Green Guru LLC celebrates 10 years of local service
A decade in, the mission is the same: do the work that makes systems reliable, serviceable, and easy to own.
In Southeast Michigan, outdoor systems live a hard life. Mowers, mulch, clay soil, freeze-thaw, shifting grades, and time all push irrigation and lighting toward the same outcome: buried access, corroded splices, and unpredictable performance.
Reliability isn’t a single part. It’s a discipline: access, documentation, water discipline, and service-first standards that stay consistent year after year.
What we learned in 10 years
Most mid-season failures have a root cause you can prevent. The most expensive problems are often the ones you can’t find quickly: lost valve boxes, hidden splices, and wiring faults that turn into repeat visits.
- Access is infrastructure: a valve box is a work area, not an accessory. If it becomes buried or cramped, every future repair costs more.
- Water discipline matters: high source pressure and unstable supply are repeat-failure multipliers. Stabilize pressure and tune under flow.
- Standardization is serviceability: when parts, enclosures, and wiring practices are consistent, troubleshooting is faster and outcomes are better.
Where the company is headed (SRMS™)
SRMS™ is our service-first retrofit approach for smart irrigation control and water protection. It’s designed for typical 3/4" and 1" systems, with a clear path from “connected” to “protected” to “responsive”.
- Tier 1 — Smart Node: connectivity + a Rachio 3 controller (8 or 16 zones) as the foundation.
- Tier 2 — Protection: adds master valve + flow protection (where supported) for abnormal-flow awareness and faster diagnosis.
- Tier 3 — Response: pairs SRMS with Service Plans so alerts become boots-on-the-ground follow-through.
Explore SRMS tiers: SRMS™ • ROI worksheet: SRMS ROI
When power is there but internet is not
Many properties have power at the transformer or in the garage, but no convenient internet connection where outdoor systems live. That gap is exactly where connectivity becomes valuable: when your controller is already “Wi‑Fi ready” (or your lighting system needs a comms link), a dedicated connection can be the difference between “installed” and “actually manageable”.
- Smart irrigation: enable connected control (and SRMS workflows) without trenching new data lines.
- Smart lighting systems: a comms link can support controllers/timers and lite-duty IoT that improves the user experience.
- Convenience tech: Wi‑Fi garage door openers and other small devices benefit when an internet connection is actually convenient (and reliable).
Irrigation connectivity: SRMS Tier 1 flyer • Lighting connectivity: Smart Link
Service standards we’re doubling down on
- Valve box discipline: we standardize on NDS econo round and standard-size rectangular enclosures (plus extensions when needed).
- Lost valves aren’t “normal”: we locate and rebuild access so future service is faster and less invasive.
- Better work environments: pea gravel at the bottom of valve boxes improves visibility and screw retrieval in the real world.
Read more: Lost valve boxes • Water discipline • Lighting hub enclosures
Thank you, Oakland County
To every homeowner, HOA board, and property manager who trusted us with their systems: thank you. The next chapter is about fewer surprises, cleaner documentation, and predictable outcomes.