Learn to Grow-It-Yourself (GIY) with your team

Grow-It-Yourself (GIY) Teams shows you, step-by-step, how to organically and sustainably grow your own produce in the workplace -
no matter the size of your growing space.

Together, you and your team will learn to:

Break down the tasks of maintaining an office garden
Integrate a hands-on, fun, food-growing project seamlessly at work
And literally, enjoy the fruits of your labor during office celebrations

With team mentoring, project planning, and 24/7 access to your permaculture project board, you’ll get the information you need to plant and care for an office garden that will produce enough food to feed your community all year long.

Make Your Organic Food Garden An Office Reality!

No more solely relying on your local Mexican joint to cater your office lunch.

No more overwhelm when it comes to figuring out who's in charge of watering what.

No more excuses when it comes to growing your own food - we help make gardening work for you and your team's schedule!

GIY Teams is for you if you:

• Spent hours on Instagram, Youtube, and Pinterest dreaming about your food garden, but are too overwhelmed to even know where to start!

• Have tried gardening before but squirrels, rabbits, gophers, deer, aphids, and other pests have decimated your crops before you can even get to them.

• Are frustrated by the fact that all the garden work is done by a select few office mates who are just as busy as the rest of the team

• Can’t figure out how to grow in your space due to shade, poor soil, or unique climate conditions.

• If your company's core values include a dedication to sustainability and care for the ecology.

In this 12-month program, you will:

1. Learn how to design and plant a garden in your space (no matter the size, access to sunlight, or soil conditions).

2. Grow and harvest crops that are perfect for your space and region.

3. Delegate and time the work so that it is manageable and enjoyed by all the staff involved.

Ready to make your office garden dream a reality?

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Grow-It-Yourself (GIY) Teams

Stewardship, Team Culture, and a HUGE Harvest

Here's what you get:

A Garden Project Plan

GIY Teams offers a complete blueprint for tackling your office garden project in as little as 15 minutes a day.

Your Project Plan clearly outlines a path to:

• Designing & building your permaculture garden as a team

• What foods you should grow and when to grow it

• Troubleshooting your soil, space, and sunlight (or lack thereof)

• Delegating tasks and making the process of gardening fun with regular team garden parties and growing contests!

Modules Include:

1. Introduction to gardening as a team

2. Start with Sprouting

3. Design

4. Choosing Your Plants

5. Seed Starting

6. Garden Installation

7. Transplanting

8. Maintaining Your Garden

9. Harvesting

10. Troubleshooting Your Garden

Garden Mentorship

Every month, your team will be held accountable in a Check-In where you celebrate your wins, troubleshoot your garden problems, and set your goals for the following month.

These lightning-fast consults are wonderful opportunities to touch base with a garden coach who is supportive, but can also give you clear direction on your team's next steps.

Being part of GIY Teams means living in integrity with your company values, and sharing deeper and more meaningful experiences with your co-workers.

Doing a garden together through GIY is becoming intentional about harvesting your own fruits and vegetables during a time of:

❌ Rising grocery prices
❌ Fragile food supply chains and
❌ Disconnection from the process of growing food

Office communities can be the richest source of wisdom and inspiration and. the gardens you grow will yield much more than organic food.

Bring your questions, garden troubles, and wisdom to GIY Teams. We're here to help you grow together and in more ways than one.

Community

GIY Teams members receive plant, and garden prizes throughout the year based on their participation in the program and their harvest!

It's also a lot of fun receiving a handwritten note and a plant or seed in the mail from us. Each company, each garden is unique, and your interactions in GIY are tailored to be personalized to your teams' values.

Rewards & Incentives

PLUS...

We're excited to announce the development of our permaculture garden planning and design app - SAGE. The app is currently in Beta and all GIY Teams Members get exclusive access to it!

SAGE simplifies and strategizes your food-growing process. It is a guiding tool so that you know:

• How to design your garden

• What to grow

• When to grow it

• Where in your garden you should grow it

As a result of consistently using SAGE, you will be able to harvest more food than you can eat!

SAGE: A Garden Design App

IN BETA

FAQs

Below are some answers to frequently asked questions. Don't see yours? Contact us at permaculturegardens@gmail.com to ask!

If we're not happy with this program do we get a refund?

Absolutely! But first, you're expected to participate fully for the first month by:

• Conducting a Team Audit

• Conducting a Time Audit

• Conducting a Space Audit

• Preparing for and attending at least (1) one Zoom Call

• Submitting an initial design of your office garden

If after having done the work above, you still feel that GIY Teams has not been able to unify your staff through food-growing we will happily give you a FULL REFUND within 30 days.

