SmartLinks connected product platform
Plants & Garden Care

Every Plant grows your revenue.

AI plant advisors, care calendars, seasonal planting reminders, and companion planting guides — all from a single scan on the plant tag.

What it does

Connected packaging features

AI Plant Advisor

Customer scans the tag, AI recommends the best plants for their soil type, garden aspect, and experience level. A personal gardening expert in every pot.

Care Calendars

Personalised watering, feeding, and pruning schedules pushed to the customer's phone. Plants thrive, customers return for more.

Companion Planting

AI suggests plants that grow well together. Every plant tag cross-sells complementary species — the garden designs itself.

Seasonal Reminders

Frost protection alerts, planting windows, and seasonal care tips. Keep customers engaged with their garden year-round.

Pest & Disease Guide

Photo-based identification and treatment recommendations. Customers solve problems and buy treatments — all from the plant tag scan.

Digital Plant Passport

Species provenance, growing conditions, and phytosanitary certification. Meet regulatory requirements with scannable compliance.

Revenue Engagement

Revenue Triggers From Every Plant

Every scan is a revenue opportunity — from companion plants to fertilisers to seasonal collections.

Companion Plant Cross-Sell

Scan one plant, discover complementary species. AI builds garden schemes that drive multi-plant purchases.

Care Product Upsells

Plant-specific fertilisers, composts, and treatments recommended at the point of scan. One-tap purchase from the plant tag.

Seasonal Collection Campaigns

Spring bedding, summer colour, autumn bulbs — timed campaigns that drive garden centre footfall when it matters most.

First-Party Gardener Data

Every registration builds your direct audience — personalised by garden type, soil, and experience level for targeted campaigns.

How it works

How It Works

Get started in minutes — no complex integration required

01 — QR on Every Plant Tag

QR code printed on the plant tag or pot label. Each species gets a unique digital identity with care info and AI recommendations.

02 — Gardener Scans & Learns

Phone scan opens an AI plant advisor — care instructions, companion planting, and personalised growing tips build gardener confidence.

03 — Sell & Re-Engage

Companion plant suggestions, care products, seasonal reminders, and new collection alerts — every scan generates revenue.

Use cases

Where it earns its keep

Bedding Plants

Seasonal planting guides, colour combination suggestions, and care calendars. Drive multi-pack purchases with AI garden design.

Trees & Shrubs

Growth expectations, pruning calendars, and placement advice. Long-term care guides that build lasting customer relationships.

Herbs & Vegetables

Companion planting, harvest timing, and recipe suggestions. Connect the garden to the kitchen and drive repeat visits.

Houseplants

Light requirements, watering schedules, and repotting guides. Indoor plant care that reduces returns and builds confidence.

Garden Centre Retail

In-store QR tags that replace printed care labels with rich digital content. Reduce printing costs, increase engagement.

Landscaping Trade

Specification sheets, bulk pricing, and project planning tools for professional landscapers and garden designers.

SmartLinks Hub

Your Garden Centre Revenue Platform

Beyond plant tags — SmartLinks Hub turns every plant into a sales channel with AI plant advisors, companion cross-sells, and first-party gardener data capture.

Smart Plant Pages

Every species gets a living product page — driving companion plant sales, care product orders, and seasonal collection discovery.

AI Plant Advisor

Trained on thousands of species. Recommends plants for any garden, handles care queries, and drives cross-sells 24/7.

Revenue Engine

Companion plant cross-sells, care product upsells, seasonal campaigns, and loyalty programmes — revenue from every touchpoint.

Replaces 7+ Tools

One platform replaces plant labels, care guides, CRM, loyalty programmes, and seasonal marketing tools.

Ready to Turn Every Plant Into a Revenue Channel?

Join forward-thinking garden centres already using SmartLinks™ to drive repeat visits, capture gardener data, and own the customer relationship.