Issue 59: May 2026
Sensing Floral Futures: A Conversation with Eliza Collin
By Clara Muller
June 1, 2026
Read this fascinating interview with Eliza Collin, exploring how climate change is quietly reshaping the lives of flowering plants, and how art, scent, and science can help us perceive these transformations before they become visible.
A Corner on a Country Road
By John Steele
June 1, 2026
Accept this invitation to reconsider the landscapes we pass without seeing, to notice, to remember, and to recognize that nature’s persistence is itself a form of grace.
The Ecology of Memory: Scent, Culture, and the Brain
By Gayil Nalls
June 1, 2026
Explore how memory lives not only within us, but within the sensory landscapes around us—especially through smell, the most ancient and emotionally direct of the senses.
Three New Plant Research Findings Everyone Can Apply
By WS/C
June 1, 2026
Learn how emerging discoveries in plant science are reshaping our understanding of human health, ecology, and everyday life.
Heat and the Voices Most Unheard
By Willow Gatewood
June 1, 2026
A compelling reflection on environmental justice, ecological intelligence, and the wisdom found at the margins,
Hildegard of Bingen: The Living Green World
By Gayil Nalls
June 1, 2026
Before ecology had a name, Hildegard of Bingen was already imagining the Earth as a living, breathing web of relationships.
Eat More Plants: Recipes
Ephemeral’s Encore: A Magnolia, White Chocolate Vinaigrette for Foraged Greens
By Mary Munroe
June 1, 2026
Enjoy this celebration of the fleeting abundance of the season, as it weaves together wild greens, ancient magnolias, and a velvety Magnolia White Chocolate Vinaigrette that transforms an everyday salad into a sensory wonder.