gardening
Let an agent help people garden successfully and safely, choose plants and methods, support wildlife, and follow rules on chemicals, water and invasive species.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Plan Planning.
Site
Site assessment.
Site
Site assessment.
- What soil, light and climate does this garden have? measurement
- Which plants suit it? provenance
Calendar
Seasonal tasks.
Calendar
Seasonal tasks.
- What should be sown, planted or pruned this month here? provenance
- Which frost dates apply? provenance
Care Growing well.
Soil
Soil and water.
Soil
Soil and water.
- How can soil health and watering be improved sustainably? action
- Are water restrictions in force? provenance
Pests
Pests and diseases.
Pests
Pests and diseases.
- What pest or disease is this, and which integrated approaches work? provenance
- Are chemicals really needed? boundary
Safety Safe gardening.
Tools
Tool safety.
Tools
Tool safety.
- How can tools and machinery be used safely? provenance
- Is there an injury needing medical care? boundary
Chemicals
Chemicals and plants.
Chemicals
Chemicals and toxic plants.
- Is a product used according to its label, and is it stored away from children? boundary
- Has a child or pet swallowed a garden chemical or toxic plant? boundary
Community Shared gardening.
Allotments
Community gardens.
Allotments
Community gardens.
- How can someone get an allotment or join a community garden here? provenance
- Are there waiting lists? provenance
Guerrilla
Planting in public spaces.
Guerrilla
Guerrilla gardening.
- What permissions are needed to plant in public spaces here? provenance
- Which authority should be asked? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- guerrilla gardening, ornamental gardening, cactus cultivation, lawn cultivation, plant nursery practise, garden pot saucers & tray, landscape fabric accessory, pot & planter liner, pots & planter, sands & soil, Floating gardening, food gardening
What it is Filled
The practice of growing and caring for plants in gardens, containers and plots, for food, ornament, wildlife or wellbeing, including ornamental and vegetable gardening, container and cactus cultivation, community and guerrilla gardening, and nursery propagation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent help people garden successfully and safely, choose plants and methods, support wildlife, and follow rules on chemicals, water and invasive species.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Cultivating plants
- Small scale
- Seasonal tasks
- Benefits wellbeing
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Apply pesticides or herbicides against label instructions or near children, pets, water or pollinators.
- Plant invasive species where they can escape into the wild.
- Garden on land without the owner's permission, unless local rules allow it.
- Recommend eating plants or fungi it cannot identify with certainty.
Only with a human decision
- Removing established trees or hedges.
- Using restricted pesticides.
May
- Advise on planting, watering and pest control using published guidance.
- Monitor and water plants in a garden it is authorized to tend.
Moral aspects Filled
- Gardens support wellbeing, food and wildlife, but chemicals and invasive plants harm ecosystems.
- Access to land for gardening is unequal; community gardens and allotments matter to people without gardens.
Who is affected
- Gardeners
- Neighbours and children
- Wildlife and pollinators
Owners Filled
Steward
The person who tends it; the landowner for the plot.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q47728 - registry parent class
- Q48803 - registry parent class
related
- horticulture - category
- lawn - feature
- plant stem cuttings - propagation
- pollination - wildlife benefit
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.gardening
- Wikidata: Q124946 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124946)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Cultivated beds and containers
- Tools and compost
- Farming is larger-scale commercial cultivation
- Beds, borders, pots, lawns, greenhouses and allotments with plants and tools.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- plan and plant a garden
- manage soil, water and pests
- garden safely and accessibly
- find community gardens and allotments
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Tool injuries and back strain
- Chemical exposure
- Spreading invasive plants
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Pesticide use rules
- Invasive species regulations
- Water restrictions and hosepipe bans
Context of use required Filled
- Food, beauty, wildlife and wellbeing.
- ornamental gardening
- vegetable and fruit growing
- container and indoor gardening
- wildlife gardening
- community and guerrilla gardening
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q124946: gardening - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Gardening - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should gardening types be separate entries?
- How should regional growing advice be linked?
- How should community gardens be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q124946/spec.json