See what every vegetable really costs, and what to grow instead.
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Garden Buddy tracks the daily price of 76 vegetables across Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA, then tells you which ones are cheaper to grow yourself, and exactly when to plant them where you live. Built in Dayboro, Queensland.
Garden Buddy AU, by the numbers
★ Price of the week · Biggest mover
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Live veg price tracker
Daily prices for 76 vegetables across Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA. See what is up, what is down, and what is worth growing instead.
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What to plant this month
Enter your postcode, get the right calendar for your zone. Subtropical Brisbane, cool-temperate Hobart and everywhere in between.
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Growing guides
100+ crops × 7 Australian climate zones. Real planting windows, not “spring/summer” generic advice borrowed from the UK.
Browse guides →
Free email signup
The Gardener Weekly Digest every Sunday and the Weekly Price Alert every Monday with the biggest price movers. No card, no spam, unsubscribe any time.
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Visual bed planner
Draw your beds, drag crops in, and the planner counts plants by spacing and totals what the harvest is worth at today’s prices. The demo plan adds up to hundreds of dollars a year vs the supermarket, recalculated from live prices every day.
Try the bed planner →Pick your climate zone
Australia has seven growing zones. Pick yours and get the planting calendar that matches.
Tropical
Darwin, Cairns, Top End. Wet and dry seasons.
Subtropical
Brisbane, Gold Coast, Byron. Mild winters, humid summers.
Warm temperate
Sydney, Perth coast, Adelaide hills.
Mediterranean
Perth, Adelaide, dry summers and wet winters.
Cool temperate
Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra. Four real seasons.
Cold / Highland
Tasmanian highlands, Alpine NSW, Snowy. Frost-prone.
Arid / Semi-arid
Alice Springs, Broken Hill, inland. Hot and dry.
Why we built this
I live in Dayboro, a small town an hour north-west of Brisbane. Subtropical. Frost-free most winters, but the summers are brutal. Every gardening app I downloaded was built somewhere else, the UK, California, Ontario. None of them knew my seasons, none of them knew my pests, and none of them could tell me if my tomatoes were worth more in the ground or at Woolworths.
So we built Garden Buddy AU. Real Australian zones. Real supermarket prices, compiled daily from the major retailers’ published prices. Buddy Check, a photo pest ID that runs on our own server in Australia, not sent overseas to OpenAI. The Queensland Fruit Fly module exists because my neighbour’s stone fruit got wiped out and no app in the world warned him.
It is not revolutionary. It is just honest, local, and built for the climate we actually garden in.
How Garden Buddy AU compares
Side-by-side with the two most popular garden planners in Australia.
| Feature | Garden Buddy AU | GrowVeg | Gardenate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian climate zones (all 7) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Live supermarket prices, daily | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Queensland Fruit Fly management | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Personal garden journal | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Photo pest ID (private, on-server) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price (annual) | $29–59 | US$35 | Free |
Our own assessment as of May 2026. Gardenate is free; GrowVeg has a 7-day trial. Feature coverage may change.
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Three honest pricing plans
Free covers the live prices, both weekly emails and a small journal. Starter ($3.99 a month or $29 a year) unlocks the full 12-month price history and an unlimited journal. Pro ($7.99 a month or $59 a year) adds Buddy Check photo pest ID and live pest pressure for your postcode, both live now.
| What you get | Free $0no card needed | Starter $3.99/moor $29/yr | Pro $7.99/moor $59/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live prices today, 76 vegetables, 4 supermarkets | ✓no account needed | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plant Now planting windows for your climate zone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 700+ growing guides and 34-pest library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3-month price trend per veggie | ✓free account | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gardener Weekly Digest email | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly Price Alert email (biggest movers) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Garden journal | 1 bed, 3 plants | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Full 12-month price history per veggie | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Price-drop alerts for crops you grow | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pick-your-crops watchlist | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Care log and harvest log with CSV export | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Buddy Check photo pest ID (20 a month, private, on our Australian server) | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Live pest pressure for your postcode, including QLD fruit fly | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Weather-triggered pest alerts for your crops | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Succession planting planner | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Monthly Vegetable Price Report email | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Garden Buddy AU actually Australian?
Yes. Run from Dayboro, Queensland. Hosted on Australian servers. Buddy Check photo pest ID runs on hardware we own in Australia, it never gets sent to OpenAI, Google, or anyone overseas. The ABN is 86 081 237 087 (Dutch Digital Dynamics Pty Ltd, GST registered).
Do I have to pay?
No. The price tracker, growing guides and planting calendar are free without an account. A free account adds the 3-month price trend chart for every veggie, the Gardener Weekly Digest, the Weekly Price Alert, and a small garden journal (1 bed, 3 plants). The paid plans (Starter from $29 a year, Pro from $59 a year) add the full 12-month price history, an unlimited journal, watchlist alerts and Buddy Check photo pest ID. Most people don’t need them.
Will you email me spam?
No. You only receive what you signed up for. The Gardener Weekly Digest is opt-in. The Weekly Price Alert is opt-in. We don’t sell your address, we don’t send marketing for other products, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe.
Is my Buddy Check photo private?
Yes. Photos are processed on our own server in Australia. They are not sent to OpenAI, Google Vision, or any third party. They are kept only long enough to give you the result, then deleted, unless you choose to save them in your garden journal.
What happens if I cancel?
Access continues until the end of your paid period. After that you drop back to the free tier, your journal entries and photos are kept unless you ask us to delete them. No hidden auto-renewal traps. Cancel from your account page, no phone calls required.
Is this covered by Australian consumer law?
Yes. Annual plans include a 7-day free trial, so you can try the paid features and cancel before the trial ends to pay nothing. The business is registered in Australia (ABN 86 081 237 087), GST registered, and bound by the Australian Consumer Law, so you keep the usual statutory protections.
Start free, no card needed
Sign up, pick your zone, get the Gardener Weekly Digest and the Weekly Price Alert. Upgrade later only if you want to.