SAGE Documentation

To help you use SAGE to manage and design your permaculture garden.

Quick Start:

  1. Log in to SAGE
    Go here: https://sage.growmyownfood.com/

  2. Enter your password

  • Use the password you created when you registered.

  • If we set your account up manually, use SagePassword1 (then change it right away).

  1. Add your address
    Enter your address so SAGE can connect you to the closest weather station by zip code.

  2. Create your first Garden Area
    Start small and specific. One area is enough for today.
    Examples: Herb Garden, Pizza Garden, Apple Guild, Kitchen Bed.

Next step: Watch the short walkthrough video

Most Common Tasks

🧑‍🎨 Designer
Create a design with borders, plants and structures

🌱 Plants
Add, view, plan guilds, split up and save lists

🗓️ Calendar
Get notified about when to plant what

⬇️⬆️ Exporting
Save and download your plant list & design

💳 Account and billing
Log in and click on Account (upper left hand corner)

🛠️ More Support
Login, Zoom workshops, garden problems

Designer

Creating a small garden with fence

Designer Overview:
Creating a simple annual veggie bed

1. Create a Design

2. Design a Seasonal Garden

3. Design a Patch or Row of the Same Plants

4. Add Interplanting to your Design

Plants

1. Add Plants

2. Plant List View

3. View Plant Info

4. Build a Plant Guild

5. Log Plant Harvests

6. Split Plant Groups

7. Save Favorite Plants

Calendar

Intro to Calendar Events and Notifications

Get Notified About When to Plant What

Exporting Your Plant List & Design

Download your Plant lists & designer as a PDF

More Support

Additional resources and helpful videos related to the Sage app

1. Customize Your Climate

2. Join our Grow-It-Yourself Community

Free to join if you have a SAGE subscription.
Log in HERE so you can ask us SAGE or permaculture garden questions in the community, see what others are growing and get notified about monthly trainings

3. Join Our Monthly Garden Workshop

So we can troubleshoot both your garden or anything SAGE related in real-time
Register HERE.

3. Email us for help

permaculturegardens@gmail.com