Books, seeds, and gear for Australian gardeners

The tools and references the Planting Season team actually uses. Regional gardening books, recipe books, seed suppliers we trust, and garden gear worth the money.

Curated for Australian conditions.

📖 Planting Season books

One food gardening book for every Australian climate. All five, South East Queensland through to Adelaide, are available now on Amazon.

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Planting Season SEQ

The subtropical gardening guide for South East Queensland. 17 chapters, full plant library, five microclimate zones, and a month-by-month calendar.

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Planting Season Melbourne

The cool-climate food gardening guide for Melbourne, Geelong, the Peninsula and the Ranges. Beat the false spring and the Cup Day frost.

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Planting Season Sydney

The warm-temperate food gardening guide for the Sydney basin and coastal NSW. The widest growing range of any Australian capital.

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Planting Season Perth

The Mediterranean food gardening guide for the Swan Coastal Plain and the Hills. Fix the sand, plant in September, beat the dry summer.

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Planting Season Adelaide

The dry-climate food gardening guide for the Adelaide Plains and Hills. Mediterranean with a cold edge, fruit-fly free, alkaline soil.

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🖼 Regional planting wall charts

The whole growing year on one A2 poster, calibrated for your climate. Museum-matte, printed to order and posted to your door. $32 each, or grab a free PDF to print yourself on the poster's page.

A2 poster

South East Queensland

🍳 Recipe books

Cook what you grow. These recipe books pair well with a productive veggie patch.

Heat and Serve soup and stew recipe book

Scotty Boxa

Heat & Serve

Soups and stews for cold nights and slow weekends. Warming, filling, and built around what's in season.

Scotty Boxa

Flames & Feasts

The BBQ and grill recipe book. Smoke, fire, and the kind of cooking you do when the sun's out and the fridge is full.

Scotty Boxa

Sweets & Treats

Grown-up desserts. The sweet finish to a long meal, done properly.

Scotty Boxa

Cheers Mate

The cocktail recipe book. For when the cooking's done and the drinks get going.

🗓 Free printable planting calendars

A4 landscape PDFs with every crop for each month, including spacing, harvest days, companions, and sow windows. Print one and stick it on the fridge. Free to download.

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Printable Planting Calendars

Free monthly planting calendars for all 10 regions. Every crop, every month, one printable A4 page.

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🌱 Seed suppliers we trust

The seed sources cited throughout the Planting Season plant library. All Australian-owned, all ship nationwide.

Green Harvest greenharvest.com.au →

Maleny, QLD. Huge subtropical range.

Eden Seeds edenseeds.com.au →

Gold Coast hinterland. Heirloom and open-pollinated.

The Diggers Club diggers.com.au →

Victoria-based. Strong heirloom catalogue.

Mr Fothergill's mrfothergills.com.au →

Widely stocked at Bunnings and independents.

Yates yates.com.au →

The Australian classic. Stocked almost everywhere.

🛠 Gear & partners

Brands we recommend for the grow, the soil, and the small stuff that makes an Australian garden easier.

Fabric planters · we recommend

Root Pouch via Up on the Rooftop

Breathable fabric pots for productive container growing. Air-prune roots, drain well, and last several seasons. We use these for tomatoes, potatoes, and anything that hates wet feet.

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