Inviting visitors to interact with the plants at the 2025 Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK, proved a positive showcase for AI and Raspberry Pi 5.

Keen gardener King Charles III famously promoted the idea of talking to plants in a 1986 episode of children’s TV show Blue Peter. This same idea could be found at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, where technology company Avanade embedded sensors in trees and used an app to prompt conversations about each tree’s health.

Alongside this, Avanade’s Pete Gallagher created a bespoke Pollinator Camera, based on Raspberry Pi 5 and the Hailo AI accelerator, to photograph and detect the number of insects visiting the show garden each day. The Intelligent Garden won a gold award for Best Construction at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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