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.
essay: Tea Time: Self-Heal (Awkward Botany). A member of the mint family, this common and adaptable plant has antimicrobial and antihemorrhagic properties. We have a lot of it in the lawn.
article: Turtlehead Tests Bumblebees’ Mettle (Colby Galliher/The Outside Story/Northern Woodlands) Hooray for Chelone glabra!
essay: A prickle: giant fleeceflower (Andrew Timothy O’Brien/Bramble & Briar). I’ve often thought about adding giant fleeceflower (Persicaria polymorpha) to the garden, too. I do have the Aruncus dioicus ‘Kneifii’ (a goatsbeard) he mentions but as he says, it’s not a particularly tall plant like the giant fleeceflower. “… these are qualities I value greatly in the garden – a kind of living basketry that allows the occasional glimpse through, whilst also creating some sense of enclosure. … a giant, fuzzy-headed creature dancing about at the back of your border.”
photo essay: The Switch and The Clore: Modern extensions to Tate Modern, Tate Britain and The Holburne Museum (Andrew Eberlin/Photos, photographers and photobooks) I like these, especially the Holburne extension in Bath and the Tate Britain extension with its green door (and Eberlin’s first photo, with the tree limbs shadowing the stone or concrete, is magic).
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