Gardena Bluetooth

The Gardena Bluetooth integration allows users to integrate their Gardena Bluetooth devices into Home Assistant.

See device section for support information: water control, irrigation valves, lawn mowers, garden pumps

Configuration

To add the Gardena Bluetooth integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & Services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Gardena Bluetooth.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Water control

The paring of the device may require a factory reset before it allows a connection.

Limitations

  • Control of offline scheduling settings is not supported.
  • Use of the official Android application, sometimes locks out access to device until factory reset is performed or Bluetooth is disabled in the Android device.

Factory reset

  1. Remove the battery.
  2. Push and hold Man. button and reinsert the battery.
  3. Hold the button for approx. 10 seconds.

Irrigation valves

  • Irrigation Valve 9 V Bluetooth (1285-20)

Limitations

Irrigation valves are currently untested, but expected to work.

Lawn mowers

Limitations

Gardena Bluetooth lawn mowers are currently not supported due to custom protocol on top of Bluetooth.

Gard Pumps

Limitations

Irrigation valves are currently untested, but expected to work.