An app from the urbanOS ecosystem

No tree diesunnoticed anymore.

Resistance measurement at the trunk, soil moisture at root depth: Smart Garden shows drought stress before the crown turns brown — for trees, flower beds and shrubs. Watering happens only where it’s needed, with a route, a forecast and measurably less water.

Opens the demo environment — simulated moisture values, no account needed.

Smart Garden is the tree and green-space app in the urbanOS ecosystem: resistance sensors at the trunk and soil-moisture probes at root depth monitor trees, flower beds and shrubs — turned into alerts, drought-stress forecasts and watering routes. Developed with arborists, paid for by the water it saves.

Why it matters

Watering runs are expensive. Dead trees more so.

Without data, watering is blanket too much, too late or in the wrong place. Replacing one city tree costs four figures. Knowing moisture and vitality per tree means watering precisely and saving the stock.

Spot stress early

Resistance measurement at the trunk shows drought stress days before the crown reacts — and rot models (developed with experts) warn of toppling risk.

Water precisely

Watering routes only to the thirsty trees and beds — instead of blanket tours across the whole city. Fewer runs, less water, more plants saved.

Save water & money

Most sites recover the hardware cost through saved water and skipped inspection runs — measurable in the app.

Targeted

214 trees & beds. 3 thirsty. Visit 3.

Blanket watering visits them all — or misses exactly the three that need it. Smart Garden knows moisture and vitality per tree and bed and sends the watering truck only where water is missing.

And because weather and forecast feed in, the tour is dropped when rain comes tomorrow — saving water, hours and CO₂.

  • Resistance at the trunk & moisture at root depth — live per tree & bed
  • Watering route only to the thirsty trees
  • Weather & forecast factored in — no pointless tour

Every route openly shows which tree was visited or skipped, and why.

A park in the heatwave week
Blanket wateringVisit them allSmart GardenVisit 3
How the route is madeMoisture per tree & bed · expert thresholds · weather factored in
The app at a glance

One app, the whole stock.

From the moisture map through vitality and watering route to the forecast — all from the same sensors, no dashboards to build.

Every tree, live.

The map shows soil moisture at root depth per tree and bed — supplied or thirsty, at a glance. From street trees to shrub beds to seasonal planting.

Moisture per treeRoot depth, not surfaceBeds & avenues

Stress, before you can see it.

Resistance sensors at the trunk show each tree’s vitality — drought stress and suspected rot, long before the crown reacts. That’s why we rely on resistance for trees: early detection.

Resistance at the trunkRot modelsDeveloped with experts

Watering with a route.

The thirsty trees and beds become the watering route — 3 of 214 instead of all. Exported to the watering team’s phone.

Only thirsty plantsRoute to the phoneLiters documented

Critical — before it gets critical.

Moisture history plus weather forecast: Smart Garden tells you which trees turn critical when — and factors in Thursday’s rain right away.

Drought-stress forecastWeather factored inThresholds per species

Impact, in liters.

Moisture history, watering impact and water saved — the numbers for operations, the treasury and the proof in committee.

−38% waterWatering impact visibleTrees saved
One stock, five angles

See, water, prove.

The same stock, read five ways: the moisture map, the watering route, the watering history with automatically detected watering events, the profiles & thresholds per plant type — and the impact over time.

Smart Garden live map
Live map — moisture per tree
Smart Garden watering route
Watering route — only the thirsty ones
Smart Garden watering history: 7-day moisture curve with automatically detected watering events and evidence
History — every watering detected automatically
Smart Garden profiles with resistance and moisture thresholds per plant type, from deciduous trees to flower beds
Profiles — thresholds per plant type
Smart Garden analytics
Analytics — water & impact
Honestly measured

The right sensor for every plant.

Smart Garden combines multiple sensor types: resistance measurement at the trunk for trees, soil moisture at root depth for beds, shrubs — and trees too. Developed and thresholded with arborists and agronomists.

Resistance at the trunk

TreeSense Pulse S measures electrical resistance in the trunk — vitality and drought stress straight from the tree, days before visible symptoms.

Moisture at root depth

The soil-moisture set measures volumetric moisture, temperature and conductivity where the roots drink — in the bed and at the tree.

Expert thresholds

Rot models and watering thresholds per tree species and planting — developed with arborists, not from the textbook.

3measurements: resistance, moisture, temperature & EC
−38 %water consumption through targeted watering
5measurements: resistance, moisture, temperature & EC
100%of routes justify every stop — visited or skipped

Every route openly shows which tree was visited or skipped, and why.

Runs on the Urban Data Platform.

Every urbanOS app inherits the platform underneath it. You never buy an island.

Sovereign by default

GDPR-compliant, ISO-certified, hosted in Germany. Your city's data stays your city's data.

Live in days

Standard IoT sensors over LoRaWAN and existing networks. Deployment takes days, not months.

Grows with you

Add or remove apps as your city's needs change. The platform and your data stay in place.

Get started

Start with a Starter Kit.

A complete pilot setup — tree and soil sensors, gateway, app and support in one package. Configure the right scope and price yourself in the urbanOS calculator.

Included in the package
  • Resistance sensors (TreeSense) incl. mounting
  • Soil-moisture sets at root depth incl. installation
  • 1× Smart Garden app with map, route & forecast
  • Support for the entire term
from €549/monthnet · with AI forecasts €899 · scope in the urbanOS calculatorRequest Starter Kit

Click through it yourself.

The open demo runs on simulated moisture values: live map, vitality, watering route, forecast and analytics. No account — it’s the same app our cities use.

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Smart Garden, explained by your AI

Let the AI you trust walk you through Smart Garden and its concrete value for your municipality — tailored to your role and your city.

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