Steward of Things
AI-powered stewardship for everyday things. Browse what's near you, follow what you love, and adopt what you want to care for — AI handles the daily grind.
Adopted
Oak tree — yours to steward
Real things, right now
Things being stewarded today
From heritage phone boxes to newly planted trees — a glimpse of what communities are already looking after.
Newly Planted Tree
Verge At The Side Of A Road
Border
Covent Garden London Planter
Mature Tree
Bee Cafe
Heritage Telephone Box
Postbox Topper
Murial
Bin
Christmas Tree
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.
How it works
From browsing to adopting
Everyone starts where they're comfortable — no account needed to look, no commitment needed to follow. When you're ready to really make a difference, adopt a thing and it's yours to steward.
Browse what's near you
No sign-up required. See the trees, planters, and habitats your community is already looking after, right from your current or a chosen location.
Follow, or just lend a hand
Follow a thing or a whole group to get updates with zero commitment. Spotted a broken planter on your walk? Any signed-in user can post about it — straight to the people who look after it.
Adopt what you want to care for
Ready to really make a difference? Adopt a thing and get onboarded to it. From then on, AI turns its care plan into daily tasks and routes every community post straight to you.
Get recognised
Your group's admins credit every adopter's effort — badges, a visible timeline, and real recognition for the care you put in.
At a glance
Every adopted thing has a status
A simple traffic light tells adopters how each thing is doing right now — so nothing needing care goes unnoticed.
😊 Happy
Cared for and thriving
😐 Needs attention
A task or visit is overdue
😟 Struggling
Needs its adopter now
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, let it suggest a care plan based on the photo, or fork one from the shared plan library — a growing collection of published, community-tested plans. 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.
AI tree height measurement
Hold an A4 sheet of paper next to a tree when you take a photo. AI uses it as a scale reference to calculate the tree's height — and tracks growth over time on a chart in the app.
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.
AI chatbot assistant
Ask your community's assistant about a thing's history, care plan, or status in plain language — it answers from your live data, no digging through screens.
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.
Self-guided trails
Create a walk through your community's things. Share it with anyone — no app required to browse.
Stop-by-stop
Each stop is a thing on the map. Walkers navigate between stops and learn about each one along the way.
Selfie check-ins
Walkers complete a stop by posting a selfie at the location — a fun way to prove the visit and add to the photo record.
Leaderboard
A live walkers leaderboard keeps things competitive and celebrates the most active community members.
Trails
Turn your things into a self-guided walk
Group admins can create a Trail — an ordered sequence of things that anyone can follow as a self-guided tour. Perfect for nature walks, heritage routes, community garden tours, or tree-planting projects.
Share a trail link with your community, embed it in a newsletter, or post it on social media. Walkers navigate stop-by-stop, post a selfie at each location, and earn their place on the leaderboard.
Create a trailCompetitions
Perfect for the In Bloom competitions held nationally around the UK
Steward of Things helps communities organise and showcase their efforts for Britain in Bloom, It's Your Neighbourhood, and other horticultural competitions. Track progress, document care activities, and build a compelling evidence portfolio throughout the year.
Run the entire competition process — from accepting entries and managing submissions to coordinating judging panels and awarding winners. Keep all maintenance records, photos, and community engagement in one place, then seamlessly transition to judging and results.
Start your competition journeyEvidence portfolio
Build a year-round record of care activities, photos, and community involvement to showcase at judging time.
Progress tracking
Monitor plant health, maintenance schedules, and project milestones throughout the competition season.
Community engagement
Coordinate volunteers, share updates, and demonstrate active community participation — a key judging criterion.
Entry & judging system
Manage competition entries, coordinate judges, score submissions, and award winners — all in one platform.
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.