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New Zealand Growing Guides

Pick your region for a monthly planting calendar tuned to your climate. Aotearoa runs from subtropical Northland to frosty Central Otago, so the right sowing month is different wherever you garden.

NorthlandSubtropical166 plants with monthly sow windows →
AucklandWarm temperate166 plants with monthly sow windows →
Waikato & Bay of PlentyWarm temperate146 plants with monthly sow windows →
Wellington & Lower North IslandTemperate, windy146 plants with monthly sow windows →
Nelson & MarlboroughSunny temperate146 plants with monthly sow windows →
CanterburyCool temperate140 plants with monthly sow windows →
Otago & SouthlandCold temperate140 plants with monthly sow windows →
Central OtagoSemi-continental135 plants with monthly sow windows →

Not sure which region fits? Most of New Zealand follows the temperate calendars; choose the nearest main centre. Coastal gardens are milder than inland, and frost timing is the key local variable.