- [[digital gardens are collections of densely linked notes that evolve over time]]. - one core use case is for publishing; digital gardens are an alternative to [[rigid navigation makes content feel smaller|rigid structure]] and hierarchies in digital content. - it’s also a flexible approach to [[4. knowledge management and life infostructures|knowledge management]]. - [[linking, annotating, changing, summarizing, copying, and sharing are the verbs of gardening]]. - these are the verbs of [[{4.1a} atomic notes|atomic notetaking]]: you change, expand on, rebut, transform, prune, and establish relationships between ideas. - some people expand the gardening metaphor to describe states of their notes, for example: - *seedling* or *sapling* for new, undeveloped ideas. - *budding* for developing or more clarified ideas. - *evergreen*, *fruiting* for well-developed and defended ideas. - [[2024-09-08]] [[Kleon, Austin]] suggests keeping an “idea garden”, a collection of “seeds” or ideas you’ve “planted” so you can tend to it over time. - [[{4.1d1} collect gardening metaphors]]