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vr.tr.garden · thing-q1107656

Let an agent handle gardens by type, design, plants, care, access and heritage.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Type Which garden.

Kind

Ornamental, kitchen.

Kind

Garden type.

  1. What kind of garden is it? definition
  2. What climate zone? definition

Design

Layout.

Design

Design.

  1. How is it laid out? definition
  2. Which style does it follow? definition
Plants Growing.

Choice

Suitable plants.

Choice

Plant choice.

  1. Which plants suit this soil, light and climate? action
  2. Are any invasive or toxic? boundary

Care

Seasons.

Care

Seasonal care.

  1. What care does the garden need this season? action
  2. How much water? measurement
Wildlife Biodiversity.

Habitat

Features.

Habitat

Wildlife habitat.

  1. Which features help wildlife? action
  2. Which pollinators are supported? definition

Chemicals

Pesticides.

Chemicals

Chemical use.

  1. Can pests be managed without harmful chemicals? action
  2. Which products are permitted? boundary
Public gardens Visiting and heritage.

Visiting

Access.

Visiting

Visiting.

  1. Is the garden open to visitors, and when? provenance
  2. Is it accessible? boundary

Heritage

Protection.

Heritage

Heritage status.

  1. Is it a registered historic garden? provenance
  2. Who designed it? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
winter garden, monastic garden, Mary garden, parterre, woodland garden, water garden, rockery, hedge maze, knot garden, kitchen garden, stumpery, bosquet

What it is Filled

A planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for growing, displaying and enjoying plants and other natural forms, such as ornamental, kitchen, botanical, monastic, woodland and water gardens.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle gardens by type, design, plants, care, access and heritage.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Planned growing space
  • Private or public
  • Designed and maintained
  • Historic gardens can be protected

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Apply pesticides or herbicides against their label or near water, children or pets.
  • Plant or spread species listed as invasive in the area.
  • Enter or photograph a private garden without the owner's permission.
  • Remove protected plants or disturb nesting birds and other protected wildlife.

Only with a human decision

  • Felling trees or removing large established plants.
  • Chemical treatments in shared or public gardens.

May

  • Plan planting, watering and care for a garden on its keeper's instructions.
  • Identify plants, pests and diseases and suggest options to the gardener.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Gardens support wildlife and people's wellbeing; poor practice can harm both.
  • A private garden is part of a home and deserves the same privacy.

Who is affected

  • The garden's keepers
  • Neighbours
  • Wildlife and pollinators

Owners Filled

Steward

The person or body that keeps it; public and botanic gardens have their own managers.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q107425 - registry parent class
  • Q35145743 - registry parent class
  • Q628858 - registry parent class
  • Q811979 - registry parent class

related

  • landscape and artificial geographic object - category
  • gardening - activity
  • park - public open space

contains

  • plant and fountain - features

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.garden
  • Wikidata: Q1107656 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107656)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Ground area: square metres - Area is measured within the defined garden boundary using a survey or mapped geometry.
  • Ground slope: degrees - Slope is measured from elevation differences over surveyed horizontal distances.
  • Soil depth: centimetres - Soil depth is measured at representative locations to a specified limiting layer.
  • Vegetation cover: percent - Vegetation cover is estimated as the proportion of a defined ground area covered by plants when viewed from above.

Recognition required Filled

  • Designed planting
  • Types such as parterre or winter garden
  • Botanic gardens have labelled collections
  • Beds, lawns, paths, borders, trees, water features and structures.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • plan and plant a garden
  • care for plants through the seasons
  • garden for wildlife
  • visit public and historic gardens

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Toxic plants for children and pets
  • Invasive species escaping
  • Tool and chemical accidents

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Heritage protection for historic gardens
  • Invasive plant rules
  • Pesticide rules for amateur use

Context of use required Filled

  • Growing food and ornamental plants, recreation, wildlife and well-being.
  • ornamental gardens
  • kitchen and allotment gardens
  • botanic gardens
  • historic and formal gardens
  • wildlife and woodland gardens

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1107656: garden - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Garden - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should garden types be separate entries?
  • How should historic gardens be linked?
  • How should planting advice be localised by climate?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1107656/spec.json