7 intelligent tools to start your smart garden revolution

How does your garden grow? Quickly, most people would reply in the warmer months and with the unique spring weather patterns that we are seeing in recent years, very quickly. Everyone wants to enjoy their garden during their leisure time as a place to relax and socialise with friends and family, but maintaining a lovely garden is actually pretty labour intensive and time-consuming. So, how can you enjoy your garden without getting your fingers too green?

Hiring a gardener is one option but the costs soon mount up and if you only use a gardener or garden services company now and again then you probably won’t have your garden looking immaculate when you want to enjoy it. During the growing season, gardens require very regular care otherwise growth can spiral out of control.

Fortunately, the concept of SmartIntelligent devices has moved from the home out into the garden and there is now a whole host of robotic devices to start your Smart Garden revolution. These include:

Robotic garden equipment

These are on the rise and the most popular product on the market at the moment is Smart Garden lawnmowers which is technology taken from Smart hoovers and cleaners within the home.

Smart mowers come in different capacities mainly geared around the amount of area they need to cut and how much incline and gradient they can cope with. Usually, the larger the area and the wider the cutting deck, the bigger the price tag. Most options come with technology which will integrate them with Alexa in the home for voice control and Smartphone integration as well.

These devices have a rain centre so are smart enough to return to their base station when it starts to rain and some will even resume cutting once the rain has stopped. No need to empty a grass box – the clippings are finally shredded by the device and dropped back onto the lawn to act as a natural fertiliser. Battery powered, you can ditch the fuel mower for a cleaner and truly greener option for your grass.

The great joy of robotic mowers like Husqvarna is that they can cut the grass when you are busy elsewhere; even if you do have time to cut the grass, doesn’t it always seem to be raining during your window of opportunity?! Smart mowers are quiet and unobtrusive so they can cut the lawn without disturbing your downtime or the neighbours and won’t interfere with relaxing in the garden or family occasions.

However, the Smart revolution is not confined to cutting the grass, there is lots of other tech and gadgetry which can help you manage your garden promoting time efficiency, economy and a truly environmentally-friendly solution.

Smart Sprinkler Systems

These systems water the garden so you don’t have to and will keep on top of this chore when you’re not there meaning you can come home and just enjoy your garden. The system can be programmed to reflect different soil areas in your garden, the amount of shade and what type of plants are growing there. The watering schedule will adapt itself based on local weather patterns so if it is raining then the system will not water, saving you money and helping the planet. Control is via a Smartphone app and there is an option to integrate with Alexa if you want to use voice commands.

Smart Soil Sensors

These clever little devices are inserted into the soil of your flower beds and can also be used for indoor plants. They provide data like soil temperature, humidity and soil nutrition which can be sent to your Smartphone allowing you to evaluate how well your plants are doing. There are lots of apps which can help guide you based on what you are growing using this data if you don’t have much knowledge.

Greenhouse Sensors

To help control temperature and humidity levels in your greenhouse.

Robotic plant pots

These devices automatically move around the garden to optimise light, shade and rainfall for whichever plant or shrub you choose to put in them, they will also alert you when the plant is thirsty and needs watering.

Weatherstations

These devices collect data about temperature, rainfall and wind and can be used both indoors and outdoors and send realtime data and updates to your Smartphone. Integration options with Alexa mean that you can use voice questions to find out information about what’s going on outside. Weatherstations vary from quite simple devices to incredibly complex pieces of kit for keen gardeners.

SmartLighting

An idea taken from the home and extended to outside with a huge range of different designs and systems on offer which can be controlled either by Google Assistant or Alexa, a quick and easy way to have the lighting that you want when you want and ultimately saving money by cutting energy. wastage

Smart Garden devices optimise natural energy sources and rainfall helping to protect the environment by conserving water and ditching the use of fossil fuels for lawnmowers. They also save huge amounts of time meaning that you can enjoy your garden rather than working in it. Smart Garden devices are perfect for busy households and create the garden that you want when you want it. 

Husqvarna are a well-known and trusted name when it comes to cutting the grass and you can discover their range of robotic lawn mowers at Chelford Farm Supplies as well as more traditional garden products to help you keep your garden looking its best.