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Gardin

Gardin is a UK-based agritech company (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) whose product, Gardin Pulse, is a real-time plant-level crop intelligence platform built on an optical sensor that measures chlorophyll fluorescence to assess photosynthetic efficiency. The sensors detect crop stress weeks before visible symptoms appear, letting growers optimise lighting, irrigation and climate control across glasshouses, polytunnels and indoor farms. Gardin exposes this plant-health data to growers and developers through the Gardin API — a set of OAuth2 client-credentials-secured HTTP services covering sensor/device management, an asynchronous bulk Query API for chlorophyll-fluorescence and Gardin-indices data, and a Notification API that delivers real-time plant alerts over webhooks and websockets. Gardin also integrates plant feedback into leading climate-control systems including Priva, Ridder and LetsGrow.

Gardin publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Agriculture, Agritech, Precision Agriculture, and Plant Health.

The Gardin catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Gardin’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, changelog, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 18 more developer resources.

35.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
3 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyAgricultureAgritechPrecision AgriculturePlant HealthPhotosynthesisIoTSensorsGreenhouseCrop IntelligenceSustainabilityData

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 35.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Gardin Query API

Asynchronous bulk data API for downloading chlorophyll-fluorescence (ChF) and Gardin-indices data. Submit a query, poll its status, then download the result set as CSV. Supports...

Gardin Sensor Management API

Device registry and control API to list and find sensors, group devices, run and stop measurement / pick-poses jobs, enable or disable schedules, and check command job status.

Gardin Notification API

Real-time plant-health alert delivery over webhooks and websockets. Emits PLANT_CRITICAL_ALERT, PLANT_STRESS_ALERT, PLANT_LIGHT_ALERT and PLANT_RECOVERY_ALERT events (RAISED / C...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

gardin-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Gardin Authentication

oauth2/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Gardin Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Gardin Scopes

11 scopes

11 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: gardin
name: Gardin
description: Gardin is a UK-based agritech company (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) whose product, Gardin Pulse, is a real-time plant-level
  crop intelligence platform built on an optical sensor that measures chlorophyll fluorescence to assess photosynthetic efficiency.
  The sensors detect crop stress weeks before visible symptoms appear, letting growers optimise lighting, irrigation and climate
  control across glasshouses, polytunnels and indoor farms. Gardin exposes this plant-health data to growers and developers
  through the Gardin API — a set of OAuth2 client-credentials-secured HTTP services covering sensor/device management, an
  asynchronous bulk Query API for chlorophyll-fluorescence and Gardin-indices data, and a Notification API that delivers real-time
  plant alerts over webhooks and websockets. Gardin also integrates plant feedback into leading climate-control systems including
  Priva, Ridder and LetsGrow.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gardin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://gardin.ag/_astro/get-started.BY5JeD8x.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- seedcamp
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Agriculture
- Agritech
- Precision Agriculture
- Plant Health
- Photosynthesis
- IoT
- Sensors
- Greenhouse
- Crop Intelligence
- Sustainability
- Data
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Gardin Query API
  description: Asynchronous bulk data API for downloading chlorophyll-fluorescence (ChF) and Gardin-indices data. Submit a
    query, poll its status, then download the result set as CSV. Supports control-area, device, index-name, daytime and time-range
    filters.
  humanURL: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/submit-a-new-query
  baseURL: https://api.gardin.ag/v1
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/submit-a-new-query
- name: Gardin Sensor Management API
  description: Device registry and control API to list and find sensors, group devices, run and stop measurement / pick-poses
    jobs, enable or disable schedules, and check command job status.
  humanURL: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/list-all-sensors
  baseURL: https://api.gardin.ag/v1
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/list-all-sensors
- name: Gardin Notification API
  description: Real-time plant-health alert delivery over webhooks and websockets. Emits PLANT_CRITICAL_ALERT, PLANT_STRESS_ALERT,
    PLANT_LIGHT_ALERT and PLANT_RECOVERY_ALERT events (RAISED / CLOSED) with an HMAC-SHA256 Gardin-Signature header for verification.
  humanURL: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/plant-alert
  baseURL: https://api.gardin.ag/v1
  properties:
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/gardin-notification-webhooks.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://gardin.ag/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.gardin.ag/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/dev-guide/getting-started/welcome
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/gardin-api/gardin-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/dev-guide/getting-started/welcome
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developers.gardin.ag/docs/dev-guide/changelog/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.gardin.ag/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gardinltd
- type: Blog
  url: https://gardin.ag/news
- type: Support
  url: https://gardin.ag/contact
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://gardin.ag/documents/GardinPrivacyNotice.pdf
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gardin-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/gardin-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/gardin-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/gardin-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/gardin-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/gardin-changelog.yml
  name: Gardin API Changelog (artifact)
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/gardin-notification-webhooks.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/gardin-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/gardin-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/gardin-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/gardin-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gardin-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/gardin-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/gardin-data-model.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence