Mark Watson

(1962-2024) Much-missed plant person, connecting people, plants, places and planet. Find out all in Mark's new book out 1st Nov. Tweets by @52Flowers

[Mark Watson @markinflowers]

Out today! The Plant Pamphlets has just been published and you are welcome to come to our online @darkmtn launch tonight. Find all details about the book, intro, extract, recipe and launch details here. https://t.co/I3wiZCCLk3… Happy Samhain and Dias de los Muertos everyone!

[Stop Sizewell C @StopSizewellC]

JOIN US TOMORROW 7 June to peacefully express your #SizewellC outrage. Sizewell beach, Rally starts 11am; speeches and music plus a tribute to Pete Wilkinson. @jonathonporritt @simonbarneswild @GreenpeaceUK @SayNo2SizewellC, more info https://t.co/1sbyVyzWaD
#StopSizewellC

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

Do check out the video for the Issue 27 launch event where contributing writers and artists share pieces on the theme of 'bodies'. You can also find the book here (go grab yourself a copy!): https://t.co/NVMz2TUsxu

[Stop Sizewell C @StopSizewellC]

Feeling outraged about #SizewellC? You are not alone and we are coming together on 7 June, #Sizewell beach, 10.30 for 11am. This will be a PEACEFUL protest organised by #StopSizewellC and @SayNo2SizewellC. For details see https://t.co/1sbyVyzWaD

[Charlotte Du Cann @52Flowers]

HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX ALL! A long year now since our much-missed @markinflowers was buried under an oak and a birch, a white violet in his lapel. My piece this week in memory of him - on absence, homeland, transforming silver, and a poem called 'the only god i ever loved was pan'.

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Submissions are now open for Dark Mountain: Issue 28 – Uncivilised Art, a special full-colour issue dedicated to the role of art in a time of collapse.

https://t.co/fUrXz0xJWr

[Mark Watson @markinflowers]

Do swoop down to Barleybird seed & plant swap this Sat 8th Feb @Hodmedods Bean Store. The Plant Pamphlets will be on sale, along with @markinflowers's star seeds, Mexican marigold and anise hyssop. Hope to see you there!

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

In this week's online edition, David Lauer investigates the fate of a spiky desert agave called sotol, and its alliance with generations of artisans who distil a fiery spirit from its heart.

https://t.co/Tu0gh45n0V

[joanna pocock @joannaofottawa]

This absolute beauty just arrived today. Based on the practice & writings of the late Mark Watson ⁦@markinflowers⁩ & put together by his life partner Charlotte du Cann ⁦@52Flowers⁩ this pamphlet is an invitation to us all to engage with … (1)

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

This month our featured mountaineer is Mark Watson (1962–2024), who was at the heart of Dark Mountain for 12 years. Dig in to some of Mark’s articles on the power of plants, which take us from a fiery Mexican curtido to the convivial power of microbes...

https://t.co/eGlKXoLJLh

[Mark Watson @markinflowers]

This looks like a terrific book about the courageous guarding of the Leningrad seed bank under siege by Nikolai Vavilov and his loyal staff: 'Today, 90% of the seeds and planted crops in the institute’s collection are found in no other in the world'. https://t.co/9q1hYQM5WY

[Charlotte Du Cann @52Flowers]

'Sometimes, though you are hesitant, you have to tell the dream.' My latest post is about a flower of revelation with many names, from devil's weed to angel's trumpet. On nighttime encounters with datura (thornapple study by the great Karl Blossfeldt) https://t.co/UkJyab9xkl

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

In today’s mycelial online edition, Nastassja Noell reviews 'The Lichen Museum'.

‘Lichens are not products of our imagination… but it takes imagination to learn from them, as well as the desire for a different world.’

https://t.co/Eq2181gayS

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

Last in our series of Dark Ocean selections, @rocsandford brings us a haunting piece set on an isolated island, where our narrator keeps a diary of a damaged future that is still filled by the massive presences of weather, land and sea.

https://t.co/SjQSdmhpXD

[James Murray-White @sky_larking]

This quote from Mark blew me away today, & I immediately ordered a copy. This monograph, & frankly anything from Dark Mountain, really worth buying & savouring - highly recommended

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Everything That's Wrong with Liberal Centrism in Under 3 mins

As told by the late great David Graeber

[joanna pocock @joannaofottawa]

The bigger now can be found here 👇

[Mark Watson @markinflowers]

A big highlight in #ThePlantPamphlets are illustrations by @campusalmanac. 'As I drew oak, I get out a medicine bottle of oak gall ink. @markinflowers is inspiring me to play, to try new things, to be myself. I don’t have a house style! I can imagine Mark saying: that’s cool.'

[Tidelines @exetidelines1]

My first glimpse of the Thames.

Why is a salmon from the Exe so far from home?

Salmon numbers in England and Wales are at their lowest level since records began. We are at risk of extinction!

So I had to go to London to protest
#MARCHFORCLEANWATER #floodthestreets

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

As the @MarchforWater assembles a really touching ceremony takes place, where river guardians from across the country name and speak for their river, and add water to the sacred vessel. Over a hundred rivers are represented and it is looking like the most UK waters ever assembled together.

[DarkMountainProject @darkmtn]

Fantastic launch last night to celebrate the publication of @markinflowers The Plant Pamphlets. Many thanks to all who came and for our lively readers and film crew: https://t.co/AxiSkyucEW Don't miss this wild glimpse into our man in flowers in action. Books now on sale.