Alaska Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Alaska USDA hardiness zone to see weekly garden tasks and a full-season schedule for productive spring, summer, and fall vegetable gardens.

Find Your City View Planting Schedules

USDA Zones 1–8Select the Alaska zone shown for your location on the map

Local Climate Changes TimingInterior, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska differ sharply in frost dates, summer warmth, daylight, and reliable crop maturity

Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Plan around local weather

Alaska City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for elevation, coastal influence, cold pockets, and current weather.

AnchorageAnchorage Municipality · USDA Zones 4b–6aLast frost May 10 · First frost September 20 BethelBethel Census Area · USDA Zones 4a–5aLast frost June 1 · First frost September 1 FairbanksFairbanks North Star Borough · USDA Zones 2a–3bLast frost May 25 · First frost September 1 HomerKenai Peninsula Borough · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 15 · First frost September 25 JuneauCity and Borough of Juneau · USDA Zones 6b–7bLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 KenaiKenai Peninsula Borough · USDA Zones 4b–5bLast frost May 20 · First frost September 15 KetchikanKetchikan Gateway Borough · USDA Zones 7b–8bLast frost April 15 · First frost November 1 PalmerMatanuska-Susitna Borough · USDA Zones 4b–5bLast frost May 15 · First frost September 15 SitkaCity and Borough of Sitka · USDA Zones 7a–8aLast frost April 15 · First frost November 1 WasillaMatanuska-Susitna Borough · USDA Zones 4b–5bLast frost May 15 · First frost September 15

Alaska planting windows

Choose Your Alaska Growing Region

Select the region that best matches your summer climate. Keep the USDA map above for winter hardiness, but use region and local frost dates for annual vegetable timing.

USDA zones represented: Alaska spans Zones 1–8. Because hardiness zones measure winter minimums—not summer warmth—the schedule below uses Alaska growing regions.

Warm-season crops need special care here. Okra, watermelon, melons and eggplant are omitted from ordinary outdoor schedules because they are unreliable without a greenhouse or exceptional protected microclimate. Corn requires transplants and clear plastic or similar season extension.

Interior Alaska Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant

Crop names remain visible while you swipe horizontally. The calendar opens at the current week.

Reference: University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension, 16 Easy Steps to Gardening in Alaska; Seed Starting & Transplanting; Gardening in Southeast Alaska; Growing Garlic in Alaska; and recommended variety guidance for Interior and Southcentral Alaska. Dates are regional starting points and should be adjusted to the Alaska Garden Helper frost dates and the conditions at the garden site.