Sunday Clippings

The heat of summer is in full swing here in Spain, and Madrid is often referred to as 'the inferno' by city dwellers.  These days trips out of the city are necessary to cool down a bit.  This weeks edition of Sunday Clippings is a pretty meaty list and covers all of our favorite bases, from art to horticulture. Click on the links below for some good reads, podcasts and some videos.  Enjoy your Sunday.... - James

• Gravetye Manor is a bona fide example of that usually most faux of things: field-to-fork food @ The Independent

• Encyclopaedia of Flower II: Makoto Azuma delights the art world with his floral installations @ The Independent

• Anish Kapoor's controversial installation at Versailles vandalised @ ArtReview

• Stanley Hotel To Open Hedge Maze Inspired By ‘The Shining’ To The Public @ CBS Denver

• Surveying Russell Page's Italian masterpiece- The Neo-Classical Garden: Villa Silvio Pellico @ Nowness

• Eastern Puma Declared Extinct, Removed From Endangered Species List @ Planet Experts

• Where to See a Rare Firefly Mating Dance @ NY Times

• Man Who Created The Pink Plastic Lawn Flamingo Dies @ NPR

• Ruby Barber at Mary Lennox @ The Garden Edit

• Alpine Meadows- dreams within dreams @ Plant Curator

• The Surreal Gardener: Edward James & the Making of Las Pozas @ The Planthunter

• The search for a new White House chief florist is underway @ The Washington Post

• A Decade of Museum Masterpieces Live On:Drawings by Abbie Zabar @ Ken Druse Real Dirt

• What is Mediterranean? @ Portugal Resident

• Anna Pavord on Great Dixter: 'There's a dynamism you don't find anywhere else' @ The Independent