Grow a Garden is one of the many Roblox games available to choose from, and much like other live-service titles, offers a ton of content drops in the form of updates. The game has already had its Lunar Glow update released on May 10, 2025 – and a new one is set to be released very soon.
More on this update, its contents and release date below.
When will the next update for Grow a Garden release?

As per official sources, the next update for Grow a Garden is set to release on May 17, 2025 – which falls perfectly in line with the weekly update schedule. The update has been titled as the ‘Chicken Zombie Update’, and is set to be released at 2 PM UTC.
Naturally, since time zones are a thing, the actual release timings for the update will vary from region to region. The release window for the update can be found sorted for multiple time zones below – for easy reference.
Region/Time Zone | Adjusted update release time |
---|---|
PDT | 7:00 AM |
EDT | 10:00 AM |
CDT | 9:00 AM |
IST | 7:30 PM |
JST | 11:00 PM |
CST | 10:00 PM |
AEDT | 1:00 AM; next day |
New additions and changes from the upcoming Grow a Garden update
The following changes and/or additions are to be expected from the Chicken Zombie Update for Grow a Garden:
- Chicken Zombie: The update will feature the zombie farmer and his pet, the Chicken Zombie. As always, players will be directed to complete a set of missions to unlock this character.
- Blood Moon event: Triggers every 3 hours, and boosts the frequency of the Moonlit Mutation – thereby increasing the chances of the Blood Moon Shop to spawn.
- A Shooting Stars weather event that will also apply mutations.
- New Pets
- New Seeds
- New Gear
- Certain quality of life improvements and bug fixes.