Free resource
The UK seasonal produce calendar.
What British fruit and vegetables are at their best, month by month. Food in season is fresher, usually cheaper, and simply tastes of more. Pin this to the kitchen wall, or keep the spreadsheet handy when you plan the week’s shop.
Free to use and share — no sign-up needed. Seasons shift a week or two either way with the weather and where you are in the country; treat these as the reliable middle of each season.
January
The depth of winter — roots, brassicas and the first forced rhubarb.
- Forced rhubarb
- Leeks
- Kale
- Parsnips
- Brussels sprouts
- Swede
February
Purple sprouting broccoli arrives to break the winter routine.
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- Forced rhubarb
- Leeks
- Kale
- Parsnips
- Brussels sprouts
- Swede
March
The hungry gap begins — spring greens are the bright spot.
- Spring greens
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- Forced rhubarb (last of it)
- Leeks
April
Asparagus opens the British growing year.
- Asparagus
- Outdoor rhubarb
- Spring greens
- Purple sprouting broccoli (last of it)
May
New potatoes and radishes join the asparagus.
- Asparagus
- New potatoes
- Radishes
- Outdoor rhubarb
- Spring greens (last of them)
June
Summer proper — soft fruit begins and asparagus bows out.
- Strawberries
- Cherries
- Raspberries
- Gooseberries
- Broad beans
- Peas
- Courgettes
- New potatoes
- Asparagus (last of it)
- Outdoor rhubarb (last of it)
July
The stalls fill up — beans, blackcurrants and the first British tomatoes.
- Strawberries
- Cherries
- Raspberries
- Blackcurrants
- Broad beans
- Peas
- Runner beans
- Tomatoes (British)
- Courgettes
- Beetroot
- Carrots
- Gooseberries (last of them)
August
The most generous month of the year — plums, sweetcorn and blackberries arrive.
- Plums
- Sweetcorn
- Blackberries
- Tomatoes (British)
- Runner beans
- Courgettes
- Raspberries
- Blackcurrants
- Beetroot
- Carrots
- Strawberries (last of them)
- Cherries (last of them)
September
Summer hands over to the orchard — apples and pears begin.
- Apples
- Pears
- Plums (last of them)
- Blackberries (last of them)
- Sweetcorn (last of it)
- Tomatoes (last of them)
- Runner beans (last of them)
- Raspberries (last of them)
- Beetroot
- Carrots
- Leeks
- Kale
- Parsnips
October
Pumpkin month — and the winter brassicas settle in.
- Pumpkins & winter squash
- Apples
- Pears
- Brussels sprouts
- Swede
- Leeks
- Kale
- Parsnips
- Carrots
- Beetroot (last of it)
November
Stored orchard fruit and the full winter larder.
- Apples (last of the fresh crop)
- Pears (last of them)
- Winter squash
- Brussels sprouts
- Swede
- Leeks
- Kale
- Parsnips
- Carrots (last of the maincrop)
December
The Christmas table — sprouts, parsnips and everything that loves a frost.
- Brussels sprouts
- Parsnips
- Leeks
- Kale
- Swede
The same information is in the downloadable spreadsheet — one row per crop with its season and a short note — if you’d rather sort and filter it yourself: uk-seasonal-produce-calendar.csv.
Put it to use
Eat the calendar, not the catalogue.
The easiest way to eat seasonally is to let local producers do the deciding — what’s on their stalls is, by definition, what’s in season near you.