Canadian planting planner

Canadian Seed-Starting Calendar

Build a personalized Canadian planting schedule from your last spring frost date. Free for Casa Verde email subscribers or available as CA$19 standalone access.

Built around your own last spring frost date. Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, and print-friendly.

Free for Casa Verde email subscribers or CA$19 standalone access
Subscribe and get it free Buy standalone access
30 seed categoriesFrom peppers and tomatoes to cool-season vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers.
Up to 76 remindersIndoor sowing, hardening off, transplanting, direct sowing, and successions.
One removable calendarAdd it to Apple, Google, or Outlook and unsubscribe from the entire calendar later.

Build your schedule

Your garden, on your dates.

Choose your expected last spring frost, then add the crops you want to grow. We will create a practical, climate-aware starting schedule.

Use a local weather or gardening source. The calendar intentionally leaves a warm-weather buffer for tender crops.

What are you growing?

2 seed categories selected

Mixed and curated seed collections

These collections contain several crop families with different sowing dates. Browse them here, then select the individual crops above for an accurate calendar.

A planning tool, not a weather guarantee. Always pause for an unusual cold spell.

Your season at a glance

Pick a frost date to begin.

Your crop-by-crop actions will appear here, ordered by the dates that matter.

Make it part of the ritual

One file. Every important garden nudge.

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Build it

Start with your frost date and the crops you actually plan to grow.

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Subscribe

Add one separate Casa Verde calendar to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook.

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Use it

Each event gives you the next useful action, from sowing to transplanting.

A useful starting point

Why the frost date drives the whole calendar.

Cold-tolerant crops can often be sown before the final spring frost, while peppers, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, squash, and tender flowers need warmth. That is why this calendar begins with your local date rather than pretending every Canadian garden starts at the same time.

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Canadian seed-starting guide

Plan from your frost date, not a generic national average.

Canada does not have one planting date. A gardener near Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Halifax, or Winnipeg can face a very different spring. This seed-starting calendar uses the last frost date you provide, then calculates useful crop-specific actions around it.

The result is a practical starting plan for indoor sowing, direct sowing, hardening off, transplanting, and succession planting. Local weather, soil temperature, and an unusual cold spell still take priority.

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Choose a local frost date

Use a trusted local gardening or weather source and select the expected final spring frost for your area.

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Select only your crops

Choose from 30 seed categories instead of filling your calendar with reminders for plants you are not growing.

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Adjust when weather disagrees

Delay tender transplants when nights remain cold, even if the calculated calendar date has arrived.

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Keep reminders together

The subscribed version appears as a separate Casa Verde calendar, making the complete schedule easy to remove later.

What the planner covers

Seed timing by crop family

Long-season crops

Peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, onions, and some herbs usually benefit from an indoor start well before warm planting weather.

Cool-season crops

Peas, radishes, carrots, leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, and related crops can often begin before tender vegetables.

Warm-season direct sowing

Corn, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and melons need warmer soil and settled nights before outdoor planting.

Succession and fall crops

Selected vegetables include follow-up sowing reminders so one early planting does not have to carry the entire harvest.

Questions gardeners ask

Canadian seed calendar FAQ

Is the Canadian seed-starting calendar free?

Yes for Casa Verde email subscribers. Gardeners who prefer not to join the email list can purchase standalone access for CA$19.

How do I find my last spring frost date?

Use a recent local gardening or weather source for your municipality or nearest reporting station. Frost dates are estimates, so keep watching the forecast.

Does the calendar work everywhere in Canada?

It can be used throughout Canada because you supply the local frost date. Very short seasons, coastal climates, protected gardens, and northern locations may still require additional local adjustments.

Which seeds are included?

The planner covers 30 Casa Verde seed categories, including peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, tomatillos, brassicas, roots, leafy greens, peas, corn, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, squash, herbs, and edible flowers.

Can I remove all the reminders later?

Yes. Subscribe as a separate Casa Verde Seed Calendar, then remove or unsubscribe from that calendar in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook.

Is this a weather guarantee?

No. It is a planning tool based on the frost date you enter. Actual soil temperature, overnight lows, wind, rain, and crop condition should guide the final decision.