Irrigate lawns, trees, or plants.

Irrigate lawns, trees, or plants. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Perform agricultural activities. in Performing General Physical Activities .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage. · Floral Designers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning. · First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans. · Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. · Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees. · Tree Trimmers and Pruners · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Floral Designers
• First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
• Tree Trimmers and Pruners

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-irrigate-lawns-trees-or-plants,
  title  = {Irrigate lawns, trees, or plants.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/irrigate-lawns-trees-or-plants}
}