1.2 Planting Your First Note

Standard Garden makes publishing beautiful content as simple as pasting text.

Anonymous Notes (No Account)

The fastest way to share:

1. Visit standard.garden
2. You’ll see a large textarea (like Pastebin)
3. Paste or type your content
4. Click “Plant”
5. Your URL is automatically copied to clipboard
6. Share it anywhere

Note: Anonymous notes expire after 7 days. Create an account to keep them forever.

Creating an Account

Want to keep your notes permanently?

1. Open the Command Palette (::login or click the hamburger menu)
2. Enter your email
3. Check your email for a 6-digit code
4. Enter the code
5. Choose a username

Next time, set up a passkey (FaceID / TouchID) for instant login.

Now your notes live at standard.garden/@username/note-title

Writing in Markdown

Standard Garden uses Markdown for formatting:

# Heading 1

## Heading 2

**Bold text**
_Italic text_

- List item
- Another item

[Link text](https://example.com)

Themes

You can pick a curated theme for any note via frontmatter:

---
theme: technical
---

# Your Content

Themes are built on the six classical Temperaments — international, technical, humanist, editorial, academic, gallery — plus a growing catalog of curated variations (forest, swiss, paper, eink, …). No theme set? The system chooses well by default.

Learn more: See the complete Frontmatter Schema Reference for all available options.

What’s Next?

• Learn about Command Protocols
• Explore The Obsidian Folio
• Read the API Documentation
• View the Frontmatter Schema Reference