Drawing power from integrated solar panels, both devices connect to Wi-Fi to relay relevant information about the soil to your phone or tablet. It will even automatically water from the hose using weather forecasts.

The Urban Cultivator is a dishwasher-sized micro-garden that appears to be a wine rack for plants. It is poised to slide into pre-existing kitchen designs, making it an easy way to add a drawer of fresh herbs to your home.

The smart garden stake analyzes pH levels, humidity, and light intensity, then factors in local meteorological readings as it instructs the water valve to hydrate plants as needed.

After analyzing the soil and getting a GPS reading, the Edyn app will tell you which plants are best suited to your soil and local climate, and what time of year to plant them.

Bulbo Quadra and Cynara Part of the movement to utilize LED lights to popularize and expand indoor farming, Bulbo adds a touch of Italian panache to your indoor soil-and-seed endeavors. The unobtrusive design and light footprint—the Cynara, pictured above, looks like a small, overturned pot—make them easy to use in a variety of situations. Photo by Ottavio Montanari

Ledner's second shoot took place in early spring 2012, once the fence had been installed and the flowers were blooming.

Just one month later the garden was much lusher.

The fruits of their labors: beautiful cut flowers, which Silverlake Farms sells at local farmers' markets in signature iron-and-glass jars.

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Pikaplant and Pikaplant One Water is free, but your time isn’t. If you’ve suffered through the guilt of letting houseplants brown and yellow due to lack of attention, the Dutch company Pikaplant has two products that do almost all of the work for you. The glass-and-steel Pikaplant One shelf is designed with a passive watering system that only requires a occasional fill-up, and the Pikaplant Jars are all-in-one terrariums for the watering deficient. Unless you’re clumsy enough to knock it down, you’re set.

Bocci 38 Lamps Inside a former biscuit factory in Vancouver, the artisans at Bocci have been shaping and manipulating glass for nearly a decade, fashioning incredibly ornate lighting solutions. The new 38 Lamps boast organic curves and cavities that are ideal for growing plants and flowers of a similarly delicate nature. Photo by Spencer Hung

Ingrid and Jane get to work planting seedlings.

Backtracking in time to March 2011, here's one of the first plantings on the property, as captured by photographer Catherine Ledner. Note the fence hasn't yet gone up.

There have been other connected soil analyzers like the Koubachi or Parrot Flower Power, but the Edyn is special for marrying detailed soil analysis with an automatic irrigation system. The result is an optimized and well-informed garden that actually tends itself.

The Microgreens Indoor Garden Kit is a foldable, indoor greenhouse made by Infarm with partner Tomorrow Machine. Inspired by origami, the kit folds into a miniature greenhouse that is made of a transparent, waterproof material. The innovative product allows users to grow nutrient-rich greens in a kitchen, living room, or any interior space. With a small profile, it brings gardening into even the smallest apartments or homes. This item launched at Dwell on Design and is available for preorder at the Dwell Store.

The Chore Glove, $18 at bestmadeco.com These Italian-made cowhide gloves are considered the gold standard for those who want to avoid getting their hands dirty.

The gap between the house and the fence creates a small patio with space for raised bed vegetable gardening.

Click and Grow Back-to-the-land types may decry the Click and Grow, a sleek Scandinavian-designed assemblage of microchips and NASA-inspired Smart Soil that can help grow plants and herbs indoors all year round. That’s OK, though; when you’re enjoying fresh basil or berries in the middle of the winter, they can go outside and try to forage some root vegetables. Photo by Andres Keil

The homeowners wanted a space to accommodate their interests: gardening, looking after their ducks, or relaxing in the shade provided by the canopy of trees on the property.

“The IKEA PS 2014 greenhouse ($29.99) was inspired by the alpine chalets of my Swiss homeland," says designer Nicolas Cortolezzis, "a symbol of simplicity and harmony with nature. It can fit on the balcony, in the kitchen or next to the window. It can stand on a table or be hung on the wall."

Armstrong (and his team of gardeners) has a pretty sweet gardening shed.

Gardentuls, a gardening tool collection, by Pratt industrial design student Jess Doutrich.

Klong tends to go for the unexpected, and this new take on the everyday watering can by Broberg & Ridderstråle is no exception. There were two prototypes on display at the start of the fair, the other with a copper finish. By day four, the brass had won out. Photo by Jaan Orvet.

A view of the solar panels and extra gardening space on the green roof.

The accessible green roof on the yoga studio provides additional landscape for gardening.

The two wings of the addition are connected by a central “void space.” The glass walls visually draw the garden and greenery into the living space. Both East Coast transplants, the couple wanted to more easily take advantage of favorable gardening conditions in the mild Northern California climate. With this in mind, they used the renovation to bring the outdoors in, as well as encourage easy and direct exterior access for gardening.

The two-story addition as seen from the back. A green roof provides extra gardening space for the family, who loves to be connected to their neighborhood.

The house is Schneider's escape from bustling Santiago. She spends her weekends on the coast gardening, reading, swimming, and playing rummy with her friends.

The family’s backyard features a grape arbor and a vegetable garden. “I began gardening so our son could understand where his food comes from,” says Onna.

Outdoor chores like gardening and landscaping fall to the residents. The entryway's orange glow is magnificent when lit by the sun.

This Seattle studio shed that is sited on a plant-filled backyard is used by it’s owners as a place to engage in their diverse passions – painting, sculpture, and gardening and collecting vintage furniture.

When Dunin first went for measurements, the whole family was out on their tiny porch, gardening, reading, and listening to the radio—it was clear that a great outdoor space was all but necessary. A new deck with a built-in planter box is now their go-to hangout.

John's passions for midcentury furniture and gardening dominate the space, a project which started seven years before Ricky moved in. Ricky relinquished his preference for sleek modernism in return for the sprinkling of Madonna-themed decor.