Originally Posted by garnerloftin

Completely agree that part of the satisfaction of gardening is doing it yourself and being pleased with what you produce and create. I don’t think the report is insinuating that gardeners will be left out of the equation in the future, just that as technologies change, so will the way we garden.

For example, an experimental technology like Botanicalls, a means of enabling plant-human communications through sensors and messaging technology, will enable gardeners to measure more precisely the nutrients and water to be delivered to the right part of their garden.

At any rate, let’s see what the next twenty years will bring…