Perfect Native Plant Finder

in this code, you can filter data based on the type of native california plant you are looking for, the season you want it to grow in, the color you want the flower to be, how big you want it to be based on how much space you have, how much water the plant needs, and how much sun it needs. By using my code you can find the perfect native plant to plant in you backyard or in your house! Enjoy the code!

The Data

for my data set, I chose to work with a data set from the San Francisco Plant Finder that contests of native California plants, mostly flowers. the data set has many details about each plant that allowed me to filter my data when I started coding. The San Francisco Plant Finder is a resource for gardeners, designers, ecologists, and anyone who is interested in greening neighborhoods, enhancing our urban ecology, and surviving the drought. The Plant Finder recommends appropriate habitat-building plants for sidewalks, gardens, and roofs that are adapted to San Francisco's unique environment and climate.

I wanted to create a visualization that would allow users to filter the data about the flowers so thy could find a perfect plant for the user to grow in a specific area. I wanted to create a visualization that would allow users to use all the data the SF Plant Finder collected to find a good plant for them to grow based on season, space, color, water and sun levels, etc.

The Visualization

in my visualization, the data is represented as dots on a line with a properties filter section above it. each dot has a box above it with more information that you can view by hovering a specific dot. to interact with the visualization, try clicking on some of the checkboxes to filter the dots. You can select one from each category, once you filter the dots you can hover over the remaining dots so you can see more information on the types of plants you picked!

The Code

Here is the actual code! you should be able to interact with it from here! If not visit this link to see the code!

My Observations

One interesting thing I noticed during this project is that there are not many native plants that grow in the winter and a lot of plants have low to no water needs and can have a variety of sun. I think this is because we are in a drought so native plants had to adapt to rely on no water and although it is pretty sunny here there are some shady areas as well.

something I still wonder about is how long it takes some of these plants to grow. I wonder if the San Francisco Plant Finder also collected data on how long some of the plants take to grow. I think it would be interesting to compare them.