A small brown bug sitting atop a yarrow in front of a pink sky.

A Journal of Radical, Rooted, Relational Herbalism

Front Cover of Wort Journal issue one, in biscuit colour, showing a close up of a foot walking without shoes amongst tall weeds

Front Cover design for Issue two of Wort Journal, in olive green, showing an ancient olive tree with the sun rising behind it.

Golden Orange-Yellow front cover for Wort Journal Issue 3. Spring weeds grow in the foreground with a mouse scurrying in the undergrowth, whilst in the background an industrial factory can be seen.

About

‘Wort’ is an old word for a plant used as food or medicine.

It describes plants that feed and heal us. The ones that maintain and make us whole.

People have had this special relationship with some plants for as long as people have been around.

‘Wort’ names a relationship fundamental to human existence.

This journal is for lovers of weeds and wildflowers. It is for those who honour plants as kin and those working to make change at the root.

Each issue collects contributions from persons working in ways that resonate with the long traditions of world-entangled, community-embedded folk herbalism.

Wort platforms plantwork that is deeply holistic and intersectional. Plantwork that roots itself in the heritage of common knowledge and in relationship with the land.

Beautifully illustrated with pen and ink drawing throughout.

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