Vermont Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Vermont 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 3–6Select the Vermont zone shown for your location on the map

Elevation Changes TimingNorthern and higher-elevation Vermont gardens warm later than southern valleys and lakeshore sites

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

Plan around local weather

Vermont City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for elevation, valley frost pockets, Lake Champlain influence, and current weather.

BarreWashington County · USDA Zones 4b–5aLast frost May 25 · First frost September 20 BurlingtonChittenden County · USDA Zones 5a–5bLast frost May 15 · First frost October 1 Essex JunctionChittenden County · USDA Zones 5aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 25

MontpelierWashington County · USDA Zones 4b–5aComing in the next batch

NewportOrleans County · USDA Zones 4a–4bComing in the next batch

RutlandRutland County · USDA Zones 5aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 25 South BurlingtonChittenden County · USDA Zones 5a–5bLast frost May 15 · First frost October 1

St. AlbansFranklin County · USDA Zones 4b–5aComing in the next batch

VergennesAddison County · USDA Zones 5aComing in the next batch

WinooskiChittenden County · USDA Zones 5a–5bComing in the next batch

Vermont planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 3, 4, 5, or 6 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Vermont planting schedule.

Zone 3 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant

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

Reference: University of Vermont Extension zone planting schedules and cold-climate vegetable guidance. Confirm local frost dates and account for elevation before planting.