Free planting calendar
Choose your plants and get a month-by-month list of what to do and when.
Flourish garden tools
Your planting calendar
Plan your garden through the year, from borders and bulbs to hedges, trees and lawns. Answer a few quick questions and get a month-by-month calendar of what to plant and how to look after it. Practical advice in plain English. Tap any for a quick explanation.
This browser isn't saving your plan. This can happen in private browsing or with some privacy settings. Your choices will be lost when you leave the page, so use "Copy a link to my plan" to keep them, or download the calendar events.
Step 1 of 5
What would you like to do?
Just browsing? See what to do in the garden each month.
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About your garden
This helps us show plants that suit your garden. Not sure? Leave it, or skip this step.
For a cold or exposed garden, jobs that wait for the end of frosts move a month later. That's only a rough guide: check your local forecast before planting out tender plants.
Not sure? Try our sun planner or what type is my soil?
Growing in pots or a window box instead?
Step 3 of 5
Choose your plants
Pick an idea to see the plants in it.
Or browse by type of plant
Add at least one plant to continue. Tap Add on any plant, or Add all.
Step 4 of 5
Check your plants
Many plants can be started in more than one way, for example from seed or as young plants. Choose yours and the calendar changes to match.
Step 5 of 5
Your calendar
What to do, and when
Reminder settings
Clear your plants and ticked jobs? This can't be undone.
Printing and calendar downloads work on the Flourish website.
Months are planning windows, not fixed dates. Weather matters more than the calendar: wait if the soil is frozen or waterlogged, and check the forecast before planting anything tender. Your plan and ticked jobs are saved in this browser on this device only, if your browser allows it. They won't appear on your other devices, and clearing your browser data removes them. A link to your plan shares your plants, not your ticked jobs.
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Questions about this tool
How does the planting calendar work?
Choose your plants, or start from an idea such as a new border, more privacy, spring bulbs or a shady corner. Answer a few questions about your garden and you get a month-by-month calendar of what to buy, sow, plant and look after. There are five short steps.
Where is my plan saved?
Your plan and ticked jobs are saved in your browser on that device only, if your browser allows it. They won’t appear on your other devices, and clearing your browser data removes them. A link to your plan shares your plants, not your ticked jobs.
Can I add the jobs to my phone's calendar?
Yes. Download the calendar events from your plan and open the file to add the reminders to your phone or computer calendar. You can also print your plan.
My garden is cold or exposed. Does the calendar allow for that?
Yes. When it asks where your garden is, choose the option for elsewhere in the UK or a cold, exposed spot, and jobs that wait for the end of frosts move a month later. It is a rough guide, so check your local forecast before planting out tender plants.
Can I plan for pots and window boxes?
Yes. When you describe your garden, open ‘Growing in pots or a window box instead?’ and choose where you are growing.
