Do you know Pinterest? The social media platform has been around since 2010 and, like many social networks, comes from Silicon Valley in California. Pinterest is very intuitive to use and the ideal platform for collecting ideas and memorising them in an organised and structured way. Whether recipes, fashion tips or gardening ideas: There are ideas galore on Pinterest.
Who is Pinterest for?
For all those who used to tear out recipe, fashion or gardening ideas from magazines or newspapers and neatly file them in folders or binders. Pinterest is the digital version of this.
What can I find on Pinterest?
Everything — really everything. We at Parc’s Gartengestaltung also have a Pinterest profile. We collect garden ideas, examples of topiary, mixed plantings, product ideas and much more. So that we can easily find our favourite ideas again, we have created various „pinboards“ for the topics and save the ideas on the corresponding pinboard. We also pin our own designs to our pinboards so that they are accessible to everyone.
Instructions for getting started on Pinterest
1. create profile
You can either create a new account or log in with your existing Google or Facebook account. Follow the login process.
2. select interests
Pinterest will ask you to specify five topics that interest you. Based on these topics, initial ideas for pinning will then be suggested to you. Pinterest will then ask you whether you would like to install the Pinterest browser button. This browser application simplifies the pinning of ideas that you find later while surfing.
3. discover pinboard
Firstly, you will see various images. Click on one to discover the idea behind it. If you want to find out more about this idea, click on the „Visit“ button below the image. If you like an idea and want to save it for later, you can click on the red „Bookmark“ button at the top right. Pinterest will prompt you to create an initial pinboard (e.g. „Garden ideas“). Click on „Create“ — your idea has just been pinned to your first pinboard!
4. follow pinning
In the search bar above the image results you can search for ideas (e.g. „garden ideas paths“) as well as users. If you enter „Parc’s garden design“, you will find our Pinterest profile. Click on the red „Follow“ button to add our Pinterest activities to your timeline.
5. create pinboards
Once you have created your first pinboard, you can create more. This is how you organise your collection of ideas. You can create new pinboards by repeating step 3 or by creating a new pinboard on your profile. To do this, click on the avatar in the top right-hand corner. Your newly created pinboard will be set to „public“ by default. If you do not want this, you can activate the „secret“ switch. This means that only you will see your pins.
6. collect pins
You have now taken all the first steps to be able to use Pinterest. Discover the sheer endless ideas of the Pinterest community!
