Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
photo essay: A Post in Three Acts (Chris Helzer/The Prairie Ecologist). If you like exquisite photos of American prairies or bison, this is your post.
photo essay: A Collector’s Garden (Karen Chapman/Le Jardinet). A visit to the almost 3-acre garden of a rhododendron collector and plant propagator and hybridiser, Jeanine Smith’s labour of love in Woodinville, WA, which she and her husband have been working for 45 years, but as this essay makes clear, it’s not just the rhodos and their bloom colours that make for an interesting and even enthralling garden but also the foliage, colour contrasts, texture contrasts, how they play with other shrubs and perennials (love them with drumstick primula), and so on. Some of the shade partners Chapman notices in Smith’s garden and recommends in her recent talk, titled “Beyond the Bloom,” which was given at the recently held annual conference of the American Rhododendron Society, include astilbes, mayapples (‘Spotty Dotty’ in particular), enkianthus, Japanese maples, viburnums, epimediums, the primrose I mentioned, and more. Lots of good ideas for 4-season garden design — and very pretty photos (click on each to enlarge).
article: Girl Mossing (The Conversation). Mostly “girl mossing” is a trend you see on social media but “There is a crossover between girl mossing as a byword for resting and relaxing in nature, and a worldwide trend for literally appreciating moss, similarly linked to finding relaxation in nature. … Moss does not move fast. It is soft and pillowy, ideal for nestling into, and plays a nurturing role in soil health, helping retain key nutrients, avoid erosion, and ward off disease. It also helps with decomposition, transforming decaying leaf matter into new life.”
photos: In Intricate Detail, Ann Wood Sprouts Myriad Mushroom Sculptures from Paper (Colossal). Incredible!
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