What is a digital garden?

Different from a blog, digital gardens are personal online spaces for cultivating knowledge, blending elements of a blog and a wiki but emphasizing organic, evergreen growth over chronological or polished posts.

Ideas are planted as initial notes, nurtured through ongoing revisions, and interconnected via bidirectional links, creating a non-linear web of thoughts that's always a work in progress—messy and exploratory rather than perfect.

Popularized by thinkers like Maggie Appleton, it contrasts with traditional blogs by prioritizing personal reflection, deeper understanding, and serendipitous connections over performative content, often built with tools like Obsidian or Roam Research.