diff --git a/backend/right_tree/api/admin.py b/backend/right_tree/api/admin.py
index cf5b649..bd8b267 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/api/admin.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/api/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 import right_tree.api.models as models
 
+
+class ZoneAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    ordering = ['name', 'variant', 'refined_variant', 'id']
+    search_fields = ['name', 'variant', 'refined_variant', 'id']
+
+
+class ZoneImageSegmentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    autocomplete_fields = ['zone']
+
+
 admin.site.register(models.Plant)
 admin.site.register(models.SoilOrder)
 admin.site.register(models.SoilLayer)
@@ -10,5 +20,5 @@ admin.site.register(models.EcologicalDistrictLayer)
 admin.site.register(models.ToleranceLevel)
 admin.site.register(models.HabitatImage)
 admin.site.register(models.Habitat)
-admin.site.register(models.Zone)
-admin.site.register(models.ZoneImageSegment)
+admin.site.register(models.Zone, ZoneAdmin)
+admin.site.register(models.ZoneImageSegment, ZoneImageSegmentAdmin)
diff --git a/backend/right_tree/api/models.py b/backend/right_tree/api/models.py
index cbbcda0..25cf16a 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/api/models.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/api/models.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class Zone(models.Model):
         variant_str = f"({self.variant}{refined_variant_str})" if self.variant is not None else ""
         return f"{self.name} {variant_str}"
 
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['name', 'variant', 'refined_variant', 'id']
+
 
 class ZoneImageSegment(models.Model):
     zone = models.ForeignKey(