When is the best time of year to plant a garden?

It all comes down to what you want to plant, theres heaps of good sites on the net that tell you when and what to plant.. I grow vegies all year round and most things i grow i get from my local nursery, as when something is in season they usually have a fair bit of that plant on sale, its a good way to go. Other than that look at the little tags in the plants, although not hugely descriptive they will give you a general idea with things like full sun, semi shade ect and how much water. I live on the central coast nsw, just up from sydney and started my garden bout a year ago, and it's a trial and errror thing, but is looking good now. A site i like is www.gardeningaustralia.com.au its on the abc website as well just follow the links. Hope this helps, happy gardening

Hi Meg I live in Melbourne too and my tip is to buy the Yates Garden Guide, why? it's cheap has detailed information specific to Australia covers veggies flowers trees soil preparation Most Libraries would have it if you want to try before you buy. Good Luck

Visit your local garden centre. They will have lots of advice.

I think definately working within your hardiness zone is the most important thing for starters...but like someone mentioned, go to a local garden shop and ask questions or even pick up some books from the library to start with...plus looking online as well...

where I live it would be in the spring. I live in Kansas around hear if you plant to early the plants would freeze.

Two months before spring

I don't garden much, so I have no clue.

Yes it depends on where you live and what type plants you want. Some come up in the spring and some in the summer and even some in the fall. I find myself planting flowers all year long except during a frost, only because I want different ones to bloom at different times of the year. This way my flower garden always has some kind of bloom except during the harsh cold months, which is only two months out of the year for me.

rainy season

Heya, I think it really depends upon what type of garden you had in mind. We have a garden (see my photos, i took one of it for you) and it is all native plants except for the lawn part which is minimal compared to the rest and honestly i am a really crap gardener, hardly watering or feeding or anything really but the beauty of it is that it is very hard to kill as it is all australian native plants. i hardy do anything at all to it and it survives on just what little rain we get! sometimes the lawn will brown a bit but always comes straight back at the next rain. I love the look of a nice garden but hardly keep the house together so i just dont have time to do a garden as well. Luckily for me it does itself as most natives are pretty resilient. Hope this helps with some ideas..Tanika.

In the mid session when winter and summer are balanced that time is best for gardning. This time the plants grow better.

i think its feburary month.

Planting a garding depends mostly on the seasons of the year. It also, to some extent depends on the plant. some plants are season specific. for example, wheat thrives well in a temperate region anspecially in winter. Wheat will tarsel when the temperature is below zero degree celcius. Most vegetable grow in spring, zomer and early autum. Some plants like tomato are very sensitive to day light variations. The thrive better when the day light is long. My advice is for you to buy a well packaged seed of your choice. look at the lable, you will see that the best time to plant the seeds is written on the pack. with this, you won't make mistake and thus lossing you harvest.

Hey megs85! I also live in Melbourne and it would be best if you purchased some evergreen trees/scrubs. That means that you can have foliage/flowers all year round! When you plant your garden, don't forget to mulch and water between the new stage 3 water restriction times (i.e. 6-8am and 8-10pm) Good luck on your new project, Nick

it is the time when you need