The Plant Magazine Issue 7 is out now. You will also find Marcelo Gomes’ study on green colour, a conversation with a bonsai master and a pleasant walk through Amsterdam’s plant life. Pia Riverola guides us through Edward James’ garden of Las Pozas and we follow Jennilee Marigomen hiking Mount Baker and Kuba Ryniewicz exploring the last primeval forest in Europe. We report Joseph Beuys’ 7000 Oaks, learn about the crisp and salty taste of samphire and fable about Alvar Aalto’s legendary Savoy vase. Fiction comes through Blow Up review and Luis Cerveró’s approach to the relation between flowers and female orgasms. As every issue, Scheltens and Abbenes take over the recipes to show some serious cereals for breakfast. In this issue plant monograph you will discover the charming but tricky nature of the Asparagus Fern with illustrations by Jordy van den Niuewendijk, Shoboshobo, Grace Danico, Johanna Tagada and Elliot Freeman.
The Plant Magazine (formerly The Plant journal) is a journal about ordinary plants and other greenery. Besides providing botanical contents in a simple, personal and cozy way; The Plant offers plant lovers a new look at greenery by featuring the works of many creative people who share our love for plants. As a curious observer of ordinary plants and other greenery, the magazine presents a monograph on a specific plant; bringing together photographers, illustrators, designers, musicians, writers and visual artists, both established and emerging, from all over the world. These people share with The Plant Magazine their unique perceptions and experiences of plants.