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Massachusetts Vegetable Planting Calendar

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

Find Your CityView Planting Schedules
USDA Zones 5–7Select the Massachusetts zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingWestern and higher-elevation gardens warm later than eastern and coastal Massachusetts
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Massachusetts city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

Choose a city for locally adjusted frost dates and planting windows.

BostonLast frost May 1 · First frost October 31 BrocktonLast frost May 10 · First frost October 20 CambridgeLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 Fall RiverLast frost April 30 · First frost November 5 FraminghamLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 HaverhillLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 LawrenceLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 LowellLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 LynnLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 MaldenLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 MedfordLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 New BedfordLast frost April 30 · First frost November 5 NewtonLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 QuincyLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 SomervilleLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 SpringfieldLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 TauntonLast frost May 10 · First frost October 20 WalthamLast frost May 10 · First frost October 20 WeymouthLast frost May 5 · First frost October 25 WorcesterLast frost May 15 · First frost October 10

Massachusetts planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 5, 6, or 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Massachusetts planting schedule.

Zone 5 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant
Crop names remain visible while you swipe horizontally. The calendar opens at the current week.

Reference: UMass Extension Vegetable Planting Chart planting calendars. City pages account for eastern, central and western Massachusetts timing differences.