The best Surface Pro features for gardeners

Gardeners have a passion for nurturing life, creating beauty, and cultivating community. Brian Briganti, a full-time gardener, content creator, and author, has transformed his gardening journey with the help of a Microsoft Surface, Copilot+ PC. Like Brian, you can benefit from the features of Surface Pro. Learn what makes Surface Pro one of the best devices to support the growing needs of gardeners.

Experience the power of AI

As a gardener, you need a laptop that can go where you go and offers features you can use to plan, design, and organize all the information needed to make your vision a reality. Surface Pro, with AI-accelerated power, lightning-fast speed, and all-day battery life¹ keeps up with you from sunrise to sunset. Portable and versatile, use Surface Pro as a tablet for quick tasks or as a laptop for more intensive work.

Sketch and handwrite from anywhere directly on the screen

Surface Pro’s high-resolution touchscreen and integration with Surface Slim Pen make it effortless to sketch out garden designs and capture the many inspiring ideas going through your mind. You can sketch and handwrite directly on the screen with features like Cocreator^{2 3}, the generative AI tool in Paint.

Whenever and wherever an idea comes to you, Cocreator can help you finish it. Simply start your thoughts with a prompt, and add a few swipes of a brush, and the generative AI technology in Paint helps co-create the design along with you.

With apps like Microsoft OneNote, which is enhanced by AI, you can summarize your handwritten notes and designs and upload them to Microsoft OneDrive. No detail is lost, and you can access the information anytime.

Ask for gardening advice

When you need advice, turn to Microsoft Copilot. Copilot is your AI-powered companion that helps you work smarter and be more productive. For example, Brian needed a vibrant fall garden ready within two months when he planned to open his gardens to share with his community. He needed to know which plants would thrive in a two-month window, so he asked Copilot. A quick query to Copilot generated a list of suitable options, allowing efficient planning and mapping out of results.

Design and create signs, photos, and videos

Surface Pro’s seamless integration with Microsoft 365 makes it easy to design and create beautiful signs, which you can use to provide information about the many plants in a garden. The lightweight portability of Surface Pro and AI-powered camera make it easy to capture high-quality photos. Combine photos with garden-themed templates by using publishing applications, like Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, and print your results on high-quality paper for customized results.

Capture and share the beauty of your gardens

Much of the fun of gardening is sharing beauty with others. Use Surface Pro to capture photos and videos of your garden and share with your extended community via social media, blogs, and your web site.

Explore AI photo editor features, like Microsoft Clipchamp and Microsoft Windows Photos App, and learn photo-editing tips and tricks to give your photos and videos an extra vibrant touch. Style your photos in a snap with Image Creator in the Photos App. If you want your photos to be more artistic, you can apply different styles, adapt a style by describing your vision in your own words, or simply choose from preset styles.

Transformative power of gardening and technology

Surface Pro is a transformative tool for gardeners, combining cutting-edge technology with practical features to support and enhance a gardening journey. Whether you’re planning your next garden layout, capturing stunning photos, or sharing the joy with your community, Surface Pro and its AI-enhanced features can help you every step of the way.