A smart garden station for remotely managing growth and health of indoor plants is disclosed. The smart garden station comprises of a first container mounted on a panel and a second container inserted into the first container onto which a growing medium is disposed for planting seeds/plants. A set of sensors constantly monitor and communicate environment related data around the garden station to a remote electronic device. The remote electronic device generates a set of instructions to provide ideal environmental conditions at the garden station based on the received data. A processing unit receives these instructions and manages environmental conditions around the garden station. The processing unit controls the environment by primarily controlling the watering unit, the lighting unit, and the ventilation unit. These components modulate water content in growing medium and the temperature/humidity around the garden station to provide an optimal environment for the growth and health of the plants.

A compact (such as a 4″×7′×7″) decorative, self-contained, internet-connected low maintenance terrarium that is completely passive and contains no moving parts. The terrarium device is such that it can sustain itself, with no human maintenance necessary, for several weeks at a time. The terrarium has a computer processor, wireless connectivity, one or more LED lights, and a durable optical water sensor and reservoir design. The terrarium is configured with embedded and connected logic for full internet of things (IoT) functionality.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a vertically oriented plant growth system (2) that includes a plurality of tower arrays, each tower array having a plurality of towers. Each tower is vertically mounted and includes a plurality of hub structures thereon for growing crops. The individual hub structures include attached bottles that are sized to support soil sufficient for plant growth and prevent the escape of water. Through the supply of pressurized water to flow control devices above each tower of the tower arrays, soil in each bottle is irrigated with water received at a controlled flow rate to grow crops using minimal space and without reliance on particular soil conditions.

A method for pumping seeds to an assembly line grow pods includes releasing seeds to a pipe in fluid communication with a pump, moving water from a water source to the pipe in fluid communication with the pump, combining the seeds released from the tank with the water from the water source in the pipe, and pumping the combination of the seeds released from the tank and the water from the water source to a grow pod line in fluid communication with the pump, and moving the seeds from the grow pod line to one or more carts of an assembly line grow pod.

A mixed media farm may include a tray for holding water at a prescribed water level. A cell may be placable on the tray, with the cell defining a cavity and having at least one opening in communication with the cavity. The cell may be sized such that when the cell is placed on the tray, a lower portion of the cell resides below the prescribed water level and an upper portion of the cell resides above the prescribed water level. Soil may be in the cavity, with the soil having a lower portion below the prescribed water level, and an upper portion above the prescribed water level when the cell is placed in the tray. A plurality of seeds may be planted in the upper portion of the soil, with the plurality of seeds defining a seed density of greater than 5 seeds per square inch.

A control space operating system. The system includes a control space with one or more data source zones and a control space manager. The control space manager can collect data and control different variables across different data source zones in order to determine optimal policies and conditions for data source growth and generation.

A growspace automation system and method. The system includes a grow space with localization structures and a mobile robot. The mobile robot comprises sensors, a mobility mechanism, and a plurality of mobility modules. The mobile robot is configured to automate growspace processes, such as transport, watering, sensing, or cleaning.

A plumbing system and water transport method. The system includes a global water source, a one way water transport mechanism, a growing tray, and a local buffer. The local buffer separates the global water source and the growing tray to prevent cross-contamination of water. The local buffer also continuously provides water to the growing tray on demand without the need for filtering or dumping of used or excess water. This results in low flow, efficient water transport.

A hydroponic grow system and grow method. The system includes growing plants in grow modules that are individually moveable. The plants grow in trays where roots never touch the water supply.

A plant cultivating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body, a shelf, a cultivation bed, and a cultivation container. The shelf is disposed in the cultivation space formed in the main body, the cultivation bed is disposed on the shelf, and the cultivation container is seated in the cultivation bed. The cultivation bed includes a water supply part for receiving a predetermined amount of water. In addition, the shelf includes a water level sensor. The water level sensor is positioned vertically below the water supply part to measure an amount of water stored in the water supply part.