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.
flipbook/guide: Echinacea for the Mid-Atlantic (Sam Hoadley/Mt. Cuba Center) A 24-page flipbook detailing the top echinacea performers, pollinator attraction, trail results, and more.
photo essay: a bit of this, a bit of that, 23 July 2026 (Julia Turshen/Keep Calm & Cook On) Pretty pictures of gardens, food, and (mostly) Lisbon, Portugal.
rabbit hole/essay: A Natural History of the Artist’s Palette (Philip Ball/The Public Domain Review) “Focusing in on painting’s primary trio of red, yellow, and blue, Philip Ball explores the science and stories behind the pigments, from the red ochre of Lascaux to Yves Klein’s blue.”
slides: The colorful life of a Japanese granny: an afternoon with Kiyoko-san (sugalenin and m_nossa/Instagram) “Kiyoko-san lives a simple life alone, next to a mountain hill — which also belongs to her. From the entrance, you could already feel how warm she is — handmade objects here and there, a very simple but spotless house, with little bursts of color in each corner.”
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