Welcome to

Data Garden

Guidebook

A guidebook for students and educators

Access our 6-module Notion guide to create your own data storytelling project using visualisation and creative code. Suitable for classrooms, workshops, 1:1 teaching, or self-paced learning.

Beginner-friendly

Safe and supportive 'soil' to plant your skills and ideas into.

Intersection of art and tech

Learn a blend of data literacy, coding, and visual storytelling.

For any time, anywhere

Use in any setting: a classroom, community space, or the comfort of your home.

Community

A global Discord community hub

Knowledge-sharing and supportive study spaces with friends from all over the world. We keep things fun, safe, and moderated for anyone to join, learn and grow.

Weekend Study Spaces

It's free period. One hour a week to put on chill music, say hi to new friends, and catch up on your own project or learning.

Peer learning and support

Debug together, share resources, memes, and share updates on your own data visualisation projects.

Workshops

Partner with us and bring data viz to your community

We facilitate workshops online or in-person, in classrooms or in nature. We work with knowledge, arts or community centres to create meaningful learning experiences for diverse cohorts of people.

Adaptable for any space

Student clubs, local parks, libraries or a Zoom meeting. We incorporate space into learning.

Learn with any medium

Gain hands-on skills in data visualisation through coding, crafts, or both.

Collaborative projects

We partner with you to lead participants towards diverse, creative projects and co-created outcomes.

Previously supported by…

Online, our community has reached…

1,400+

Instagram followers

400+

YouTube subscribers

200+

Discord community members

Messsages from our community

  • One of my most memorable moments from our tutorials is when, even if one person would struggle, everyone was able to pitch in and help - not just the project leader. I think that really shows how far we've come from students to teachers.

    Lily B

    Alumni

  • I'm super excited to continue working on building The Data Garden Project as a resource that can hopefully bring together a diverse community of people and see the creative outcomes that can come from it.

    Kelly L

    Alumni

  • I'm definitely proud of what everybody's been able to achieve - most of us to come with zero coding knowledge.

    I really enjoyed the open-ended nature of what we were learning, and it was so fun to see everybody experiment with code in their own way and create their own little interactive pieces of art.

    Chelsea B

    Alumni

  • Super simple. Love that there's both text and video options for different types of learners.

    Anonymous

    Guidebook

  • Easy steps and not too long. Straight to the point explanation. Useful techniques

    Anonymous

    Guidebook

How it works

How it works

Share stories with friends, using code!

By embarking on a Data Garden Project, you’re invited to find & gather data from your own life, turn it into a dataset, and visualise that data using p5.js, a beginner-friendly JavaScript drawing software.

Join the Collective

Be part of our growing garden and get involved in future outreach projects.

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Data Garden Co. is a collective based in Naarm/Melbourne, the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay respects to their Elders past, present, and future.

Both individually and through this project, we hope to emerge as designers who are building a future that promotes a diversity of voices, stories, and equitable access to creativity & education.

Have an idea or keen to collaborate?

© 2025 Data Garden Collective

Data Garden Co. is a collective based in Naarm/Melbourne, the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay respects to their Elders past, present, and future.

Both individually and through this project, we hope to emerge as designers who are building a future that promotes a diversity of voices, stories, and equitable access to creativity & education.

Have an idea or keen to collaborate?

© 2025 Data Garden Collective