According to Husqvarna’s recently released Global Gardening Trend Report, the yard of the future will be the one at the lawn graduation ceremony wearing all the pretty robes and tassels.
Indeed, when asked about their vision of the YOTF, 38 percent of the 1,000 U.S. homeowners surveyed suggested the yard will be entirely self-containing – and very “smart.” To wit, here’s the intelligent yard model the survey revealed:
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This intelligent outdoor space is driven by a busy lifestyle and desire for a low-maintenance yard.
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Within the next two decades, we could see gardens that are capable of watering and feeding themselves, lawns that can submit growth development reports and even self-pruning plants.
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Gardeners will have the ability to simulate different weather and soil conditions, allowing them to experiment with unusual and tropical plants that previously could only grow in greenhouse environments or within their natural habitat.
The report, produced with trend forecasting agency The Future Laboratory, incorporated interviews with more than 6,000 people from eight countries and asked a series of questions relating to gardening and how the development of technology may impact future behavior.
As sci-fi as the answers might seem on the surface, the fact is that companies such as Husqvarna are already marketing products such as the Automower and Automower Solar Hybrid to address the modernization of the lawn. We’re obviously talking “when” and not “if” the paradigm shifts.
Apparently, 38 percent of the people think the shifting has already begun.
-- Yale
This is indeed a
GRAVE NEW WORLD
Posted by: greg draiss | April 23, 2009 at 07:36 AM