Automated garden care system

An automated gardening system comprising:

• a plant container disposed in an environment, wherein the plant container is a sub-irrigated planter having a soil area, a water area containing water, and an air space disposed between the soil area and the water area;
• a parameter control having a sensor, an electronics module functionally coupled to the sensor, and an effector disposed in the environment and functionally coupled to the electronics module,
• wherein the parameter control is configured to modulate a condition of the environment from the group of conditions consisting of a temperature, a relative humidity, a light level, a light spectrum, a moisture level, an odor, and a carbon dioxide concentration;
• wherein the condition of the environment is sensed by the sensor and changed by the effector;
• wherein the effector comprises a valve mechanism disposed in a tube fluidly interposed between a feeder tank and the plant container to modulate a fluid level within a water area of the plant container;
• and
• a master controller communicatively coupled to the parameter control and having programmable logic controller, a memory, and a user interface, wherein the master controller comprises a network switch configured to provide communication among subsystems and the master controller.