The Journey Begins
After years of struggling with my own yardowrk I got tired of mowing and watering my ever needy lawn, I decided to go native. After doing some research I found a lot of helpful websites and guidance, but none provided me with a simple tool to get me started on turning my yard into a naive gardenscape oasis. As a recent AWS Cloud Institute graduate and completely new to tech and coding I decided to start building my own solution. Here’s why this matters and how I’m approaching it.
The Problem
Creating a native plant garden today is unnecessarily complicated:
- Information is scattered across numerous websites
- Existing tools don’t provide comprehensive guidance
- There’s no clear path from planning to implementation
- There is no easy solution to guide garden novices or entice a different gardening approach
The Solution
Wildscape Muse will be different. I’m building a tool that:
- Provides personalized plant recommendations
- Offers interactive garden planning tools
- Guides users through the entire process
- Helps educate on the benefits of a natural gardenscape
Technical Approach
I’m building this using:
- Django backend for robust data management
- React (Vite) frontend for a dynamic user experience
- AWS infrastructure for scalability
- AI integration for personalized guidance
Next Steps
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be:
- Continuing to set up the core infrastructure
- Building the plant database
- Developing the recommendation engine
- Creating the garden planning interface
- Work on integrating AI tools and so much more!
Follow along as I document this journey!