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Welcome to the Wort blog!
This online space complements the print journal. Here you will find writings on themes of radical, grassroots, and folk herbalism and other forms of connective plant practice. It is a space for the sharing of knowledge and ideas, and for continued conversation. All articles are free to access.
Its aims are to highlight plantwork as a practice for ecologically-rooted social change, nurturing a growing network of radical plant folk, and helping us to learn from and be inspired by one another.
And reclaiming slow, decentralised media in challenge to corporate-owned vampiric social media platforms!
Respectful interaction is welcomed and very much encouraged.*
If you would like to write for the Wort blog, please see the submissions page for details.
All articles are written by a thoughtful, passionate human, without the use of A.I.
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Field Notes: Midsummer
Seasonal observations from herb growing, gathering, medicine making and other landwork. Harvesting Wood Betony in leaf for fermented tea and untangling the received wisdom of its European lineage. by James White 20th June 2026In the weeks leading up to midsummer, it...
Kådsalva (resin salve) : Spruce
by Road Dawg. On Kådsalva – a traditional preparation from Sápmi, the land of the Sámi peoples.
Layering Time: Practicing Pine Patience
by Hat Fidkin. On Pine medicine, seasonal slowness, and finding consistency amidst change.
Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights, IV: Gorse
The final of four ‘Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights’, by Fanny May.
Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights, III: Mugwort Root
The third of four ‘Herbal Poems for Long Winter Nights’, by Fanny Mae.
Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights, II: Hawthorn Berry
The second of four ‘Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights’, by Fanny Mae.
Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights, I: Burdock Root
The first of four ‘Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights’, by Fanny Mae.
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Thinning the Veil: Embodied Practices of Ancestral Connection
by Leo El-Qawas. Thoughts for Samhain on ancestral connection through practices of embodiment and rest.
Echo Zines review: Wort – a journal that mixes herbalism and intersectional activism
A review of Wort issues 1-3 by Nina Zina of Echo Zines for international zine month 2025.
Plants, Mushrooms and Resistance gathering 2025 (Romania)
A report back from the Plants, Mushrooms and Resistance 2025 autonomous educational gathering in Cluj-Napoc, Romania.