IoT plant monitoring system for mental health therapy

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an Internet of Things (IoT) to enhancing the experience of personal gardening as a method of therapy for mental-health patients, given a belief in its role in a person’s mood and general positivity, The proposed (IoT) prototype continuously senses and monitors the state of an indoor plant through different sensors. The user is notified of the plant’s needs for water, sunlight, etc., through generated notifications from channels over cloud in-real time. Thus, we were able to successfully create a humanised experience of recovery where the user can accessibly ‘talk’ with its plant through a smartphone.