IoT-Based Smart Terrace Garden Integrated with a Smart Home System

In this study, an IoT-enabled smart terrace garden along with a smart home system was described for sustainable urban agriculture. In the architecture proposed here, environmental sensing, micro-irrigation control, pest and disease identification along with remedies, plant growth stage prediction, and a harmless bird- and animal-deterring system were all integrated into one smartphone app along with the existing smart home system in the house. Prototyping results carried out on the testbed terrace garden showed that there is proper environmental sensing, pest/growth alerts, bird/squirrel deterring system, and reduced manual monitoring burden for users, especially the elderly population. Future research will be aimed at collecting more data for pest and disease classification in order to have more accurate early identification, introducing solar-powered and energy-neutral sensor nodes, and conducting a larger field test across many houses for further validation of the system.

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