Water conservation is essential, especially for commercial landscapes. Our team at Minick Materials knows how important choosing the right irrigation solution is to help conserve water while nurturing your landscape. Smart irrigation technologies include advanced controllers with weather-based and soil moisture sensors, drip irrigation systems, high-efficiency sprinkler systems, and more. Let’s dive in to see how these systems can be integrated into your commercial landscape. 

Smart Irrigation Systems

While we mentioned advanced controllers with weather-based and soil moisture sensors, drip systems, and high-efficiency sprinkler systems, other options include zone-based irrigation and cloud-based platforms.

  • Smart controllers with weather data integrations automatically adjust watering schedules based on real-time weather conditions, such as rainfall, temperature, and humidity.
  • Soil moisture sensors monitor levels at the root area to deliver water only when needed. This prevents over-watering and helps conserve water.
  • Drip irrigation systems deliver water directly to the base of plants. This helps minimize evaporation and runoff.
  • High-efficiency sprinkler heads are designed to minimize misting and optimize water distribution for better absorption by plants.
  • Zone-based irrigation divides landscapes into zones with different watering needs, allowing customized irrigation for each area.
  • Cloud-based platforms provide data analysis, reporting, and remote management capabilities for irrigation systems. 

Smart Irrigation Systems vs. Traditional Irrigation Methods

Many commercial landscapes still contain traditional irrigation systems, which include manual or fixed-schedule systems that provide inefficient water use and more. These can lead to overwaters, wasting water, and even harming plants. Also, irrigation systems should adapt when the weather changes, which traditional systems lack. 

Smart irrigation systems use sensors to monitor soil moisture, temperature, and other factors, such as weather changes and potential problems. This ensures your landscape isn’t overwatered, damaging plants and causing issues.

Benefits of Smart Irrigation

Five key benefits of smart irrigation include water conservation, increased efficiency, improved plant health, environmental benefits, and cost savings. Depending on how much water your plants are receiving, it will signify how healthy they are. If they are overwatered, plants can die just as much as if they are under-watered. This is why intelligent irrigation systems are crucial for commercial landscapes. These systems also result in lower water bills, which helps the business and the environment.    

Retaining Walls

Although retaining walls are not new to landscape design, they also help and work well with smart irrigation systems. They are crucial structures that serve several important functions, including holding soil in place and preventing erosion. They are instrumental in situations with an unnatural slope in the landscape or when the terrain needs to be reshaped. Adding retaining walls and innovative irrigation will provide a stress-free, easy-to-manage landscape.

Why Minick Materials?

Minick Materials has been in business since 1958 and is stacked with expertise, knowledge, and experience to bring your vision to life. Whether you need building stones, soils and sand, decorative rock, specialty soils, crushed limestone, or mulch, or if you’re interested in adding smart irrigation systems to your commercial landscape, we can help. Please feel free to reach out so we can discuss what you’re looking for!