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Washington Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Washington 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 4–9Select the Washington zone shown for your location on the map
Local Climate Changes TimingMarine influence, elevation, and the Cascade rain shadow can produce very different spring soil temperatures within the same USDA zone
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Washington city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

AuburnLast frost April 1 · First frost November 1 BellevueLast frost March 25 · First frost November 5 BellinghamLast frost April 5 · First frost October 25 EverettLast frost April 1 · First frost November 1 Federal WayLast frost March 25 · First frost November 5 KennewickLast frost April 15 · First frost October 15 KentLast frost April 1 · First frost November 1 KirklandLast frost March 25 · First frost November 5 MarysvilleLast frost April 5 · First frost October 25 PascoLast frost April 15 · First frost October 15 RedmondLast frost April 1 · First frost November 1 RentonLast frost April 1 · First frost November 1 SammamishLast frost April 5 · First frost October 25 SeattleLast frost March 20 · First frost November 10 ShorelineLast frost March 25 · First frost November 5 SpokaneLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1 Spokane ValleyLast frost May 10 · First frost October 1 TacomaLast frost March 25 · First frost November 5 VancouverLast frost March 20 · First frost November 10 YakimaLast frost April 20 · First frost October 15

Washington planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, or Zone 9 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Washington planting schedule.

Zone 4 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: Washington State University Extension EM057E and the Pacific Northwest Gardener’s Handbook planting calendars. City pages distinguish maritime western Washington from the colder, hotter and drier inland region.