Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
place to stay: Sunny Siren 1966 (Holiday Houses Tasmania) Set on the waterfront at Parson’s Cove, steps from the iconic Wineglass Bay Walk, the “shack” is a colourful retro-modern place “where charm and charisma come together to create the ultimate coastal escape. Designed by the renowned Frank Stary in the 1960s, this beach shack offers a nostalgic step back in time, brimming with character and good vibes, while seamlessly providing all the modern comforts for a relaxing holiday.”
article with photos: Plant Profile – Golden Alexander (Cathy Weston/Goldenrod Garden) Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) is a “really useful and lovely plant that fills several key needs in my native garden,” … a versatile plant for many sitatuations,” she says. It likes sun more than shade, unfortunately for me and my gardens of gloom.
article: The Dapper Sparrow of the Underbrush: Eastern Towhee (Colby Galliher/The Outside Story/Northern Woodlands) Eastern towhee populations have dwindled in recent years due to habitat loss, nest parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (“Towhees exhibit little to no ability to distinguish these eggs – and the cowbird chicks they hatch into – from their own, leading to reduced survival for towhee chicks”), and their predilection for ground-nesting, making them vulnerable to off-leash dogs and cat predation.
essay with photos: A singular source of joy: A love letter to plot 25Nb (Rosie Spinks/What Do We Do Now That We’re Here) Tending a community garden plot, called an allotment in the UK, is an antidote (and your garden plot might not be a garden plot): “I’m not writing this to try and convince you to garden yourself, but rather, to invite you to think about how you might find a space like this in your own life. … I think our complacency and inertia in this moment — our tendency to acquiesce to the norms of a broken economy and society because it just feels easier — is one of the biggest challenges we face. … We need to feel in our bodies that an alternative exists, even in small pockets of our lives. To seek out places and experiences that are governed by the value systems that allow all living things (including us) to thrive. To remind our nervous systems what it feels like to spend time in them. It’s not an intellectual experience, but a connected, embodied one.”
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