2. The purpose
• The purpose of having a planting calendar is
to provide you with information which
highlights what will grow in each month of the
year in your locality.
• Using this guide you can plan when to sow
your seed or plant transplants to achieve an
effective companion planting regime and a
successional harvest for the entire year.
3. Single purpose guides
You can restrict it to 1 type of information like seed
sowing or transplanting times
Celery
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
S S T T
S = plant in seed trays
T = plant as transplants
4. But most calendars are multipurpose
Plant name Beneficial Seed sowing Harvest date, Spacing Plant observations, cultural hints or special
companions dates. Months time from ,based on size points of interest
of the year in planting till of plant at
which the plant eating maturity
can be
grown(by
initial)
You must determine what information is important to you
and the format that you would like to collect it in.
5. There are many resources on the web
• Information for • http://www.gardengro
developing your w.co.nz/
calendar can be gleaned • http://www.palmers.co.
from websites such as nz/gardening_calendar/
those listed here july.cfm
• http://www.tuigarden.c • The information
o.nz/sites/default/files/ provided is for broad
document/Tui_Planting areas not specific
_Calendar.pdf locations.
6. Critically evaluate all information
• Compare across
websites to see if
information matches
• Ask at your local garden
centre
• Talk to local garden
experts
• Try different things and
record the results.
7. Another option is to keep a diary or
plant information journal
• Plant name
• Best month for planting
• Harvest time after planting
• Propagation notes
• Companions
• Culinary information
• Other uses
• Check out
http://www.gardenate.com
/plant/Basil
• For a great example
8. Start small and add information as you
gain experience.
• Learn to be an observer • Love what you do,
in all seasons. Every remember your garden
single day, your garden is an extension of you.
has something new and • All gardens are a form
wonderful to show of autobiography. --
you. --author unknown Robert Dash
• Learn patience • Quotes from
Gardening is the http://www.perennialreso
slowest of the urce.com/quotations/
performing arts. --
Author Unknown
