The Writing(with)plants care(work)book is here – Reserve Your Copy

• Deadline for pre-order and other support: Friday 17 April
• Click here to access the crowdfunding: https://www.ulule.com/writing-with-plants-the-book

The book

What if writing could become a form of care? 

• Care for ourselves?
• Care for each other and our local communities?
• Care for the more-than-human world?  

The care(work)book grows out of five years of writing(with)plants sessions, collective gatherings where people write alongside plants and landscapes, slowing down to notice, reflect and imagine together new stories, rituals and prototypes. 

This first edition will be printed in May 2026 and shared across Europe and North America through workshops and community events. A limited amount of books can also be shipped. 

Created by a network of writers, facilitators and volunteers and initiated by Wendy Wuyts, the project aims not only to bring this practice into book form, but also to give something back: part of the income will fund book gift vouchers for online writing(with)plants hosts in 2026–2027, recognising their knowledge and and care work (including many hours of preparation).

he book brings together two elements:

• Part A offers stories and reflections rooted in a specific geography and lived experience. In this volume, written by Wendy Wuyts, we will learn more about Flanders, and her experiences, as a geographer, trained forest bath guide, ecofeminist researcher and as an initiator and facilitator of writing(with)plant sessions.  
• Part B provides practical templates, exercises and frameworks that readers can use, adapt and experiment with in their own communities.

Book cover illustrations 

The book cover and illustrations were created by the Dutch artist Mary Feywood, (https://www.maryfeywood.nl) whose sensitive approach brought the writing(with)plants practice to life visually. During the design process, we had many inspiring discussions about how to represent the act of writing, care, and attention to plants and multispecies communities. For example. what should we characters hold? As you can see, someone holds a pen, another a tree, and a third is writing. 

In our updates, we will share more behind-the-scenes and choices behind the art. Here is one of the latest versions. In the updates, we will share the final version:

Graphic design

Here is a first concept of the graphic design for part B. As you see, the graphic designer works with illustrations and photographs and enough space for your own notes, drawings….  During the campaign, we share more updates how the graphic design evolves. 

From a limited edition to print-on-demand

This crowdfunding should be seen as a pre-order opportunity of the limited book. We will work with a high-quality printer in the Netherlands and we push the price as much as possible.

For other books, we worked with a print-on-demand service from the Netherlands (Brave New Books). We cannot guarantee the print control or the distribution. Quite some money is for this platform and the distribution players like Amazon and Bol. In November, I will publish the book in the platform. The price will be higher. 

Rewards

You can read more page on the page https://nl.ulule.com/writing-with-plants-the-book/, but we like to share a gallery of the infographics I designed for the crowdfunding page. As you can see, there are also opportunities in late spring until autumn to join a workshop in Europe or the USA, where you can pick up your copy.

If you want to join the free online sessions, 

Sign up to our writing(with)plant newsletter via this link or the QR code below:

The newsletter includes blogposts, announcement of next sessions, more behind the scenes and musings and often the slide deck of previous sessions.

You can only pre-order and support until Friday April 17th.

Click here to access the crowdfunding: https://www.ulule.com/writing-with-plants-the-book

May the Forest be with you!