Plant care tracking with Garden Sage

A garden journal app for your iPhone.

Keep your plants and their care history together in Garden Sage. Log watering and feeding, set recurring reminders and return to dated photo checks when something changes.

Free to download. Start with two saved plants; optional Premium supports a larger collection. Compare free and Premium.

The current My Garden screen showing saved plant cards
The current Care screen with a garden question and a plant worth checking
My Garden and Care Saved plants · today's questions · next checks

From result to ongoing record

How to keep a plant care record.

A simple record helps when memory cannot: what a photo check found, when you watered or fed, when the next reminder is due and what a later check found.

  1. 01

    Save the plant

    Keep your plant’s name, dated photo and observations together, including anything you are still unsure about.

  2. 02

    Log watering or feeding and set a reminder

    Record watering or feeding, then set the corresponding cadence or reminder.

  3. 03

    Return for the next check

    Open the same plant record when something changes and run a later, separate photo check.

A useful record, not busywork

Track watering, feeding and plant health checks.

The value of a garden journal is not the number of entries. It is whether you can return to the plant and understand its most recent care and check.

  • 01
    Your plant’s name and photoKeep a note of anything that still needs checking.
  • 02
    Dated photo checksReturn to dated results and observations from recent checks.
  • 03
    Watering and feeding historySee recent care before repeating or reversing an action.
  • 04
    Growing contextKeep location, indoor or outdoor setting, planting type, light, soil and drainage where provided.
  • 05
    Latest health check and next stepContinue from the same plant rather than starting over.
The Care overview in the current Garden Sage app
Care points you back to plants worth checking; each saved plant holds its dated care history.

Reminders with context

Set plant watering and feeding reminders.

Garden Sage keeps recurring water and feed reminders beside the saved plant and can surface a diagnostic follow-up when a result supplies a follow-up date. Open the plant record before acting, checking available local conditions and the root zone first.

A reminder prompts you to check the plant. Water or feed only if it needs it.

A gardener checking a plant with Garden Sage nearby

Return to the same plant

See what changed instead of relying on memory.

Return to the plant’s dated photo checks, recent check observations and watering or feeding history when a new question appears. The dates can make the sequence of change clearer, even without a side-by-side comparison tool.

Explore the plant health checker app

A journal that helps later

Record less. Learn more from it.

The editorial guide explains a compact plant record, repeatable photos, precise care notes and useful follow-up timing.

Plant care guide How to keep a plant care journal that helps later Use one plant record, a watering or feeding entry, and a later photo check. Seasonal plant care Bringing houseplants indoors for winter Record the move, check for pests and compare later changes with your starting photo.

Care for the plants you keep

Download Garden Sage and start your plant record.

Start free: Start with a free plant check: one useful check, once. Retakes and clarifications needed to finish it are included. Your result and essential care stay available. Save up to two plants free.

Care for a larger collection: Premium includes further plant checks, saved-photo reanalysis and new AI garden questions, with up to 50 plant checks each day. It also removes the two-plant save limit. Your existing saved plants, results and conversations remain readable when Premium ends.

Choose a monthly or annual Premium plan. Any introductory trial is shown in the app, subject to Apple’s offer and your eligibility.

Apple shows the current storefront price and renewal period, and confirms any trial duration and eligibility, before you subscribe. After a trial, the selected paid plan begins automatically. The subscription renews unless cancelled in Apple subscription settings.

Download on the App Store
QR code to open Garden Sage on the App Store for the garden journal
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera to open Garden Sage and start My Garden.