Automated Vegetable Garden

Come to think of it, we were induced to leave the land and forgot how to care for and produce our own food.

Why did we forget our traditions and abandon the fertile land to move towards paved metropolises?
On the scrap we see the city lights and so much inequality, we learn to value all forms of reuse, sustainable and responsible behavior, bringing creative and technological solutions to solve social and environmental problems. We find ourselves in a very special initiative: which is to transform small unusual spaces into incredible "Automated Gardens" equipped with an automatic irrigation system. This system maintains the right conditions for the life of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and herbs, which perfume and nourish the community with a touch of modern magic!

We developed some prototypes using discarded materials, where old wooden boxes, pellets, PVC pipes, hoses, PET bottles and computer buttons gain new use, transforming into intelligent cultivation systems. All this thanks to microcontrollers programmed to read data collected through sensors installed in the environment of our gardens, automating routine processes such as irrigation, we gain a great ally in time, time in our favor to dedicate to essential things! The gardens are also designed as contemporary art installations and the recycled materials create a spectacle of shapes, lights and colors, an intervention in the middle of the community's public spaces.

And so, by magic (or was it technology?), automated gardens were born, spreading smiles and fruits throughout Cajazeiras. The project is being applied as a pedagogical way in public schools to introduce programming languages ​​and Permaculture. Curious children become the guardians and multipliers of these gardens, learning about the importance of nature and the power of innovation.