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The Garden Gets Smart

Inviting lush lawns, beds bursting with blooms and greenery, leafy trees offering shade and solitude. Who wants to bring technology into the peace and beauty of the outdoors? The truth is, gardens and yards are hard work, and landscape maintenance leans heavily on resources that are anything but plentiful. Add in lighting, and outdoor spaces quickly become costly and complicated to design and keep up.

Enter the smart landscape, which promises to maintain your grounds more efficiently and effectively than

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