GardenLifePlanner

This project was part of the UX course UI/UX Design Specialization at the California Institute of the Arts I took in 2020. In the following lines, you can observe the creation process.

Prototype

Please, visit the digital prototype.



Creation Process



Project Description

Keeping all the dates regarding your garden in your head is overwhelming. Let our calendar help you store and remind you of all important events.
This app manages your gardening calendar: when to plant your vegetables when to fertilize when to harvest. It synchronizes with your personal calendar, you can choose if you wish to work just on weekends. At first, you pick your location and soil type, whether you have a greenhouse or humidity receptor in your garden. The application synchronizes with the weather forecasts. It suggests how to fertilize your chosen soil type.
The application can help you to pick the best vegetables for your garden based on soil type and location. You can draw a plan for your garden, the application can help you to combine vegetables next to each other and save this information for next year's use.
The application can store your yearly harvest results. Together with weather data can analyze the results and suggest next year's gardening plan.
You can sell vegetables you don`t need via your preferred marketplace.


Functions

  1. plans calendar for gardeners
  2. chooses vegetables based on location and soil type
  3. makes spacial plan for what vegetables grow well together
  4. store harvest results
  5. connects to the favorite marketplace to sell surplus

Potential users

  1. The seasoned farmer who wants to have all the dates and data under control
  2. A beginner who wants to start his garden and needs some guidance
  3. Hobby gardener who wants to try some new approaches and experiment
  4. Urban communities with communal gardens to help them synchronize their care about the garden

User Personas

Dan, 35 years, small village

Has new family, just bought house in small village on mortgage. House has garden, Dan wants to try gardening but doesn`t have any previous experiences. He has and wife and small kids, he wants to save money, he wants to try gardening. Since he is new in this field, he would appreciate some guidance, he likes that the application helps him to plan all the gardening events in his calendar through the whole year and he can synchronize these with his wife.


Jenny, 25

She doesn`t have her own garden, but want to help her grandma in garden. Grandma usually decides what and when to do, but Jenny wish to develop her own attitude and to discuss it with her grandma.


Client goals

  1. Support home gardening.
  2. Support food consciousness.
  3. Help to sell surplus.
  4. Earn money.
  5. Built functional application

Sitemap



User Interaction Map



Paper Prototype



Wireframe Sitemap



Mood board



Mockups

Initial screens and menu

Onboarding process

Initial settings

Goals

Crops