Does starting the "Garage" start wetting my yard?

Cupertino, January 1, 2022

I know I have to do something stupid here. :) I've been a SmartThings user for centuries and I've been generally satisfied, but I'm trying to migrate to HomeKit for better native integration with my Apple devices. Getting Siri to do what I want was crazy, which is why I'm asking for guidance. For this example, consider two rooms, called Garage and Home Controls. The garage contains a ceiling light and two door locks, while Home Controls contains my two Rachio irrigation controllers and a few other things, such as the home alarm, and so on. For some crazy reason, if I tell Siri to start the Garage, it starts to wet my Rachio areas. and does not turn on the light above the head. Rachio controllers were in the Garage because they are physically located there, but in HomeKit I moved them to Home Controls to make the Garage lights control less prone to errors. Since Rachios is no longer in the Garage and I don't use the word Garage anywhere in their name, I'm struggling to figure out why Siri is triggering them. Their names are literally Rachio Front Yard and Rachio Back Yard. Can anyone help me figure out why this is happening and how to turn on the lights in a room without watering my lawn? :) I know I can address the lights above the ceiling directly by name and that works well, but I should be able to turn them on by room name too, right? Thanks!!!

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