diff --git a/src/lib/header.svelte b/src/lib/header.svelte
index fb5e792..138c03a 100644
--- a/src/lib/header.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/header.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
             <span>»</span>
             <a href="/projects">Projects</a>
             <span> // </span>
+            <a href="/garden">Garden</a>
+            <span> // </span>
             <a href="/about">About</a>
             <span>«</span>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte b/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1b720a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/garden/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import BannerTitleAlt from "$lib/banner-title-alt.svelte";
+    import Content from "$lib/content.svelte";
+    import LinkList, { type LinkEntry } from "$lib/link-list.svelte";
+
+    let links: LinkEntry[] = [
+        {
+            text: "Music I Like",
+            link: "music",
+        },
+        {
+            text: "Recipes",
+            link: "recipes",
+        },
+    ]
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+    <title>Digital Garden | denizk0461</title>
+</svelte:head>
+
+<BannerTitleAlt
+    title="Digital Garden"
+    banner="/common/me/.webp"
+    subtitle="smell the flowers!"
+/>
+
+<Content>
+    <p>work in progress! but some subpages already exist:</p>
+    <LinkList entries={links}></LinkList>
+</Content>
diff --git a/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..debb3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/garden/recipes/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import BannerTitleAlt from "$lib/banner-title-alt.svelte";
+    import Content from "$lib/content.svelte";
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+    <title>Recipes | denizk0461</title>
+</svelte:head>
+
+<BannerTitleAlt
+    title="Recipes"
+    banner="/common/me/.webp"
+    subtitle="we be cooking here"
+/>
+
+<Content>
+    <p>This is the future site for my recipes!</p>
+    
+    <p>All my recipes are vegan, require not too many steps and ingredients, and are relatively inexpensive, because I don't have a lot of money lol</p>
+</Content>