Circular Seasonal Calendar Template
A downloadable circular calendar template that you can use for your own garden.
Introducing the Circular Seasonal Calendar Template
I’ve come to understand that seasonality is not a schedule. It’s something we learn by paying attention to what is actually happening around us.
The angle of the light as autumn approaches. The first buds beginning to swell. Mushrooms appearing after rain. A bird call returning after months of absence. A sudden lift in insect activity as the air warms. These are the markers I increasingly rely on in my own garden, because they tell me far more about what is happening in this particular place, in this particular year, than a date on a conventional calendar ever could.
In The Productive Garden Companion, I introduce Tanya Loos, a field naturalist, ecologist, educator and science communicator whose way of observing seasonality has deeply influenced my own thinking. Tanya’s six-season calendar for the Wombat State Forest and Victoria’s southern foothills does not simply divide the year into six equal portions (or even 4 as is often the case). Its six identified seasons respond to what is happening in the living landscape: bird arrivals and calls, flowering events, fungi, insects and other ecological changes.
That biological timing is known as phenology.
The Wombat State Forest calendar illustrated in the book belongs to Tanya’s place. It is not a universal calendar to be copied. The downloadable template (below) is deliberately blank, because the seasons where you live may be quite different.
The months form the outer ring. The middle ring is for you to determine the seasons that actually make sense in your location and climate, and where each begins and ends. The large inner circle is where you can accumulate observations through the months and, importantly, across different years.
You might record the first blossom on a particular tree, a returning bird, the first frost, a change in frog calls, fungi emerging after rain, leaf fall, the autumn break, soil beginning to warm, vegetables suddenly bolting or bees appearing in numbers again.
And you do not need to draw any of it.
A date, a few words, an arrow or a quick note is enough. You might simply write, 18 August — first blossom on the Prunus mume, or pine mushrooms appearing after three days of rain. Add the year and, over time, you begin to create a record that lets you compare one season with another.
Don’t begin by deciding that you must have four seasons, or six. Begin by observing. Your seasons may eventually reveal themselves as four, five, six or more distinct periods. In some climates, wet and dry cycles may make much more sense. Their boundaries do not have to fall neatly on the first day of a month, and they certainly do not need to be equal.
This is not about making your garden fit a calendar.
It is about slowly building a calendar that reflects your garden and your place.
This personal practice of observation also sits alongside, rather than replaces, the sophisticated seasonal knowledge held by First Nations communities across Australia. If you want to understand the seasonal knowledge of the Country where you live, seek out resources developed with and by the Traditional Owners of that place.
Start with the month you are in. Notice something. Write it down. Return to the same place and look again.
Over time, the patterns begin to reveal themselves.
Download your copy here
The Circular Seasonal Calendar Template — a downloadable guide and template you can use for your own garden and conditions
Related Resources
The Mapping Guide, Garden Design Brief and the Zone-Planning Worksheet from the book live in the resources library too. And The Productive Garden Companion itself is the long version of everything here.
Workshops
My workshops are about fostering the reconnection between the layers of everyday life, the self and the natural world.
Time: 10am to 1pm
Dates:
Saturday 21st November 2026
Location: Stonewalls, Musk.
For as long as I can remember, I have tended a productive garden. From childhood veggie patches to the abundant landscapes of Oak and Monkey Puzzle, growing has always grounded me and shaped how I see the world. This workshop draws from that lived experience.
Whether you're working with a courtyard, a veggie patch or a larger garden, this is about creating a productive space that offers both beauty and abundance.
We explore what productive gardening really means. I share how my process has evolved across very different properties—Oak and Monkey Puzzle and Little Cottage on a Hill and for the first time, Stonewalls—blending hands-on learning with thoughtful intent.
We cover soil care, compost systems, green manures, vertical growing, chickens, worms and closed-loop cycles. You’ll see how I use wicking beds as productive, water-wise microclimates, and how I approach different soil types and site conditions.
We talk about heirlooms and hybrids, perennial and medicinal layers, espalier techniques, and the role of beauty in even the most functional plantings.
This is not a technical how-to on growing food. It is a practical and inspiring session on preparing and shaping a garden that is generous, resilient and connected to place. You’ll leave with tools and ideas to help you begin.
Dates: Sunday 1st November 2026
Time: 10 AM – 12.30 PM
Location: Little Cottage on a Hill, Daylesford
For years, I’ve designed gardens that balance beauty, productivity, and sustainability, but when I discovered wicking beds, they transformed the way I grow. These self-watering garden beds have changed everything—from reducing water use to making gardening more accessible, efficient, and abundant.
In this hands-on workshop, I’ll guide you through the practical steps to create your own wicking beds—whether you’re working with a small courtyard, a backyard, or a larger productive space. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of how wicking beds work, how to build them using IBC containers, and how to create a thriving, water-wise garden with minimal effort.
We’ll explore my own wicking bed garden at Little Cottage on a Hill, where I’ve grown everything from celery and purple sprouting broccoli to sugar snap peas and edible flowers—all with less watering and less maintenance. You’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to build a garden that is not only sustainable and resilient but also deeply rewarding to tend.
This workshop is designed for anyone looking to garden smarter—not harder. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned grower, wicking beds are a game-changer in sustainable and productive gardening.
Time: 10.00am - 1.00pm
Dates:
Saturday 7th November 2026
Location: Daylesford, Victoria
Whether you're starting from scratch or reshaping an existing space, this half-day garden design workshop invites you to see your garden differently. From the structure of the land up, this is not a plant-by-plant session. It is a place to think like a landscape architect and begin shaping your dream garden with clarity and purpose.
Together, we’ll explore the fundamental principles that guide thoughtful garden design. You’ll learn how to observe and respond to the unique conditions of a site, and how to work with what already exists to support the kind of space you want to create. We’ll talk about how to create rhythm, balance and a sense of flow in the garden. Not through formulas, but through a practice of observation, clarity and intention.
Using tracing paper and bold textas, you’ll begin a layered, iterative design process based on Natasha's own garden. A technique that prioritises experience over detail. This isn’t about where your grandma’s rose will go. It is about learning to see the bigger picture, and how to design in a way that brings coherence and life to your space.
You’ll leave with the tools to create your own garden brief, a new approach to site mapping and design thinking grounded in landscape architecture, and a renewed way of seeing and shaping your garden. No matter its size or complexity.
We draw from real projects such as Oak and Monkey Puzzle and Little Cottage on a Hill, and explore how to reimagine constraints as creative opportunities. There is also a guided tour of Little Cottage on a Hill, where we see how theory comes to life in a compact space.
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