What "in season" means
The guide includes a fruit or vegetable when growers normally harvest it in the selected country during that month. It excludes imports and produce available only from long-term storage, heated greenhouses, or other protected methods.
The guide uses government sources, national horticultural organisations, and national produce boards where possible. If no detailed national source exists, it uses the overlap between two reputable regional sources. Weather, latitude, altitude, cultivar, and farming method can shift harvest dates by several weeks.
United Kingdom
UK seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
- Royal Horticultural Society, Grow Your Own, including its fruit gardening calendar, vegetable crop planner, and harvesting guidance.
- Worcestershire County Council, How to eat seasonally.
Ireland
Ireland seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
Netherlands
Netherlands seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
The calendar does not mark stored produce. For apples, pears, onions, pumpkins, carrots, beetroot, celeriac and cabbage, the guide keeps only the months within the United Kingdom and Ireland fresh-harvest windows. Reviewed 28 September 2026.
Belgium
Belgium seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
The calendar covers Belgium and neighbouring northern France, excludes heated greenhouses and marks stored produce separately. The guide keeps only its fresh months. Reviewed 29 September 2026.
France
France seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
The calendar does not mark stored produce. For apples, pears, carrots, beetroot, celeriac, turnips, pumpkins and squash, the guide keeps only the months within the Belgium and northern France fresh-harvest windows. It omits onions, citrus and tropical fruit. Reviewed 29 September 2026.
Germany
Germany seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
- Verbraucherzentrale, Saisonkalender: Obst und Gemüse frisch und regional einkaufen, including its seasonal calendar.
The calendar separates open-field, foil-covered, greenhouse and stored produce. The guide keeps only open-field months, so it omits German tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. Reviewed 29 September 2026.
United States
United States seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
Canada
Canada seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
When provincial calendars differ, the guide keeps only their overlapping fresh-harvest periods.
Australia
Australia seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
- Sydney Local Health District, Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Guide.
- Brisbane City Council, Buying local, seasonal fruit and vegetables.
The guide keeps seasons shared by the temperate and subtropical sources.
New Zealand
New Zealand seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar: see fresh harvests for all twelve months.
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