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.
photo essay: Inspiration from the Miller Botanical Garden (Jared Barnes/Meristem) It’s in Seattle: “The main part of the garden is 2.5 acres and sits between the house and Puget Sound. The garden is part of the Highlands, an Olmsted-designed community. And, because it is part of a neighborhood, the garden is limited to 500 visitors a year. Tickets are sold online, and they sell out in minutes!” Lots and lots of containers and hardscaping. I was happy to see epimedium!
notes: The fluttering of our days: A big batch of daily things (March & April 2026) (Madeleine Dore/Dailyness) Starts strong and continues that way. Here’s one: “When we worry about something being a problem in the future, we are overlooking that if it turns out to be a problem, then our future self can try to solve it — just as our present self tries to do now.”
photo essay: Native Plant Garden Inspiration: North Carolina Style (Nuts for Natives) A visit to the Sara P. Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. Even for those of us not gardening in the mid-Atlantic ecoregion, there are plenty of plants here that will grow in our gardens (most are in mine, in New England) and ideas that are transferrable to another zone or climate. A plant I’d not heard of is mentioned, the biennial and self-seeding Fernleaf phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida): “Swaths of lime green foliage were so noticeable because they not only lit up shady areas, the plants were literally buzzing … there were so many pollinators visiting, the plants were actually vibrating.” It’s hardy in USDA zones 5-8 and native from PA south to GA and west to the Mississippi.
another photo essay: Climbing Plants in Bordeaux (Jack Wallington/Wild Way)
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