For teams who pay for the program but withdraw before 30 days, and do not fully participate in GIY (as stated above), we give a partial refund and reserve the right to decline their future participation in GIY if they ask to join the program again.

Ultimately, your garden progress depends on the clarity of your team communication, your sporting spirit, and the work that you put into the program over the course of (1) one year.

What are our payment options?

You can pay Permaculture Gardens via check, or credit card.

Annual Payment of $2999

The GIY (12) twelve-month program’s annual cost is $2999 USD.
After 12 months, GIY Members review their garden teams' needs to. see if a renewal or maintenance plan is needed.

Can we cancel mid-program?

You may cancel your registration to GIY anytime within the 12-month membership period. However, you will receive no refund after 30 days.

If you decide to cancel your GIY Membership within 30 days, you will receive a partial or full refund contingent upon your full participation in GIY (see above).

Do you automatically renew my subscription?

Once you sign-up for GIY, the default is for members to be on automatic yearly renewal.

You can cancel this automatic renewal at any time.

We also notify GIY clients via email a few weeks before the annual renewal takes place.

If you do choose to join GIY, but do not want to be automatically renewed for next year, we can put you in a non-automatic renewal mode. Just let us know via email (permaculturegardens@gmail.com) so that we can switch the mode manually.

Insider Tip! GIY Teams Members renew at half the price that they bought GIY at.

But What If...

We have a shady garden?

For 15 years, our backyard was a shady garden, and yet the majority of our harvest then came from the backyard! We've grown about 300 lbs of fruits and veggies annually in a tiny & shady townhouse! It can be done.

We live in an arid / desert climate?

Our best gardeners come from Arizona, Utah, and California. These are some of the dryest places in North America.

We also have a drylands climate specialist to help answer specific questions unique to arid climates. This hot climate led us to permaculture in the first place when we found out that it was used to "green the desert!"

We have too much pest pressure?

We have dealt with all sorts of raccoons, squirrels, deer, rats, you name it since we live in a developed suburban area that backs out into a strip mall. We have tons of pests, maybe not bears. And lots of mosquitoes.

In the end, it's a matter of setting up your ecosystem, so that the good bugs/animals outnumber the bad ones. And that's what we teach inside the program. If you're willing to find organic solutions: fences, row covers, and native and diverse plantings, then we can slowly bring down unwanted pests.

Members of our team don't have enough time?

The membership also includes access to a time management program called "My Success Schedule," which helps anyone struggling with finding time for the important things in life.

Our research will SAVE you time from countless hours researching and finding the wrong answers!

We have duplicated our process with over a hundred families across America, Canada, Hungary, the UK, Australia, and even someone who lived on a boat!

If your team member has 15 minutes a day, that is all it takes.

Who Exactly Is GIY Teams For?

If you...

• Have space to grow in (even a tiny office space)

• Have a yearning to demonstrate that you don't just talk about growing food you do it and do it well.

• Want to grow organically and in harmony with nature

• Are in need of a garden project manager who can unify. a team of would-be gardeners

• Want to teach your staff and community where their food comes from

• Desire to heal the planet, soul, mind, and your body

• Are looking to validate that you can grow food even in the workplace, and even if the groceries shut down

• Want to enrich your work culture by growing local, nutrient-dense food

Then GIY Teams is for you!

”I didn't have the time or mental bandwidth to sift through the conflicting information or what was going to work for my garden. In GIY, I have one place to go to find all the answers to problems that continue to arise in the garden, a community of like-minded gardens, and consistent 1:1 help!"

- Lisa Furr (Colorado)

”When I joined GIY, my backyard was absolutely transformed from a tiny little plot to an amazing growing space. A mere 15 minutes (which I treasure) in the garden is doable! Hope you sign up. It is life-changing!"

- Nicole Fainsan (Sterling, VA)

More from Our GIY Members...

It’s Time for You to
Make Your Office Garden Dream A Reality!

Meet some GIY Members Who Made Their Garden Dreams Into A Reality

See where Lisa goes to find solutions to garden woes.

Learn how Nicole installed her first garden in Virginia.

Hear about Sandy's experience growing in a dry climate.

See how Emily's kids eat vegetables they grow!

Take a tour through Laura's garden in Massachusetts.

What questions do you have about GIY Teams?

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