Garden for Good
What was my Role?
UX Designer
UX Researcher
The Problem
Home gardeners need a resource to help them maximize their crop and find places to donate their excess harvest
The Goal
Create a tool to help home gardeners research and plan their gardens that also has resources of where to donate extra produce from their gardens
Who is This For?
This tool is for any gardener who wants to find a place to donate extra food
Challenges
The main challenge for this design was making sure the designs and all the information looked good on desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
User research Insights
People expressed frustration that their homegrown produce was going to waste because they didn’t know what to do with it.
Some people wanted to start a garden to help their community but didn’t know where to start.
Initial Design and Ideation
This is an example of the crazy 8’s exercise I did to get a lot of ideas for my product quickly.
Wireframes-Homepage
This is an example of the home screen for both my app, and two screen sizes for the responsive website
Desktop Webpage
Mobile Webpage
Mobile App
Wireframes
Desktop
Mobile Webpage
Mobile App
User Testing Insights
There is no way to input your location to get the personalized features
Needs an “About Us” page so users know the intention of the non-profit.
Users would like to be able to choose which square to place their plant in the garden planning feature.
Mockups-Homepage
Desktop Website
Mobile Website
Mobile App
Mockups
About Us page that was added after user testing
After user testing, I added a + on every square so users can choose which square to plan
What’s Next?
Continue user testing to make sure the tool continues to meet user’s needs
Iterate further on garden planning section of the app.
Keep local information, like charities up to date
Takeaways
The actual needs of the users were much different than what I expected. The end product was very different than what I originally had in mind.