When to plant garlic in Gold Coast

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April.

Garlic in Gold Coast: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 12.5 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 12.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:49 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:22

Garlic in Gold Coast: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

1 April — feed: nitrogen
29 April — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Garlic in nearby cities

Around Gold Coast, Newcastle is 31 days earlier and Dubbo 49 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Brisbane	71 km	1 April	same day
Toowoomba	152 km	1 April	same day
Newcastle	568 km	1 March – 30 April	31 days earlier
Rockhampton	592 km	1 April	same day
Dubbo	660 km	by 20 May	49 days later
Sydney	683 km	1 March – 30 April	31 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Gold Coast

Within 15 km of Gold Coast OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Burleigh Garden Supplies — garden centre
10 km · burleighgardensupplies.com.au
Photosynthesis — garden centre
7 km
Greenlife Garden Centre — garden centre
13 km
Carrara Markets — market
2 km