The Cottage PlotThe Cottage Plot

Free download · 15-page PDF

Never miss planting
season again.

The UK What-To-Plant Every Month Calendar (2026) — a beginner-friendly, month-by-month sowing guide written for British gardens.

  • Month-by-month sowing guide (Jan – Dec)
  • Beginner-friendly vegetables to start with
  • Easy wins for every month of the year
  • Cottage-garden flower suggestions
  • The mistakes most beginners make — and how to avoid them

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What's inside

Twelve months. One quiet plan.

January

Order seeds, sow sweet peas under cover.

March

Direct-sow carrots, radishes, beetroot, peas.

May

Plant out runner beans, courgettes, squash.

July

Pinch tomato side-shoots, feed weekly.

September

Plant garlic, sow overwintering broad beans.

November

Tulips go in now — not before.

Plant the right thing, in the right week.

Free, no payment, no account. Just the calendar UK gardeners have been asking for.

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