Revolutionizing Tree Care with AI
Overview
Grove revolutionizes tree data management by coupling AI data synthesis with passive soil sensors to track tree health across cities, nurturing thriving, resilient green spaces for generations to come. Envisioning a future where urban citizens and arborists engage with AI-driven insights and real-time data to nurture thriving, resilient green spaces for generations to come.
Role
Product Designer
Interaction Designer
UI Designer
UX Designer
Tools
Figma
Qualtrics
Rhino3D
Adobe
Team
Lara Kim
Belle Duffner
Lucilla Fell
Owen Hudock
Duration
20 Weeks
My Role
Designing AI Tools That Empower Arborists
Led the design of Grove’s digital interfaces as Interaction Design Lead & Product Designer — defining how arborists visualize, analyze, and act on real-time environmental data. Delivered intuitive dashboards & data visualizations that streamlined workflows, slashed manual tracking, and enabled proactive care across city tree networks.
The Problem
Urban foresters rely on scattered, outdated data — making it hard to monitor tree health and prioritize maintenance.
Actionable Designs
With scalable layouts, intuitive onboarding, and a clear visuals, the new design improved on-ground management by improving on-ground management efficiency by over 50%.
(L) Current UI, (R) Redesigned UI
Our Solution
The Grove Ecosystem
An ecosystem of AI-powered products that deliver impactful data analysis to boost Arborist productivity. Split into physical and digital products that both individually impact both the arborist community and urban citizens.
Primary Research Strategy
Our team desires to focus on Urban Foresters, which are responsible for the preservation and maintenance of greenery within an urban environment. There are many external partners that influence the funding, roles, and laws that impact urban forestry programs.
There are many external partners that influence the funding, roles, and laws that impact urban forestry programs.
When asked what issues Urban Foresters typically face, the current systems in place for managing data is the root of most complaints.
*Retrieved from the International Society of Arboricutlure
4 Key Insights
Narrowing down our data, refining, and then synthesizing over 250+ raw data points into grouped sentiments, our team extrapolated four key insights that emphasized the most shared problems within each urban forester’s work.
Concept Development
Ideation Strategy
Round Robin
Proposed Solution
The first stage focuses on defining an initial, promising idea to address the challenge. Each team member develops a potential path forward, setting the foundation for discussion.
Anti-Vision Round
Also known as the "Why It Might Fail" phase, this round critically examines the weaknesses, risks, and potential obstacles of the proposed solution. For example, after Belle presents her proposed solution, I take over her section and analyze possible failures, highlighting areas that could compromise its success.
Vision Round
Also known as "How It Can Improve," this final stage refines the concept by integrating feedback and adjustments from the previous rounds. I move on to Owen’s section, where I build upon the insights gained, enhancing the idea to maximize viability, feasibility, and desirability.
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Concepts
Relevancy Matrix
Novelty
Assesses the creativity and originality of each concept, ensuring that our approach brings fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to urban forestry.
Relevancy
Measures how effectively a concept addresses the core problem statement. This ensures that our focus remains on solutions that directly contribute to solving the identified challenges.
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145 Unique Concepts
As a result of this iterative process, our core six HMWs (How Might We questions) expanded into 145 unique concepts. By leveraging the Round-Robin Method, we continuously refined and built upon each idea, ensuring a diverse and well-developed range of solutions. This approach not only encouraged creative exploration but also enhanced the viability, feasibility, and desirability of our final concepts.
Arborist UI
Tablet UX
UI Design
B2B
Tree Inventory Management
Tree Inventory Management
Revolutionizing Tree Care with AI
Overview
Grove revolutionizes tree data management by coupling AI data synthesis with passive soil sensors to track tree health across cities, nurturing thriving, resilient green spaces for generations to come. Envisioning a future where urban citizens and arborists engage with AI-driven insights and real-time data to nurture thriving, resilient green spaces for generations to come.
Role
Product Designer
Interaction Designer
Duration
20 Weeks
Tools
Figma
Adobe
Qualtrics
Team
Lara Kim
Belle Duffner
Lucilla Fell
Owen Hudock
My Role
Designing AI Tools That Empower Arborists
Led the design of Grove’s digital interfaces as Interaction Design Lead & Product Designer — defining how arborists visualize, analyze, and act on real-time environmental data. Delivered intuitive dashboards & data visualizations that streamlined workflows, slashed manual tracking, and enabled proactive care across city tree networks.
My Role
Designing AI Tools That Empower Arborists
Led the design of Grove’s digital interfaces as Interaction Design Lead & Product Designer — defining how arborists visualize, analyze, and act on real-time environmental data. Delivered intuitive dashboards & data visualizations that streamlined workflows, slashed manual tracking, and enabled proactive care across city tree networks.
The Problem
Urban foresters rely on scattered, outdated data — making it hard to monitor tree health and prioritize maintenance.
Actionable Designs
With scalable layouts, intuitive onboarding, and clear data visualizations, the redesigned interface reduced manual data entry time by 50% and enabled arborists to manage twice as many trees per day.
(L) Current UI, (R) Redesigned UI
Our Solution
The Grove Ecosystem
An ecosystem of AI-powered products that deliver impactful data analysis to boost Arborist productivity. Split into physical and digital products that both individually impact both the arborist community and urban citizens.
Research
Primary Research Strategy
Our team desires to focus on Urban Foresters, which are responsible for the preservation and maintenance of greenery within an urban environment. There are many external partners that influence the funding, roles, and laws that impact urban forestry programs.
There are many external partners that influence the funding, roles, and laws that impact urban forestry programs.
There are many external partners that influence the funding, roles, and laws that impact urban forestry programs. When asked what issues Urban Foresters typically face, the current systems in place for managing data is the root of most complaints.
When asked what issues Urban Foresters typically face, the current systems in place for managing data is the root of most complaints.
*Retrieved from the International Society of Arboricutlure
Research
Key Insights
Arborist UI
Tablet UX
UI Design
B2B
Tree Inventory Management
Tree Inventory Management
Citizen UI
Mobile UX
UI Design
B2C
Onboarding
