Wireless Sensor Networks: A Framework for Community and Educational Gardens

摘要

Community and educational garden are seen as a platform for people in city centers to have better quality of lives where neighbors’ and kids can meet, socialize and interact creating harmonious living environment. It is a form of educational technique to expose children and studentson food production and ways to nurture values. The lack of space and interest make farming activities less popular among people in the city centers. This paper highlights some reasons why community and educational gardens are required and describes some of the challenges faced. The paper proposestechnology as the essence for creating interest among communities and school children and proposes an application framework that is available for community and education gardens that integrates wireless sensor networks and mobile applications to monitor the gardens. The proposed applicationis feasible to build using available infrastructure at home and school buildings which is cheap to build, easy to maintain and safe to operate.