In order to improve the reliability of wireless sensor networks and reduce the power consumption in the monitoring process, the low power consumption monitoring method of agricultural greenhouse environment based on wireless sensor networks is studied. The terminal node of wireless sensor network is constructed by using CO2 sensor, temperature and humidity sensor and illumination sensor. In the sensor network layout stage, in order to reduce the node power consumption, considering the number of nodes and network coverage, the cuckoo search algorithm is used to optimize the node layout model. The communication module uses LEACH protocol to transmit the environmental data collected by the terminal node to the monitoring center. The cluster head link is selected in LEACH protocol to save energy. After receiving the environmental data collected by the terminal node, the monitoring center uses multi-dimensional data to identify and locate abnormal environmental data according to the correlation between multi-modal data streams in the same node, so as to realize the environmental monitoring of agricultural greenhouse. The experimental results show that the data transmission of the research method is stable and reliable, and the node’s power consumption in the process of internal environment monitoring of the research object is effectively reduced.