Monthly & Seasonal Gardening UK
Know exactly what to sow, plant, and harvest every month of the year. Follow the seasons and your UK vegetable garden will never miss a beat.
The four seasons
🌱 Spring
March to May. The busiest sowing season.
Spring (March to May) is when the UK garden wakes up, but the soil sets the pace, not the calendar.
Spring Gardening Guide →☀️ Summer
June to August. Maintain, water, harvest, and succession sow.
Summer (June to August) is harvest time in the UK, and also when next winter’s food is sown.
Summer Gardening Guide →🍂 Autumn
September to November. Harvest, plant garlic, prepare beds.
Autumn (September to November) is when a UK vegetable garden stops being about this year and starts being about next.
Autumn Gardening Guide →❄️ Winter
December to February. Plan, order seeds, protect crops.
Winter (December to February) is the UK’s slow season: growth nearly stops and most seed will not germinate outdoors.
Winter Gardening Guide →Month by month
The main sowings and plantings for each month, taken from our month guides (which follow the RHS monthly jobs). Each guide has the full list, timings for colder areas and the jobs to do that month.
February
Sow: Tomatoes, Chillies, Cucumbers, Aubergines, Peas, Spinach
Plant: Garlic, Rhubarb crowns
What to plant in February →March
Sow: Broad beans, Peas, Parsnips, Turnips, Maincrop onions, Brassicas
Plant: Onion, Shallot, Garlic sets
What to plant in March →April
Sow: Carrots, Beetroot, Lettuce, Peas, Leeks, Radish
Plant: Second early potatoes, Maincrop potatoes, Pot-grown fruit trees
What to plant in April →May
Sow: French beans, Runner beans, Squash, Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Sweetcorn
Plant: Tomatoes, Courgettes, Pumpkins
What to plant in May →June
Sow: French, Runner beans, Peas, Squash, Outdoor cucumbers, Sweetcorn
Plant: Tomatoes, Courgettes, Sweet peppers
What to plant in June →July
Sow: Spring cabbage, Turnips, Pak choi, Chinese cabbage, Tatsoi, Mizuna
Plant: Leeks, Winter cabbages, Other winter brassicas
What to plant in July →August
Sow: Spring cabbage, Turnips, Mizuna, Mibuna, Chinese cabbage, Pak choi
Plant: Winter cabbages, Strawberry runners
What to plant in August →September
Sow: Spinach, Winter lettuce, Rocket, Salad leaves, Radish, Turnips
Plant: Overwintering onion sets, Garlic, Spring cabbage
What to plant in September →October
Sow: Broad beans, Peas, Winter salads
Plant: Garlic, Onion sets, Spring cabbage
What to plant in October →November
Sow: Broad beans, First early peas, Pak choi
Plant: Garlic, Bare-root fruit
What to plant in November →December
Sow: Microgreens
Plant: Garlic, Shallots, Bare-root fruit trees
What to plant in December →Want every crop on one page? Use the UK vegetable planting calendar, or the sowing calendar by region (269 crops). Timings shift with where you live: see regional gardening in the UK.
Seasonal jobs are one part of the plan — the UK garden planning hub covers the rest.
Plan Your Whole Year in One Go
Printable UK Vegetable Garden Planner — every crop, every month, sow dates, spacing, and harvest windows.
Get the UK Garden Planner →Sowing dates and growing advice verified against RHS guidance by the SoilCommander Growing Team.
Sources and further reading
- RHS: grow your own vegetables
- RHS: planning a vegetable garden
- RHS: crop rotation
- Met Office: location-specific long-term climate averages
The guides linked from this page list their own sources in a References section. See our editorial policy.
Match The Season To The Work
Seasonal jobs come down to timing, soil care, and keeping a simple record of what needs doing next.
Keep going
Plan the next step
Use the printable SoilCommander planner for your region to turn this guide into sowing dates, bed layouts and weekly garden tasks.