Trip to Bunnings

Today was the first class for the Ihi/Wehi brief. We were given gardening as our product area so decided to go to Bunnings to kick start our research.

We had a look at the gardening related products and chatted to the shop assistant in charge of the gardening section, Here are the notes/ideas we wrote down-

-Wheelbarrows- issue- user's often lack strength to tip contents out of wheelbarrow, (idea- legs on back of wheelbarrow could be pumped up to extend and therefor tip the barrow?)

-Customers often have issues with weedeaters, they often break with misuse, the safty cover is often bashed against concrete garden walls.

-Gardeners tend to be environmentally conscious.

-Gardening tools tend to be brightly coloured so less easily lost.

-Safety concerns- pesticides/herbicides, weed eaters, lawnmowers, pruners etc.

-Indoor/outdoor gardens, community gardens.

-Common gardening issue- birds/cats etc. wrecking/digging up/eating gardens

-Weed sprayer- often sold as hose attached to bottle containing spray. Backpack sprayers which need to be filled with concentrate diluted with water, (safety issues with spray contact)- idea- spray backpack refilled with canisters containing pre-mixed spray, customer buys backpack then re-fills with compatible spray canisters as needed?

LIST OF GARDENING PRODUTS AT BUNNINGS (there's a bit of an overlap between working/construction tools and gardening/landscaping tools, eg. shovels, spades, rakes, hammers etc.)

Electrical
-watering system timers, lawn mowers, automatic mosquito sprayer, weed eaters/line trimmers, mulchers/shredders, water blaster and patio cleaning attachment, steam jets, leaf blower/vacuum, electric hedge trimmer, chain saws.

Analogue
-edge trimmers, hoses, hose hangers and attachments, garden sprayers and attachments, watering cans, axes, spades, shovels, garden forks, watering system attachments, backpack sprayer, 25L water/spray 'carry can' with dispenser, twine, hedge shears, loppers, bird feeders, pruners, hanging planters, wooden planter box, ceramic pots, bird/animal netting, dry fertilizers, potting mix, antifungals, face masks, rakes, hoes, gloves, weed bags, trowel, extendable tree pruners, extendable hedge shears, kneelers, worm bin, gumboots, herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers (organic and non-organic)