'Plant Perspecives' has published an #openaccess review of a recent book by Joela Jacobs, 'Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka', here: doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Huge thanks to John Ryan for his vision and hard work in developing 'Plant Perspectives' till now. It's been a pleasure working with him; his impressive contribution has got the project off to a brilliant start. We look forward to seeing how the journal grows under Joela's stewardship!

Plant Perspectives – meet the new editor! Today we at the White Horse Press announce a change to the editorship of Plant Perspectives. Issue 3.1 (published last week) marks John C. Ryan’s last as editor. We are hugely grateful to John for …

We're excited to announce that the new editor of 'Plant Perspectives' is Joela Jacobs (University of Arizona). Read more about the news on our blog, here: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/03/17/p... #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social

Plant Perspectives – meet the new editor! Today we at the White Horse Press announce a change to the editorship of Plant Perspectives. Issue 3.1 (published last week) marks John C. Ryan’s last as editor. We are hugely grateful to John for …

Big news: issue 3.1 marks John C. Ryan’s last as editor for Plant Perspectives. Thank you to John for all your work establishing PP and a very warm welcome to Joela Jacobs (@joelalala.bsky.social) who takes over as editor 🌱

More in the blog: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/03/17/p...

The new issue of the peer-reviewed open access Plant Perspectives Journal @plantperspectives.bsky.social, grounded in interdisciplinary plant studies, is now available online and contains many interesting articles related to plants. Check it out!
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/

To keep publishing ‘Plant Perspectives’ #openaccess with no author fees, we need enough subscriptions to cover production costs; we’re not there yet. If you enjoy this journal, please help by encouraging your institution to subscribe, or in any other way: www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/CallsForP...

There are also new poems by Nicholas Robinette and Pujita Guha; reviews of new books by Amitav Ghosh (‘Smoke and Ashes’; @johnmurrays.bsky.social) and Diego Molina (‘Planting a City in the Tropical Andes’; @routledgebooks.bsky.social); and an editorial by John Ryan, ‘Plants in Places’.

This issue has research articles on: media ecologies in 'The Overstory'; jacaranda trees, place and affect; mulberries, racial categories, and land development in Virginia; chicanx cannabis relationships; the history of the wax palm in Colombia; and talking with Örö pines.

Decorative cover image of Plant Perspectives 3.1, showing a tree laden with pink flowers.

Issue 3.1 of ‘Plant Perspectives’ is now live online. This journal is #openaccess again in 2026 through #subscribetoopen – with warm thanks to all of our subscriber-supporters! Read it here: www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
#plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Decorative article cover page with stylised painted image of a forest fire.

We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', being Justin A. Dowdall on 'Pyrological Rhetorical Ecologies: Contested Discourse in the Redwood Forest'; online here: doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... #plantstudies #envhum #forests #sequoia @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Tree Perspectives: Forests and Apples Fallen wild apples; photography by Natubico One of the fascinating things about the special issue of Plant Perspectives on “Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities” is its breadth.  There ar…

Post from Herbarium World on Plant Perspectives articles on forests and apples herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/t... @plantperspectives.bsky.social

We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', being Jennifer Karson's review of the exhibition 'Trees, We Breathe' at the Glyndor Gallery (Bronx, NY) in November 2025. Online here: www.doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #plantstudies #trees

The cover for Plant Perspectives journal volume 3 / issue 1. The cover image shows the branches of a big tree with pink blossoms with a light blue sky.

A new issue of Plant Perspectives will be out next month - right on time for spring 🌸

Here’s a preview of the cover and contents of ‘Plant Perspectives’ 3.1, forthcoming in April. #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index

The cover for Plant Perspectives journal volume 3 / issue 1. The cover image shows the branches of a big tree with pink blossoms with a light blue sky.

A new issue of Plant Perspectives will be out next month - right on time for spring 🌸

Tree Perspectives: Deodar Cedar Deodar Cedar in the Himalayas; photograph by Paul Hamilton Humans respond to size, particularly to what is larger than them.  That’s one reason why trees are so significant to humans:  th…

Post from Herbarium World on the Deodar Cedar relating to an article in Plant Perspectives herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/t... @plantperspectives.bsky.social

We've published a new #openaccess article in 'Plant Perspectives'. Marion De Schepper writes 'Violently Vibrant, Obscurely (Un)Alike: Surrealist Representations of Plants in the Avant-Garde Magazine "Minotaure"': doi.org/10.3197/WHPP.... #plantstudies #surrealist @plantperspectives.bsky.social

We've published a new article ahead of print in 'Global Environment', by Sunny Ruchi Ecka on "Mahua: A Lifesaving Famine Food in the Nineteenth Century"; read it #openaccess here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpg... #envhist #plantstudies @globalenvironment.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Open access article in @plantperspectives.bsky.social - Mangroves as Sacred Forests: Connecting People and Nature, by Sabrina Dookie "..examines the global prevalence of sacred mangrove forests and outlines their benefits across various contexts and paradigms"
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

For the New Year, we're running a SALE of 25% off all books on our site. Use code WHP2026NY on anything listed here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... || Thanks to M. Johnson for painting these aconites, blossoming near Cambridge even in deep midwinter. #envhist #envhum #pastorialism #plantstudies

We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', in which Sabrina Dookie considers 'Mangroves as Sacred Forests'. You can find it here: www.doi.org/10.3197/whpp... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #mangroves #plantstudies #forests #planthum #envhum

We've published two new poems online first in 'Plant Perspectives': Pujita Guha, 'the plants to live by' (doi.org/10.3197/WHPP...); and Nicholas Robinette, 'Betula papyrifera' (doi.org/10.3197/WHPP...). Both are #openaccess – enjoy!
@plantperspectives.bsky.social
#plantstudies #poetry

Plants, Belonging, Memory YouTube video by White Horse Press

We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here: youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #planthumanities

This online event is happening tomorrow which means there's still to sign up!

Join us for this inspiring event with Maria Thereza Alves, Jessica Lee, Marcello Di Paola, Goldie Poblador AND a panel discussion on plants, memory, and belonging.

Registration is free via the 🔗 in the post below

Plants as a Way In In this blog, linked to her recently published article in Plant Perspectives, entitled BETWEEN GRAZING AND GATHERING: PLANT KNOWLEDGES, BELONGING AND BECOMING IN THE SWISS ALPS, Maria Kernecker exp…

We've put a new post up on our blog, in which Maria Kernecker explores how plants can provide a 'way in' to a landscape; the relates to her recently published article in 'Plant Perspectives'. #plantstudies @plantperspectives.bsky.social whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/07/p...

Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.

www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...

Delighted to announce that our special issue of #PlantPerspectives @plantperspectives.bsky.social journal is NOW LIVE 🎊🎉🍾🥂

See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳

Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social

Happy to have my essay on P.B. Shelley and Wordsworth's 'woodland state' included in the 'Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities' special issue of @plantperspectives.bsky.social, ed. by @treeseeker.bsky.social & @planthums-uk.bsky.social 🌿🌳

#PLANTS, #MEMORY, #BELONGING free online event October 8, 2025, 16.00-18.00 GMT. Sponsored by #Oak_Spring_Garden_Foundation & @plantperspectives.bsky.social Featuring: Maria Thereza Alves, Jessica J Lee, Marcello Di Paola, Goldie Poblador. Register: www.osgf.org/programs-and...