Digital Garden Network

This garden doesn’t exist in isolation. Here are other digital gardens, personal wikis, and knowledge bases that inspire and inform my work.

Fellow Gardeners

Active Gardens

• Maggie Appleton’s Garden - Visual explorations of programming, design, and anthropology
• Andy Matuschak’s Notes - Evergreen notes on learning, tools for thought, and knowledge work
• Gwern.net - Long-form essays and research on statistics, psychology, and technology
• Tom Critchlow’s Wiki - Consulting, indie work, and digital strategy
• Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Garden - Mindful productivity and neuroscience

Gardens on Similar Topics

Systems & Complexity:

• Azlen Elza’s Garden - Tools for thought and systems thinking
• Joel Chan’s Notes - Knowledge synthesis and research

Programming & Tech:

• Digital Garden of Nikita Voloboev - Comprehensive tech wiki
• Devine Lu Linvega - Programming, design, and tools

Personal Knowledge Management:

• Mike Tannenbaum’s Garden - Life, work, and learning
• Shawn Wang’s Garden - Learning in public

Garden Directories

• Nikita’s Digital Gardens List - Curated list of personal wikis
• Maggie’s Garden History - Deep dive into the digital garden movement
• r/DigitalGardens - Community subreddit

Resources & Tools

About Digital Gardening

• The Garden and the Stream - Mike Caulfield’s foundational essay
• How to Set Up Your Own Digital Garden - Practical guide
• Digital Gardening Terms of Service - Shawn Wang’s manifesto

Tools for Gardening

• Obsidian - Local-first note-taking with bidirectional links
• Roam Research - Networked thought workspace
• Foam - Personal knowledge management in VS Code
• Jekyll - Static site generator (what this garden uses)
• TiddlyWiki - Non-linear personal wiki

Inspiration Sources

Books

• How to Take Smart Notes - Sönke Ahrens
• Where Good Ideas Come From - Steven Johnson
• The Timeless Way of Building - Christopher Alexander

Essays & Papers

• Building a Second Brain - Tiago Forte
• Evergreen Notes - Andy Matuschak
• Zettelkasten Method - Introduction guide

Want to Join the Network?

If you have a digital garden and would like to connect, reach out at your.email@example.com. I’m always interested in discovering new gardens and building bridges between knowledge communities.

Webmentions & Backlinks

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“Gardens need walls, but the gates should be open.” - Traditional gardening wisdom

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