Meet Elena AI – Your Personal Gardening Assistant from GardenAdvice

At GardenAdvice, we are continually developing new ways to help our clients become more confident and successful gardeners. Earlier this year we introduced Helene AI, our general gardening assistant designed to answer gardening questions and identify plants, pests, and diseases from images.

Now we are pleased to introduce Elena AI — the advanced sister of Helene AI.

What is Elena AI?

Elena AI is your own personal gardening assistant, directly linked to your MyGardenTeam online garden section. Unlike a general AI gardening chatbot, Elena has access to the information and advice specifically related to your own garden.

This means Elena can help you with:

• Gardening advice tailored to your garden
• Learning about your plants and soil
• Identifying pests, diseases, and weeds from photographs
• Reminders about seasonal gardening jobs
• Suggestions on what to sow, prune, or feed
• Understanding previous recommendations from GardenAdvice
• Tracking ongoing gardening projects
• Helping you become a better gardener over time

The more information added to your MyGardenTeam section by you and your GardenAdvice gardening expert, the more useful and intelligent Elena becomes.

How Elena AI Works

Elena AI is integrated into your personal section on the GardenAdvice website. As we add notes, planting plans, feeding schedules, photographs, and garden reports, Elena learns more about your garden environment and the advice we have already provided.

This creates a much more personalised gardening experience.

For example, Elena may already understand:

• Which plants are growing in your garden
• Previous pest or disease problems
• Your soil conditions
• Local weather patterns
• Plants we have recommended
• Feeding schedules
• Pruning advice
• Current projects and tasks

As a result, Elena can provide much more relevant answers than a general internet search.

Ask Elena Questions About Your Garden

You can ask Elena questions such as:

• What should I be sowing this month?
• Why are my leaves turning yellow?
• What is this pest?
• What plant is this?
• When should I prune my roses?
• What should I feed my hydrangeas with?
• Which plants work well in shade?
• Why is my lawn struggling?
• What jobs should I do this week?

Because Elena is linked to your MyGardenTeam section, the answers can become increasingly personalised to your own garden.

Plant, Pest and Disease Identification

One of Elena AI’s most useful features is image recognition.

Simply upload a photograph using the image upload button and Elena can help identify:

• Plants
• Weeds
• Pests
• Diseases
• Deficiencies
• Garden problems

This can save time and help you quickly understand what is happening in your garden.

Elena AI and Human Garden Advisors Working Together

Elena AI is not designed to replace human gardening advice — instead it works alongside the GardenAdvice team.

Think of Elena as your gardening assistant available day and night to help answer questions, explain gardening techniques, and guide you between visits or consultations.

Your GardenAdvice advisor can continue adding notes and recommendations to your online section, while Elena helps you access and understand that information whenever you need it.

Helping You Learn Your Garden

Every garden is different. Soil, climate, light levels, drainage, and planting styles all affect how a garden performs.

Elena AI is designed to help you gradually learn and understand your own garden, making gardening less confusing and more enjoyable.

Over time, Elena becomes a valuable gardening companion that helps you:

• Gain gardening confidence
• Understand seasonal gardening tasks
• Improve plant health
• Develop planting ideas
• Solve problems faster
• Keep track of projects and advice

The Future of Gardening Support

At GardenAdvice we believe the future of gardening combines traditional horticultural knowledge with modern AI technology.

By combining the experience of GardenAdvice advisors with Elena AI and the MyGardenTeam system, we can provide a more continuous, personalised, and interactive gardening support service than ever before.

To access Elena AI, visit your personal MyGardenTeam section on the GardenAdvice website and click the Elena AI button.