GardenFix: Local AI Plant Care That Gets You Off the Screen

Description and use

GardenFix is a local AI plant‑care assistant that processes plant photos and watering/sunlight context offline, delivering structured observations, possible explanations, and a single practical check.

Problem

Beginners notice drooping or discoloured leaves but don’t know what to investigate next.

Outcome

GardenFix provides a structured, offline AI assessment of plant health, guiding users to perform a single targeted physical check and informing them of limitations, thereby reducing guesswork in plant care.

Workflow

• Upload plant photo
• Answer last watering date
• Answer sunlight exposure
• Backend validates and resizes image
• Send image and context to Gemma via Ollama
• Gemma returns structured output
• Application validates and displays observations, explanations, practical check, and limitations

Evidence

GardenFix then provides visible observations, possible explanations, and one practical physical check.

Source

At its core is Gemma 3 4B, an open-weight vision-language model running locally through Ollama.

Source

The application code is MIT-licensed. Gemma’s model weights are governed separately by its model terms.

Source