Your reliable partner for green business concepts.
One system.
Many applications.
People are closely connected to nature. Yet maintaining green surroundings in urban spaces is challenging. Climate change and water scarcity make this even harder. At Boum, we develop solutions that address this very problem. We work with a range of industries across a variety of settings.
Mix and match
Modular solutions for any space: flexibly combine watering methods and designs for a cohesive overall look.
Scalable
A seamlessly expandable system: scale up flexibly at any time, from a single meeting room to an entire building complex.
Automated care & transparency
See all parameters, such as water level and status, at a glance – for maximum plant preservation with minimal effort.
How the Boum ecosystem works
Smart controller and water tank
Our controller is the heart of the Boum system. It brings software and hardware together and works with the Boum App. It includes an integrated water level sensor that sits on a tank with a capacity of up to 55 litres, allowing plants to be watered for weeks. The controller distributes water from the tank to the connected pots and beds via wicks or drippers.
Our wick watering system
Our patent-pending wick system waters plants from a water reservoir beneath the pot, using 40% less water than conventional methods. Our pots are made from 80% recycled materials and are available in a range of shapes and colours.
Our drip irrigation system
Using water consumption data from thousands of Boum systems, we can accurately predict water needs and make drip irrigation as precise as possible.
We have the right solution
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Urban greening and city projects
Learn moreUrban greening and city projects
As part of sponge city concepts, Boum enables flexible, cost-efficient urban greening. The self-sufficient system needs neither power nor water connections and is ideal for mobile planting islands, micro-parks or pop-up green spaces. Municipalities drastically reduce the time and effort spent on watering rounds, while the sensor-based controller saves valuable drinking water. This allows heat-exposed concrete areas to be enhanced sustainably without expensive construction work.
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Plant laboratories & research institutes
Learn morePlant laboratories & research institutes
For plant laboratories and research facilities, Boum offers a reliable platform and an open API for highly precise, reproducible watering management. Sensor-based micro-dosing precisely matches water and nutrient delivery to experimental series. The self-sufficient modular design allows flexible use in greenhouses, outdoor fields or climate chambers without complex installation. This helps institutes reduce experimental variability caused by manual watering errors and ensure valid data sets.
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Schools and boarding schools
Learn moreSchools and boarding schools
For schools and boarding schools, Boum brings educational greening projects into everyday school life. Thanks to Boum’s fully automatic, independent operation, school gardens, raised beds and green classrooms get through long summer holidays and weekends without gaps in care. The smart system also provides a practical way to teach pupils about topics such as digitalisation, water resources and sustainable botany.
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Landscaping & landscape architecture
Learn moreLandscaping & landscape architecture
For landscaping businesses and landscape architects, Boum offers complete design freedom where conventional infrastructure is unavailable. The weather-responsive system needs no utility connections and enables ambitious planting schemes on roof terraces, urban balconies, rental properties or façades – without complex installation or pipework. Sensor-based water delivery keeps planting schemes thriving over time, prevents care errors when customers are away and minimises warranty risks after project handover. This combines design flexibility with high customer satisfaction and offers attractive additional margins on resale and service.
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Hotels & Restaurants
Learn moreHotels & Restaurants
For hotels and restaurants, attractive planting on terraces and around entrances sets the scene for a strong first impression. Boum’s weather-responsive system needs no utility connections and keeps outdoor spaces green automatically and independently. This saves your staff valuable working time, reduces the cost of replacing dried-out plants and ensures your premises always look their best for guests.
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Garden centres
Learn moreGarden centres
For garden centres, adding Boum to the range increases basket values and customer satisfaction. The weather-responsive watering system needs no utility connections and takes away customers’ worries about plants drying out on balconies or terraces. This leads to more plant purchases, fewer complaints and reliable repeat purchases of accessories. Position your garden centre as an innovative problem-solver with attractive margins.
