Growth edge · internal
RDKG
The Meristem
R&D & foresight · verified by discipline
The Knowledge Gardens · Frontier Map · v3
The Frontier 59
One architecture — four lanes, three surfaces, one self-improving knowledge graph — deployed across fifty-nine domains where knowledge is fragmented and verification is non-negotiable. Money gardens fund meaning gardens. The pattern is the moat.
Deployed
Building
Scoped
Frontier
L · 00
The Growth Edge
META
Not one of the fifty-nine domains — the living tip that feeds them. The meristem turns every garden's verified, self-improving knowledge into foresight: signals, theses and bets that graduate down into the gardens below. The room where we think in decades and ship in weeks.
L · 01
Planted & Deployed
N = 04
Live in production with real users, real domains, real data. Proof that the pattern deploys.
Deployed · Live
OKG
The Orchid Garden
Victorian wonder · scientific beauty
Killer App
Dream Machine
Deployed · Live
BKG
The Builder's Garden
Industrial strength · practical power
Deployed · Live
TKG
The Toxicology Garden
Rigorous · respectful · careful
Deployed · Live
MktKG
The Marketing Garden
Signal & story · the umbrella front door
L · 02
Building
N = 08
Active build pipeline. HKG drives the cash engine. The others are scoped with named champions, partner momentum, or briefs in hand. Vanilla → Ecuagenera 90-day launch. Parenting → Michael. NatureMark → cross-garden flywheel. Fashion, Cultivar, Resale → next-up lanes.
Biomarker App
Active · Building
HKG
The Healthcare Garden
Clinical precision · warm trust
Active · Building · NEW
MKG
The Biomarker Garden · Marker
A biomarker, preserved in glass
Active · Building · PROMOTED
PKG
The Parenting Garden
Intergenerational · wise · humble
Building · NEW
FshKG
The Fashion Garden
Craft · material · provenance
Building · NEW · 90-day launch
VanKG
The Vanilla Garden
The orchid you can taste
Active · Building · PROMOTED
NMK
NatureMark · Marked by Nature
Receiving and giving · regenerative
Building · NEW
CulKG
The Cultivar Garden
Nursery · cultivation · physical robotics
Building · NEW
ResKG
The Resale & Vintage Garden
Circular · authenticated · storied
L · 03
Industry — Scoped Post-Seed
N = 09
Nine verticals scoped against the same architecture, each chosen for trillion-dollar TAM, regulatory tailwinds, and credentialing complexity. Year-5 combined ARR target: $460M+.
Scoped
LKG
Legal Garden
Gravitas · authority · precedent
Scoped
EdKG
Education Garden
Curiosity · possibility
Scoped
FKG
Finance Garden
Precision · speed · trust
Scoped
AgKG
Agriculture Garden
Provenance · supply chain
Scoped
EKG
Energy Garden
Grid · ESG · safety
Scoped
REKG
Real Estate Garden
Title · MLS · transactions
Scoped
PKG
Pharma & Biotech Garden
Trial · approval · interaction
Scoped
IKG
Insurance Garden
Underwriting · fraud · risk
Scoped
GKG
Government & Defense Garden
Clearance · procurement
L · 04
Frontier — Rare-Knowledge Preservation
N = 38
Open / research-grade databases representing one of the most important preservation projects in human history. Parked until HKG + BKG generate MRR. Cultural capital · press · partnerships · grant funding · recruiting magnet. Meaning gardens defend money gardens.
Tier 01 · Build Now (7) — open APIs · 2–4 weeks per garden once pattern productized
EXT
The Extinction Garden
SND
The Sound Garden
MIG
The Migration Garden
MND
The Mind Garden
FOS
The Fossil Garden
COL
The Colony Garden
MYC
The Mycelium Garden
Tier 02 · Year 2 (8) — partnership / curation required
LAN
The Language Garden
DSA
The Deep Sea Garden
BIO
The Bioluminescence Garden
POL
The Pollen Garden
HRB
The Herbarium Garden
OCN
The Ocean Core Garden
ATM
The Atom Garden
VST
The Variable Star Garden
Tier 03 · Years 3–5 (9) — editorial / ethical infrastructure needed
SUP
The Suppressed Medicine Garden
SHP
The Shipwreck Garden
ROM
The Roman World Garden
WEL
The Wellcome Medicine Garden
NEO
The Neotoma Garden
MET
The Meteorite Garden
IMP
The Impact Garden
FAC
The FaceBase Garden
KIN
The Kinsey Garden
Tier 04 · Civilization-Scale (8) — institutional partnership required
EAR
The Endangered Archives Garden
EEB
The EEBO Garden
ARC
The Archaeology Garden
ADN
The Ancient DNA Garden
FLK
The Folkways Garden
WAX
The Wax Cylinder Garden
PMP
The PaleoMap Garden
PGS
The PAGES Garden
Tier 05 · Consciousness Frontier (4) — brand-risky · build only after trust earned
DRM
The Dream Garden
NDE
The Near-Death Garden
PSY
The Psychedelic Garden
UAP
The UAP Garden
Reserved (2) — consolidated lineage + canonical map fill-ins
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Reserved slot
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Reserved slot
Brand Asset Audit · 2026-05-25
Where the logos actually live.
Confirmed · in hand
- MKG · Marker — the bottle & poppy specimen, created by Chilly (2026-05). The only finished brand-asset image in existence. Embedded above.
Likely · need to retrieve
- BKG cinematic intro — `builders.theknowledgegardens.com/intro` almost certainly contains brand visuals in the React bundle. Open browser DevTools → Network → filter Img/SVG to grab URLs.
- Local Midjourney downloads — `C:\Users\kmacn\Desktop\TheKnowledgeGardens\` — anything generated and saved from the April 23 prompt run.
- Midjourney account history — every umbrella / OKG / HKG / BKG / TKG prompt you have ever generated.
Documented · not generated
- MIDJOURNEY_LOGO_PROMPTS.md — 22 prompts covering umbrella + 4 deployed gardens + Garden Wars + 3 future verticals + 3 frontier samples. Exists in project files. Prompts only — not images.
Recommended · single source of truth
- Supabase Storage bucket — `brand-assets/` with sub-folders per garden: `brand-assets/umbrella/`, `/okg/`, `/bkg/`, `/hkg/`, `/tkg/`, `/mkg/`, `/nmk/`, `/pkg-parenting/` ... Public read, service-role write.
- GitHub mirror — `chilly611/knowledge-gardens-brand` repo with the same folder structure for diff-able versioning.
- Naming convention — `{garden}-{variant}-{size}.{ext}` e.g. `mkg-bottle-poppy-800.jpg`, `okg-seal-primary-512.svg`.
The glyphs throughout this map are interim brand marks — line-art SVGs authored to umbrella spec (Cormorant Garamond + Space Mono + copper accent on bone). They are placeholders, not finished logos. Replacing each with a real generated mark is the single biggest visual improvement available to the platform brand.