Plants andclimate zones.
Eight Australian growing zones, one curated calendar for each,and a crop library of 151 edibles that works offline.
Climate zones
Which zone am I in?
Enter your postcode in the app. Zones are derived from the Australian Building Codes Board (NCC) climate-zone map and refined into the eight growing zones below. Boundaries are broad; altitude, frost pockets and coastal exposure shift them locally.
| Zone | Typical areas | Growing character |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical | Darwin, Cairns, Townsville, far north QLD and WA | Wet and dry seasons rather than four; most vegetables go in during the dry. |
| Subtropical | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, northern NSW coast | Mild winters, humid summers; long warm-season window, winter is the leafy season. |
| Warm temperate | Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Perth coast | Frost rare; spring and autumn are the main planting seasons. |
| Temperate | Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart lowlands | Cool winters with some frost; classic spring-to-summer and autumn plantings. |
| Mediterranean | Adelaide Hills, Perth hinterland, SA and WA wine regions | Wet winters, hot dry summers; water and shade management drive summer choices. |
| Cool / highland | Canberra, Blue Mountains, Ballarat, Tasmanian highlands, Armidale | Hard frosts; short warm season, so timing after last frost matters most. |
| Semi-arid | Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Mildura, Kalgoorlie | Hot dry summers, cold nights; irrigation and mulch are the difference. |
| Arid | Alice Springs, Broken Hill, outback SA and WA | Extreme heat and low rainfall; winter is the productive window. |
Crop library
151 crops, one format.
Each crop shows a planting calendar for your zone, best-now and avoid-now status, sun and space needs, companion crops, common problems and regional context. Photography is bundled, so the library is complete offline.
Leafy greens, brassicas, root crops, legumes and fruiting vegetables; culinary herbs; fruit suited to home gardens; and native Australian edibles.
Native foods
Native Australian edibles, treated with respect.
Finger lime, warrigal greens, lemon myrtle, mountain pepper, saltbush, midyim berry and others, with natural distribution across NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT and ACT, growing notes and safe culinary use.
This content follows a documented boundary: it describes plants and cultivation from generally available horticultural knowledge, credits Traditional Owners as the first custodians of these foods, and does not present or claim any community's cultural knowledge.