A renewal of a long-standing annual tradition… a useful, stimulating, and educational monthly wall calendar from UMass Extension.
Our Extension specialists have compiled the latest collection of uplifting images of garden and landscape plants well-suited for the Northeast. Each date features a timely, research-based tip such as when to fertilize, insect and disease alerts, or when to be especially tick-aware.
FEATURED ARTICLE: Backyard Apple Basics
Apples are among the most common tree fruits and are well-adapted to our local climate. For success in the home orchard, cover the basics! Plant at least two different compatible varieties near each other for cross pollination, fertilize annually to support new shoot growth and prune to promote proper tree structure, and choose resistant varieties to reduce disease problems; consider traps for insect pests.
Our 2025 calendar offers guidelines for proper pollination, effective pruning, how and when to fertilize, and pest management. We also include suggestions for apple varieties suited for the home orchard as well as an update on how planting sunflowers nearby can serve as a trap crop for pests and support for beneficial insects.
About the Calendar
Give it as a gift and enjoy one yourself all year...
Each month of UMass Extension's Garden Calendar features:
- One large, inspiring garden image plus information about the image
- Daily gardening tips for Northeast growing conditions
- Daily sunrise and sunset times*
- Phases of the moon
- Plenty of room for notes
- Low gloss paper for easy writing
The UMass Garden calendar is a wall calendar. The dimensions of the calendar when open are 12.5" wide x 19" long.
View a sample page from the 2025 UMass Garden Calendar
View sample image thumbnails from the 2025 UMass Garden Calendar
A sample date from UMass Extension's 2025 Garden Calendar
* Sunrise and sunset times may differ from location to location within New England because of slight differences in latitude and longitude. Times used in this calendar are for Worcester, Mass. Moon phases, solstices, and equinoxes are in Eastern Standard Time.
Do you have a question on a home garden topic?
- Check out the links at http://ag.umass.edu/resources/home-lawn-garden for fact sheets, services, and additional resources for home gardeners.
- E-mail specific home garden and landscape questions to greeninfo[at]umext[dot]umass[dot]edu. Include a detailed photo if possible.
Proceeds from sales of our UMass Garden Calendar helps to support the ongoing work of horticultural Extension at the University of Massachusetts.