GardenJot was an online garden journaling service that let users document their gardens, plants and growing activities through a web-based platform. The service was active around 2009, with users sharing links to personal garden pages hosted at gardenjot.com.[1] The site was also discussed alongside other garden-related web tools in a 2010 Chicago Foodways Roundtable newsletter.[2]
Design and History
The GardenJot logo was designed by Josiah Jost, a graphic designer who published a blog post in July 2011 listing GardenJot among seven of his logos featured in the book Symbol, edited by Angus Hyland and Steven Bateman and published by Laurence King Publishing.[3] The book is a compilation of over 1,300 symbols organized by visual form, with captions identifying the client and designer for each entry.[4]
Beyond Jost’s own confirmation of authorship and the logo’s inclusion in Symbol, no detailed documentation of the mark’s visual construction, color palette or redesign history has been located in available sources. The logo appears to have been a relatively simple wordmark or symbol created for an early web application, but specific visual features cannot be verified from the research gathered.
Meaning and Symbolism
No documented explanation of the GardenJot logo’s intended symbolism or meaning has been found in the available sources. The name itself combines “garden” with “jot,” suggesting quick note-taking in a garden context, but no official statement from the designer or the service confirms this interpretation.
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