Seasonal availability – what is available at the market
The lists below are from four markets chosen at random across a one year period: Winter 2015 (August 9th), Spring 2015 (November 22nd), Summer 2016 (February 28th) and Autumn 2016 (May 22nd). It is a list of what was actually available at these particular markets.
Key points:
- For both fruit and veggies, a full range of seasonal produce is available at the market throughout the year.
- The availability of fruit is highly seasonal, with only applies and lemons being available throughout the year.
- All fruit is available in either Spring or Summer or both.
- More than half of all veggies (26 of 45) are available throughout the year.
- Some summer-grown veggies are long lasting and thus available all year (e.g. pumpkins), whilst others are short lasting and thus only available during summer (e.g. cucumber, rockmelon and sweetcorn). Others have a growing season which extends into Autumn (e.g. capsicum, eggplant and tomato).
- A couple of veggies are only available in Spring: asparagus and broad beans.
View availability for either fruit or veggies.
Fruit |
Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Apricots | yes | |||
| Avocados | yes | yes | ||
| Blackberries | yes | |||
| Blueberries | yes | |||
| Cherries | yes | |||
| Grapes | yes | |||
| Lemons | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Limes | yes | yes | ||
| Mandarins | yes | yes | ||
| Oranges | yes | yes | yes | |
| Peaches / Nectarines | yes | yes | ||
| Pears / Nashi pears | yes | yes | yes | |
| Plums | yes | |||
| Strawberries | yes | yes |
Veggies |
Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asparagus | yes | |||
| Basil | yes | yes | ||
| Beans | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Beetroot | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Broad beans | yes | |||
| Broccoli | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Brussels sprouts | yes | yes | ||
| Cabbage | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Capsicum | yes | yes | ||
| Carrots | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Cauliflower | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Celery | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Chilli | yes | |||
| Chives | yes | yes | yes | |
| Coriander | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Cucumber | yes | |||
| Eggplant | yes | yes | ||
| Fennel | yes | yes | ||
| Garlic | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Kale | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Kohlrabi | yes | yes | yes | |
| Leeks | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Lettuce | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mint | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mushrooms (swiss brown) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mushrooms (white button) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Onions | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Pak Choy | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Parsley | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Parsnips | yes | yes | yes | |
| Peas | yes | yes | yes | |
| Potatoes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Pumpkin | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Radish | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Rhubarb | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Rocket | yes | yes | yes | |
| Rockmelon | yes | |||
| Sage | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Silverbeet | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Spinach | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Spring onions | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sweetcorn | yes | |||
| Tomato | yes | yes | ||
| Watercress | yes | yes | ||
| Zucchini | yes | yes | yes |