2023 / UK—Spain

Besides providing botanical contents in a simple, personal and cozy way, The Plant offers to plant lovers a new look on greenery by featuring the work of creative people who also love plants. It brings together photographers, illustrators, designers, musicians, writers and visual artists, both established and emerging, from all over the world, to share with The Plant their perceptions and experiences around plants.

Issue 18—Issue 18 cover features artist Fumiko Imano standing out amongst orange poppies. The artist delves into the meaning of flowers and how they are intertwined with our lives. Flowers continue to inspire, in pop artist Lily van der Stokker’s interview. Fashion designer Simone Rocha brings us on her family walk in the South of France. Dealing with one of the most relevant and complex matters today, Sam Rock visits Yucatán, where an asteroid hit the Earth and unleashed the last mass extinction. We explore how we interact with insects in our daily lives through the lenses of Wolfgang Tillmans, Nobuyoshi Araki, Jack Davison, Harley Weir, Zöe Ghertner among others. Josh Olins takes us into the purple fantasy of the Belgian bluebell forest, while Deo Suveera and Pamela Dimitrov dive into the woods to deliver a collection of mementos. Symbiosis comes in the hands of photographer Benjamin Tietge and stylist Elle Britt, while Scheltens & Abbenes go camping to tell us all about the minute details of tents. And, we recall the life and work of the timeless muse and potter Lucie Rie.

English, published biannually
184 pages, 30 x 23 cm, softback