Drupal Gardens is in beta. Sign up for an account and learn about Drupal 7 first hand.
Drupal Gardens is a hosted Drupal 7 software as a service (SaaS) solution from Acquia, the consulting company founded by Dries Buytaert, the creator of Drupal. Acquia has a range of services built around the Drupal CMS, including support contracts and other services. Some of the support options from Acquia are a bit expensive. Not to say they are unfairly priced, but the price is high enough to be a barrier to small companies building low-budget web sites.
Enter Drupal Gardens from Acquia. Running an alpha version of Drupal 7, and hosted so you don’t have to deal with that. With some attractive themes to start with and simplified steps to change site appearance, complexity is tamed. And, with some nice social media goodies mixed in to boot. Most of all, there’s a free account option, so you can get started for, well, free. Support is available in the Forums, and remember this is a hosted solution, so the bulk of the problems have already been resolved.
Go check out Drupal Gardens to see if it’s a good fit for your site.