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E-Commerce & Speciality Retail
Learn moreE-Commerce & Speciality Retail
For online shops and specialist retailers, Boum is a premium product with clear customer benefits. The sensor-driven watering system needs no utility connections and solves an everyday problem for many plant lovers: reliable plant care during holidays and time away. The modular range of pots, tanks and accessories enables higher basket values, targeted cross-selling and reliable follow-up purchases as customers expand their systems. Add an innovative smart garden product to your range, with a strong brand story and attractive margins.
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Office greening
Learn moreOffice greening
For modern workplaces, Boum creates a vibrant atmosphere that boosts wellbeing and productivity – effortlessly. The smart, self-sufficient watering system takes care of all plants independently, so weekends and holidays are no longer a problem. Transform offices and meeting rooms into welcoming green spaces that make an impression, with minimal effort.
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A green classroom & a year-round STEM project
Our smart watering systems bring nature and technology together – indoors and out. For the school playground, the Boum raised bed has the footprint of a Euro pallet and features an integrated 190-litre water tank with vandal-resistant technology. Inside the school building or in an indoor herb garden in winter, our Pro and Core ranges create green learning environments all year round. We actively support you in integrating the project into your curriculum: we install pots or raised beds on site together with the students. Through software access, students can view sensor data, analyse water consumption and manage the project independently – for an interactive learning experience exploring biology, technology and the environment.
- Interactive STEM project: Curriculum integration, including software access and hands-on learning.
- Year-round & flexible: Outdoor raised beds and indoor systems (Pro & Core) for a herb garden in winter.
- Safe & robust: Vandal-resistant technology and a 190-L water tank in a Euro-pallet-sized raised bed.
- Installing together: Guided on-site assembly for a shared experience that brings everyone together.
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A healthy indoor climate & smart office planting
Office plants create a more welcoming atmosphere, improve air quality and support your team's wellbeing. With Boum, adding greenery is effortless, with no expensive external maintenance contracts. Whether for indoor planters or outdoor spaces, our smart watering systems draw water autonomously from integrated water tanks. Special indoor substrates prevent fungus gnat infestations, while an adaptive controller and app notifications mean refilling is only needed every few weeks – even during company holidays, your office stays green and full of life, without the stress.
- No watering effort: Smart watering systems keep daily plant care to a minimum.
- A better indoor climate: Supports health, focus and visual appeal in the office.
- No fungus gnat problems: Optimised indoor soil for clean, hygienic office spaces.
- Holiday-ready: Weeks of autonomous watering – ideal for company holidays and long weekends.
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Smart urban planting & heat-resilient cities
Public spaces need flexible, highly efficient planting solutions to combat heat islands. The Boum raised bed, with the standard footprint of a Euro pallet, fits seamlessly into the urban landscape. The integrated 190-litre water tank and protected controller technology housed inside make the system particularly resistant to damage and vandalism. With smart watering systems featuring a controller that adapts to plant needs and the weather, municipalities save up to a third of their water and significantly reduce costly maintenance trips by municipal teams – for a sustainable, vibrant and green urban environment.
- Vandal-resistant design: Technology and a 190-L water tank securely housed in the Euro-pallet-sized raised bed.
- Fewer maintenance trips: High water capacity reduces the cost of routine municipal checks.
- Up to a third less water: Efficient watering tailored to plant needs, based on weather data.
- Modular urban gardening: Flexible to set up and expand in public spaces.
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Innovation & excellence
Founded by Prof. Matthias Erb and Dr. Ludwig Auer as a spin-off from the University of Bern, Boum brings together excellence in engineering, software development and biology. Our interdisciplinary expertise enables us to develop innovative products and services. The Boum plant care system (patents pending) is a globally unique solution for greening buildings. Our mission: to make the benefits of plants accessible to you — simply, elegantly and sustainably.
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80%
Recycling.
Our planters are made from a blend containing 80% recycled material and finished by hand.
climate-friendly
Less CO2 and water loss
Compared with conventional solutions, our plant care system saves over 20 kg CO2 and 40% water.*
Circular
Modular and repairable
Our products are modular and repairable. This maximises their lifespan and environmental friendliness.