# THE GARDIN PLATFORM

ChF - Chlorophyll Fluorescence

#### Increase Yield

Optimize your farm for each and every growth cycle, increasing yield by up to 40%

#### Improve Quality

Detect stress before it is visible and has a significant impact on your crops

#### Reduce Costs

Give the plants exactly what resources they need, no more, no less

## PLANT DRIVEN GROWING

The optimisation of controlled environment agriculture has been limited by an incomplete understanding of plant-level responses to the environment.

Gardin enables a new type of agriculture, "Plant Driven Growing", which uses real-time insights from the plants themselves to continually optimise the environment to meet the needs of the plants. A deeper understanding of plant responses is essential to create the environment for maximum productivity and resource efficiency, and we believe this is the future of farming.

## HOW IT WORKS

The Gardin Platform is a cloud-based crop intelligence system with high-tech optical sensors.

Gardin captures the photosynthetic performance of your crops in real time using chlorophyll fluorescence.

Our platform generates performance alerts, plant targets, and growth insights days before visible symptoms.

Growers can adjust the growing environment to improve quality, productivity, and reduce inputs.

## TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH

Chlorophyll fluorescence is a powerful technique to measure the health and performance of plants but its use was previously limited to research laboratories due to the cost and size of the sensors. Gardin has developed a scalable, commercial sensor that can be used to measure production environments.

## FULLY AUTOMATED AND SIMPLE TO INTEGRATE

The Gardin Platform is completely automated. The sensors are plug and play and once deployed run fully autonomously. The Platform has a comprehensive API to allow simple integration with whatever farm management system software a grower uses.

### Testimonials

#### Erik Lundgren, Co-founder and Chief R&D Officer - Ljusgårda  
  
"Working with Gardin enabled us to explore a new technology and collect useful observations that strengthen our understanding of plant performance. These insights add value to our internal development work and help us assess how real-time plant data may support future optimisation efforts."

#### Maurits Kooijman, Head Grower at KP Holland  
  
"Gardin helped us clearly identify when our plants were receiving too much light. By adjusting our shading strategy based on that insight, the plants are now healthier and growing better than before. We now use the data every day to monitor how the plants respond."

#### Stijn Jochems, Researcher - Delphy Improvement Centre  
  
"Gardin sensors added value in seeing a response before we saw the crop deteriorating. I could definitely see the sensors being used to enhance quality and yield in lit crops, particularly as a way to increase their light use efficiency."

#### Leonard Boer, Owner and Grower - FromBoer  
  
"Before, I mainly focused on the climate conditions in the greenhouse...with Gardin I can measure the effect of the climate conditions based on the plants themselves. The sensor data contributes to a homogeneous production of high quality and to cost control. On balance, I estimate that the result per square meter is at least 5% higher."

#### Rob Van Enckevort, Owner and Grower - De Peelkroon  
  
"We pay closer attention to the shading strategy now we work with Gardin, and take better steps to plan for periods of high light, like we have seen this year. Gardin has helped us to think more about the long-term effects of our crop strategy on plant health rather than choosing short term gains."

#### Marco Kortekaas, Grower at KP Holland  
  
"Maintaining consistent plant quality is extremely important for us, especially for our relationships with retail customers. If the quality drops, it directly affects the value of our plants. Gardin helped us clearly identify when our plants were receiving too much light. By adjusting our shading strategy based on that insight, the plants are healthier and growing better, which helps us consistently deliver the quality our customers expect."

#### Csaba Hornyik, Head of Science - IGS  
  
"For the first time, Gardin's advanced sensors have enabled us to remotely explore plant activity in an industrial setting. This breakthrough has been a significant milestone in our quest to perfect recipe development and crucial for creating the optimal plant environment."

#### Scott Philips, Group Development Director Berry Farming, Agriculture Investments  
  
"Gardin cameras have become an integral part of our LED strawberry production. They support both our long-term crop and site planning as well as our day-to-day understanding of crop performance. They've quickly become an essential tool for our team. We see even more possibilities for how this technology can support our production in the future."

#### Dr Sander Hogewoning, Director of Plant Lighting B.V  
  
"Gardin could reliably detect the transition of CAM-phase III into IV with its sensor. Moreover, it was able to rapidly detect the malate depletion across multiple cultivars simultaneously and repeatedly at varying temperatures. I see strong potential for its use in commercial orchid cultivation, phenotyping plant research, and genetic breeding."