ShareGarden App

A space for Gardeners to Share, Learn and Grow communities.

App Prototype designed and made on Figma.

The aim of this project was to help support Gardeners well-being using the 5 areas of well-being, which are; Connection to others, Health and activity, learning new things, being curious and giving to others.
I carried out extensive research to find out which of the 5 areas Gardeners most neglected and then used that data to build a platform to help support them.

Founded on research

1.User Interviews

Gathering Qualitative datable conducting interviews, all interviewees were found using Gardening forums.
2.Qualitative Affinity Diagrams

I then analysed and condensed responses from the interviews into affinity diagrams. I then analysed these furthe to find the key insights.
3.Quantitative Data Survey

Using Google Surverys, I gathered over 30 responses from Gardeners giving me even more data to work with.
4.User Personas

I then used all the data to construct 3 user personas, which I could then use to design the app around making sure to meet the needs of Gardeners.

Opportunity Statement

The research conducted shows that gardeners often excel at actively learning new things.

However, they struggle with feeling socially connected with other gardeners and finding ways to help others in meaningful forms.

This provided an opportunity to develop an app that combines gardeners drive to learn new things, with support to help and make new connections with fellow gardeners.

Design and Testing Process

1. Creating User Journeys

I started by mapping out the user journey of each element of the app. This was refined again and again throughout the process as a result of user testing.
2. Paper Wireframes

Producing paper wireframes is a great way to experiment with ideas and find solutions quickly and effectively.
3. Low-Fidelity Prototyping

Creating a low-fidelity prototype of the app, which can be used in user testing to see what works and what doesn’t.
4. High-Fidelity Prototyping

Then from the insights of the user testing I created a High-Fidelity prototype, which underwent further testing to reach the final design.