Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, art, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
essay, whimsical: Who are you out there? – A woodland personality quiz (Kelton Wright/Shangrilogs) They’re all appealing, her characterisations of each trail element so faultless, felicitous, and poetic, says the game trail + cairn with a little old cabin thrown in.
short music video: Giordana Angi with Sting singing “Il Nostro Amore” at a Tuscan villa (Giordana Angi/YouTube) Blissful.
photo essay: A Thousand Glass Flowers: Exploring the Blaschka Glass Models at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (Boaz Frankel/Rootbound) “These are the Blaschka Glass Models of Plants named for the father and son Czech duo who crafted them between 1886 and 1936. Over those fifty years, Leopold and his son, Rudolf, crafted over 4,300 models representing 780 plant species. … I can’t overstate how ‘alive’ this collection looks.”
essay with photos: Eastern Natives and Plant Sales: Eastern natives purchased this year and tips for buying affordably from plant sales (Gayla Trail/Grow Curious) Trees, bushes and other plants she ordered from Ontario Native Plants this year for her growing zone in southern Niagara (Ontario; zone 6b), as well as info on plant sales, the optimal sizes of trees and shrubs for planting, and links to winter seed growing (she “grew approximately 20 native species from seed via the winter sowing method” this year). Some plants she mentions are Aronia aka chokeberry bushes, redbud (Cercis canadensis), ninebark (Physocarpus opulis), and tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). Check out this 2023 post for more info about her garden.
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