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Your garden and lawn, watched over and watered

Garzed reads how wet your soil is, day and night, and waters when your plants need it, so you don't have to remember when to water or guess how much.

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How it knows when to water

It measures your soil

A wireless sensor reads how wet the soil is, and Garzed checks it every 15 minutes. It also soaks each area and watches it drain, to learn how much water that spot can hold.

It knows your plants

Its plant library sets how dry each area gets before watering, so lettuce and lawn grass each get what suits them.

It waters in short runs

Each watering comes in bursts with pauses to soak in, and stops when the soil has taken what it can hold.

It has a backup, and it tells you

If a sensor stops reporting, you get a notice, and a backup schedule built from that area's own history keeps it watered until the sensor is back.

How it works, in depth →

Everything you grow, orchestrated

Garzed tracks each watering area on its own. When one gets dry, it waters that one and leaves the rest alone.

Monitoring 2 areas

Area 1

Tomatoes

Status

In range

Full Auto · watching

Area 2

Peppers

Status

In range

Full Auto · watching

Where Garzed fits

Most gardens and lawns are watered on a schedule set by the calendar or the weather. Garzed goes by the soil itself: how wet it is, against a target measured for each area.

What you're comparing

Hose timerWaters on a clock

Smart sprinkler controllerRachio, B-hyve, Hunter

Sensor watering systemsNetro, Moen, RainPoint

Garzed+ a soil sensor

How it decides to water

The clock

Weather forecasts

Soil reading vs a level you choose

Soil reading vs a target it measured

Who sets the moisture target

—

You, by trial and error

Measured per area, tuned to what's planted

When watering stops

After the minutes you set

At a level you set

At the area's measured soil capacity

What you buy

The timer

The controller

Their sensor + their controller

A soil sensor kit (about $50), and a smart valve if you don't have one

Schedules, rain skip, app control

Schedules only

✓

Sensor watering systems do water from a soil reading. The differences are who sets the target - Netro, Moen and RainPoint act on a moisture level you pick and tune, while Garzed measures each area's soil capacity and derives its target from what's planted - and that they pair their own sensor with their own controller, while Garzed works with the Ecowitt, Rachio and LinkTap gear you choose. Hunter Hydrawise takes wired soil sensors, with wire runs from each area back to the controller.

Hardware

Two pieces of hardware

A soil sensor and a smart valve, both off-the-shelf and sold on Amazon. Together they let Garzed do the watering. Areas that water alike can share one sensor, and one Rachio 3 runs every zone of an in-ground system. See everything Garzed works with →

Ecowitt

WH51 or WH52 soil sensor

+ an Ecowitt gateway (the GW1200 in the starter kit, or a GW3000)

Push it into the soil you water. Garzed gets a fresh reading every 15 minutes. The WH52 also reads soil temperature and conductivity.

Rachio Smart Hose Timer attached to a hose connection on a raised garden bed

Rachio or LinkTap

Smart hose timer or Rachio 3

A battery hose timer from Rachio or LinkTap, or a wired Rachio 3 controller running your zones

Garzed opens it when an area needs water, in short runs with pauses to soak in, and closes it when the soil has had enough. A LinkTap valve also reports how much water each run delivered.

Pricing

Pick the plan that fits your setup

Create your account and you're in. New accounts start with 30 days of Pro, free, with no credit card.

Free

Try it on a small area

$0forever

Up to 3 areas, 1 sensor each
Pair sensors, valves & weather stations
Manual & scheduled watering
No Full Auto watering
Calendar, weather & rain skips
Garzed Bot: 5 messages a day

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Limited · First 50

Founding Member

Best value, locked for life

$29/year

Locked rate for life, yours even if you cancel and come back

Everything in Free, plus:

Up to 100 areas, up to 100 sensors
Full Auto watering on up to 24 areas
Garzed Bot: 50 messages a day
Photo diagnosis: 20 photos a day
Every future feature included

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Pro

Every feature, monthly or yearly

$39/year

or $4.99/month

Everything in Free, plus:

Up to 100 areas, up to 100 sensors
Full Auto watering on up to 24 areas
Garzed Bot: 50 messages a day
Photo diagnosis: 20 photos a day

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FAQ

Common questions

Can it water while I'm away?

Yes. On Full Auto, Garzed keeps reading the soil and watering whether you're home or not. You can see every area, and every watering, from your phone.

What happens when it rains?

On Full Auto, Garzed goes by the soil. After a rain, if the soil is still wet enough, Garzed leaves it alone; once it dries to the point your plants need water, Garzed waters. When a good rain is falling or on its way within a few hours, it holds off, unless the soil is already critically dry.

What if a sensor stops working?

You get a notice, and on Full Auto a backup schedule built from that area's own watering history keeps it watered until the sensor is back.

Can I use Garzed without any smart hardware?

Yes. With no hardware, Garzed is your garden's planner and record: areas and plants, which plants grow well together, the planting calendar, harvest projections, the journal, and manual watering logs. A soil sensor adds live readings and a measured soil capacity per area; a smart valve adds watering you can run from the app. See Works With for the supported models.

What if I already have a Rachio sprinkler controller (or Hunter, Orbit, etc.)?

If it's a Rachio 3, Garzed runs it: each of its zones can be an area in Garzed, watered from a soil sensor or on a schedule. The Rachio 3 is the only sprinkler controller Garzed works with.

How long does setup take?

If your hardware is already paired in the Ecowitt and Rachio or LinkTap apps, connecting them to Garzed takes about 10–15 minutes: you copy your API keys from each, and Garzed handles the rest. Hardware installation (mounting sensors, plumbing the valve to your hose) is separate and depends on your setup.

What happens after the 30-day free trial?

Nothing is charged, because there's no card on file. Your account moves to the Free plan and your gardens, areas, and history all stay exactly as they were. To keep Pro, activate in Settings any time during the trial or after it. If you activate before it ends, your remaining free days still count and the first charge waits until they're up.

Is my data private?

Yes. Your sensor readings, photos, and chat history stay private to your account. We don't sell user data and we don't use it for advertising. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

From the founder

Why I built Garzed

I put my garden hose on a Rachio smart valve so I'd stop walking down to water every day. The schedule worked, but I never knew if my plants were getting the right amount. Some areas got soaked, others stayed dry.

After a season of that, I went looking for something better: a system that would water based on what the soil actually needed. The closest things I found used a soil sensor to skip a scheduled run; anything that really watered from the soil was a wired commercial setup, with sensors and pumps you have to install in the ground.

I just wanted my hose, my valve, and a sensor in the dirt to all talk to each other. So I started building it. Garzed is what I wanted for my own garden: it watches your soil moisture, waters in short pulses, checks again, and stops when it's right. No commercial install, no schedule guessing.

Brad Ferrada

Founder, Garzed