.

The Garden Planner currently includes growing data for the following countries:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States

Other locations may be added in the future.

If your location isn't currently supported, you can edit your own frost dates or set your own growing dates for each plant, and the Garden Planner will use these values instead.

Click on the Live Chat icon in the Garden Planner if you need help or have questions for our gardening experts.