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Your garden waters itself

Pair a soil sensor with a smart valve. Flip one switch. Garzed waters when your soil is dry and stops when it's right.

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A hand holds a phone showing the Garzed app's soil moisture reading for the Leafy Greens and Roots plot, with raised garden beds and a red barn behind

How it works

Your garden, orchestrated

Garzed monitors every plot continuously. When a bed's soil drops below target, it fires that plot's smart valve in short pulses, checks again, and stops when the soil is right.

Monitoring 2 plots

Plot 1

Tomato bed

Status

In range

Full Auto · watching

Plot 2

Pepper bed

Status

In range

Full Auto · watching

Pick your level of automation

Schedule mode lets you set your own timer with rain skips — just a smart valve. Full Auto adds a moisture sensor: Garzed pulses water, checks the soil, and stops when it's right. Pick the level that fits your setup.

Watering settings showing Schedule and Full Auto modes

Full Auto watering mode expanded showing its real settings — pause automation, irrigation type, backup schedule, and advanced overrides

Watering tuned to what you're actually growing

Garzed knows the moisture range for every crop in its library. Plant a mixed bed and it finds the shared sweet spot all your crops can thrive in — so leafy greens don't drown while carrots stay dry. Full Auto waters inside that range, per plot.

Plot detail showing the shared watering range chart across multiple crops with the sweet spot highlighted

Shared watering range chart showing each crop's preferred moisture band with the sweet spot at 38-45%

Weather that talks to your garden

Garzed reads your local forecast to plan ahead — pausing watering when rain's coming, warning you about frost, and showing you the week ahead. Pair an Ecowitt weather station and it switches to live, hyperlocal readings from your yard.

Weather page showing live conditions, rain-skip status, and forecast

Garzed's weather advisory: rain today, watering paused, cool nights ahead

A calendar driven by your actual season

Growing Degree Units track heat accumulation to tell you when crops are ready — not calendar dates that ignore whether spring came early or late. Frost dates, planting windows, and harvest timing all in one view.

Growing season timeline with frost dates and crop schedules

A helper that knows your garden

Garzed Bot gives you advice that fits your setup, not generic web answers. Ask why a leaf looks off, send a photo of pest damage, or get a second opinion on what to try next.

Garzed Bot chat showing context-aware plant advice

Garzed Bot answering 'How are my plants doing?' with crop-specific detail about the user's leafy greens, potatoes, asparagus, and herbs

How it stacks up

Where Garzed fits

Most gardens are watered on a schedule that doesn't know what the soil is doing. Garzed adds the missing layer — sensor data and plant intelligence — on top of the hardware you already use.

What you're comparing

Basic hose timerSet it and walk away

Smart controller aloneRachio, Hunter, B-hyve

Garzed+ soil sensor

Custom watering schedule

✓

Skips on rain forecast

—

✓

Reads soil moisture

—

Wired only*

Wireless

Waters based on what plants actually need

—

✓

Works with hardware you already own

—

✓

Combines sensors and valves from different brands

—

✓

Frost & heat warnings

—

✓

*Smart controllers like Hunter Hydrawise support wired soil sensors that require running wire from each bed back to the controller. Garzed reads continuous moisture from wireless sensors (Ecowitt WH51) so each bed just needs a battery-powered probe.

Hardware

Two pieces of hardware per plot

Off-the-shelf gear you can buy on Amazon. Pair one of each per plot and Garzed handles the rest.

Ecowitt

WH51 soil moisture sensor

+ GW2000 or GW3000 gateway

Stake one in each bed. Reads soil moisture every 15 minutes and sends the data to Garzed.

Rachio

Smart Hose Timer

Battery-powered, attaches to your hose

Garzed fires it in short pulses when a bed's soil drops below target, then checks again.

More integrations coming

Pricing

Pick the plan that fits your garden

Garzed is currently invite-only. Request access below — paid plans include a 30-day free trial when your invite arrives.

Free

Try it on a small bed

$0forever

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

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Limited · First 50

Founding Member

Best value, locked for life

$29/year

Locked rate as long as your subscription stays active

Everything in Free, plus:

Up to 12 plots, 8 sensors each
Full Auto watering (pulse-and-check)
Garzed Bot — 50 messages/day
Photo diagnosis — 20 photos/day
Every future feature included

Reserve your spot

Pro

Everything, no limits

$39/year

or $4.99/month

Everything in Free, plus:

Up to 12 plots, 8 sensors each
Full Auto watering (pulse-and-check)
Garzed Bot — 50 messages/day
Photo diagnosis — 20 photos/day

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FAQ

Common questions

Do I need special hardware to use Garzed?

Not for the Free plan — you can manually log waterings, track your crops, and use the calendar with no hardware. To get smart watering features, you'll need a soil moisture sensor and/or smart valve. See Works With for the supported models.

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

Right now we only support the Rachio Smart Hose Timer — the battery-powered hose valve. Other irrigation controllers, including Rachio's full sprinkler systems, Hunter, and Orbit, aren't supported yet. More integrations are on the roadmap.

How long does setup take?

If your hardware is already paired in the Ecowitt and Rachio 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.

Does Garzed work outside the US?

Yes, anywhere — including the southern hemisphere. Garzed uses your local weather forecast and a growing-degree model that adapts to your specific frost dates and growing season.

Can I use Garzed for just one raised bed?

Yes. Even a single bed benefits from moisture monitoring, the calendar, and the bot. You can start with just a sensor (no valve required) and add automation later.

What happens after the 30-day free trial?

Your subscription continues at the rate you signed up for. You can cancel anytime in Settings — and if you cancel during the trial, you keep access through the trial end date.

What happens to my Founding Member rate if I cancel?

The locked $29/year rate is tied to having an active subscription. If you cancel and re-subscribe later, you'd join at the standard $39/year rate. Founding pricing is for members who stay.

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, not a clock. Turns out no consumer product does this. The systems that exist are wired commercial setups — 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