A garden is a collection of evolving ideas that aren't strictly organised by their publication date. They're inherently exploratory – notes are linked through contextual associations. They aren't refined or complete - notes are published as half-finished thoughts that will grow and evolve over time. They're less rigid, less performative, and less perfect than the personal websites we're used to seeing.
A digital garden is an online space at the intersection of a notebook and a blog, where digital gardeners share seeds of thoughts to be cultivated in public. Contrary to a blog, where articles and essays have a publication date and start decaying as soon as they are published, a digital garden is evergreen: digital gardeners keep on editing and refining their notes.
Articles
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
Digital Gardening for Non-Technical Folks
How to set up your own digital garden
Other people's gardens
Maggie Appleton's digital garden
Andy Matuschak's evergreen notes
Resources
Digital Gardening – Resources, links, projects, and ideas for gardeners tending their digital notes on the public interwebs