Community Gardens Forres
- Duration
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- Jun-Aug 2024
- Role
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- Individual Master's Graduation Project
- Focus
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- UX Research · Stakeholder Mapping · Community Engagement
Overview
A UX project that helps community gardens attract young volunteers and address long-term funding and labour challenges.
Challenge
Lack of funding, volunteers, and youth engagement.
Goal
Bring more young people into community gardening.
Impact
More volunteers, stronger communities, and a more sustainable future.
Solution
A multi-touchpoint experience designed to make gardening more accessible and engaging for young people:
- Home Gardening Toolkit
- Redesigned Community Signage
- AR Gardening Experience
GARDENING CALENDAR
Calendars related to the Forres community garden.
On the first Saturday of March, June, September and December, a gardening market will take place in the Grant Park in Forres. The calendar is one of the ways to publicise the event.
Map Front
Map Back
8-panel fold, pocket-sized when folded
COMMUNITY GARDEN MAP
A Map
on the theme of Forres community garden, which shows the general location and gives the contact information of the community garden.
Street Signs
let passers-by to learn about the plant and information about related community gardens
e.g. this rose bed is managed and maintained by Forres in Bloom.
Seed Bags
Scan the QR code on the back to learn the growing instructions for that plant.
AR Gardening Market
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/mA_cTKQcZcg
☀️ Saturday, June 7th 2025
⏰ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
📍 Grant Park, Forres
💰 FREE to everyone
Storyboard
Research & Design Process
Context
Community gardens often depend on informal messages, scattered sign-up sheets, and local knowledge. This project frames the garden as a shared product experience where newcomers can understand what is happening and how to participate.
User Goal
The main user needs to find a nearby garden, understand open roles or events, and join without feeling like they are interrupting an existing community.
Product Flow
The core flow moves from discovery, garden profile, availability, joining an activity, receiving reminders, and seeing the impact of shared work over time.
Outcome
The case study will show how UI structure, warm visual language, and clear participation states can lower the social barrier to joining a local garden.