Steward of Things
AI-powered stewardship for everyday things. Snap a photo, track care, and keep every thing in the green — intelligently.
The challenge
Communities have things worth caring for. But who's looking after them?
Trees go unwatered. Flower beds get neglected. Park benches weather and break. The people who do care often work alone, unrecognised, with no way to coordinate or track their efforts.
Invisible care
Volunteers water, weed, and repair — but there's no record. When they stop, no one notices until it's too late.
Wasted effort
Council workers drive across town to check if trees need water. Half the time they don't — but there's no way to know without visiting.
Isolated stewards
People care deeply but work in isolation. There's no community, no shared view, no way to build on each other's work.
The goal
Keep every thing in the green
Every thing you steward has an emotion — a simple traffic light that tells you how it's doing right now. The goal is straightforward: get them all to green and keep them there.
Happy
Your thing is thriving. It's been visited, cared for, and the data looks good. This is where you want to be.
Needs attention
Something's not quite right — a missed visit, a sensor reading off, or a task overdue. A little care now will bring it back to green.
Struggling
This thing is in trouble and needs you now. Sensors, visit history, or community reports have flagged something urgent.
A simple loop that keeps communities moving
Spot a red or amber thing
Your dashboard shows every thing and its current emotion at a glance.
Take action
Visit it, water it, log a post, complete a task — whatever it needs.
Watch it turn green
The emotion updates, your streak grows, and your community sees the impact.
Your things today
3 of 4 things in the green
How it works
Three steps to smarter stewardship
Whether you're a volunteer with five spare minutes or a council managing hundreds of assets, Steward of Things fits the way you work.
Choose your thing
A planter, a tree, a post box topper — pick something in your community that needs looking after. Register it on the platform and it's yours to steward.
Let AI create your tasks
Every morning, AI reads your sensor data, recent visits, and the care plan you've set — then creates today's maintenance tasks automatically. No more wondering what needs doing.
Get every thing to green
Every thing has an emotion — green, amber, or red — that tells you how it's doing right now. Complete AI-generated tasks, log visits, and earn badges. Your goal is to keep them all in the green.
Autonomous stewardship
An AI steward working around the clock
Every registered thing becomes its own AI-managed stewardship programme. From first photo to daily care tasks — automatically, every day.
Identify
Snap a photo when registering a thing. AI identifies the species, type, and condition — no field guides needed.
Set a care plan
Tell AI how to look after it — or tap a button and let it suggest a care plan based on the photo. You review and save it.
AI plans & acts
Every morning, AI reads sensor data, recent visits, and your care plan — then writes a maintenance narrative and creates today's tasks automatically.
You act. AI learns.
Your team completes tasks and logs visits. AI reads every update, avoids duplicate tasks, and refines the next day's plan.
What the AI reads every day
Sensor data, visits & history — all in context
Before creating a single task, the AI reads everything it knows about the thing — live and historical — so every plan is grounded in what's actually happening in the world.
Soil moisture is at 28% — below the 35% threshold for this species. Water thoroughly at the base today. Check for aphids on new growth; none were noted in last week's visit but warm conditions increase risk.
AI-powered intelligence
Snap a photo. Let AI do the rest.
Our built-in AI analyses every photo you upload — identifying species, assessing condition, and enriching your records automatically. No field guides, no guesswork. Just point, shoot, and know.
Photo verification
AI checks that every contributed photo actually matches the thing it's linked to and automatically removes indecent or inappropriate images — keeping your community safe, accurate, and trustworthy.
Photo detection & classification
Upload a photo of a tree, planter, or any thing you steward. AI identifies the species, type, and key characteristics instantly.
Condition assessment
AI evaluates health from your photos — spotting signs of stress, disease, or damage that you might miss with the naked eye.
Location intelligence
AI enriches your things with local context — soil type, climate zone, nearby biodiversity — so you always have the full picture.
Daily maintenance planning
Every morning, AI reads your sensor data, recent community posts, and open tasks — then writes a maintenance update and creates today's actions for your team.
Smart stewardship
Technology that makes care easier, not harder
We pair community effort with IoT sensors and LoRaWAN networks. Instead of guessing when a tree needs water or driving across town to check, you get live data on your phone.
Soil moisture sensors
Know exactly when a tree or planter needs water — no more guesswork or wasted trips.
Live dashboards
Track trends over time. See which planters dry out fastest, which areas thrive, and where to focus effort.
Smart alerts
Get notified when something needs attention. Water only when needed, visit only when it matters.
Communities in action
Real groups, real impact. See how communities are already using Steward of Things to look after the places they love.
Bee Cafe
Cultivating pollinator-friendly foliage across community gardens to support local bee populations.
Tree Establishment
Tracking early-stage tree care in Petersfield — comparing watering methods with soil-moisture sensors.
Council Planters
Helping a Felixstowe council gardener monitor planters remotely — saving time, water, and trees.
Latest news
Stories from the field — stewardship in practice.
Smart Tree Care Saves Time and Money in Felixstowe
How a council gardener is using LoRaWAN moisture sensors to monitor trees in planters, reducing visits and improving tree health.
Tree Establishment Experiment in Petersfield
A collaboration between Professor Andy Moffat, gardener Phil, and the Steward of Things team testing three different watering methods.
Welcome: A New Chapter in Civic Stewardship
Introducing the Steward of Things platform — tracking stewardship, badges, community recognition, making care visible.
Ready to steward something?
Download the app, join a community near you, or start one of your own. Every community has things worth caring for — and it starts with one person.
Contact Us
Interested in teaming up, learning more, or just curious about what Steward of Things could do in your community? We'd love to hear from you.