Garden Conditions

2026 Growing Season

First day of Spring: March 20

- Current Season
  Current Season
  
  Winter 2024-2025
  
  Start (December solstice)
  
  Dec 214:20 am
  
  Duration88 days, 23 hrs, 40 mins
  
  Next Season
  
  Spring 2025
  
  Start (March equinox)
  
  Mar 205:01 am
  
  Duration92 days, 17 hrs, 40 mins
  
  Summer 2025
  
  Start (June solstice)
  
  Jun 2010:42 pm
  
  Duration93 days, 15 hrs, 37 mins
  
  Autumn 2025
  
  Start (September equinox)
  
  Sep 222:19 pm
  
  Duration89 days, 20 hrs, 43 mins
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/seasons.html
The four seasons are determined by shifting sunlight (not heat!)—which is determined by how our planet orbits the Sun and the tilt of its axis.

On the vernal equinox, day and night are each approximately 12 hours long (with the actual time of equal day and night, in the Northern Hemisphere, occurring a few days before the vernal equinox). The Sun crosses the celestial equator going northward; it rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. See our First Day of Spring page! from http://www.almanac.com
On the summer solstice, we enjoy the most daylight of the calendar year. The Sun reaches its most northern point in the sky at local noon. After this date, the days start getting “shorter,” i.e., the length of daylight starts to decrease. See our First Day of Summer page!
On the autumnal equinox, day and night are each about 12 hours long (with the actual time of equal day and night, in the Northern Hemisphere, occurring a few days after the autumnal equinox). The Sun crosses the celestial equator going southward; it rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. See our First Day of Fall page!
The winter solstice is the “shortest day” of the year, meaning the least amount of sunflight; the Sun reaches its most southern point in the sky at local noon. After this date, the days start getting “longer,” i.e., the amount of daylight begins to increase See our First Day of Winter page!

Image Credit: NASA

Current SeasonWinter 2025-2026Start (December solstice)Dec 21 10:03 amDuration88 days, 23 hrs, 42 mins
Next SeasonSpring 2026Start (March equinox)Mar 20 10:46 amDuration92 days, 17 hrs, 38 mins
Summer 2026Start (June solstice)Jun 21 4:24 amDuration93 days, 15 hrs, 40 mins
Autumn 2026Start (September equinox)Sep 22 8:05 pmDuration89 days, 20 hrs, 45 mins