The Herbarium
A Monthly Zine
For the plant people.
A small collection of botanical insights, folklore and history for the curious reader, printed on paper and mailed to your door every month.
Join by the last day of the month for next month’s issue. Ships worldwide.
her·bar·i·um /hərˈberēəm/, noun. A collection of dried, pressed plants, often called a library of plants.
Issue and plant card
Mailed to you
Made and mailed from my worktable
This little publication grew out of the deep romance I have with the plant world. The history, botany and herbalism I have been digging into for years have been clamoring to be assembled into something you can hold: traditional medicine, plant lore and curiosities from the botanical archives, printed on paper.
Past issues have gone into ghost plants, the great cinnamon-gate, ear oil recipes and the history of the apothecary.
Cassidy Moss
Clinical herbalist and natural historian, founder of Moss Herbalism
Inside every issue
A recipe or activity
Something to make with the plants of the month, like the mullein ear oil in Vol. 1.
A plant quiz
Short-answer questions, with the answers printed in the next issue.
A medicinal plant card
Printed from a linocut I carve by hand for each issue. Cut it out and keep the set.
Finds from the botanical archives
Old remedies and plant lore, dug out of herbals and catalogues a century or more old.
A 5 × 7 booklet on heavy paper, mailed in a kraft envelope.
How the months work
Each issue is printed and packed ahead, so everyone who joins in a month starts together with the next one.
Any day of the month
Subscribe for $8. That payment covers next month’s issue.
Mid-month
Your first issue arrives in your mailbox.
Every 28th after
$8 renews automatically for the following month’s issue.
For example, join on October 10 and your first issue is the November issue, arriving around mid-November. Your next $8 is on November 28, for December.
Give it as a gift
A small paper gift that keeps arriving.
Give someone 3, 6 or 12 issues, paid once. A printable gift card comes with your order confirmation, ready to write in and hand over.
Their first issue is next month’s, and the gift ends by itself after the last one. Before it does, I’ll email you in case you’d like to keep it coming.
Questions
Anything else? Email me at mossherbalism@gmail.com.
When will my first issue arrive?
Your first issue is next month’s, and it arrives around the middle of that month. Subscribe any day in October, for example, and you start with the November issue.
When am I charged?
$8 when you subscribe, which pays for next month’s issue. After that, $8 on the 28th of each month for the issue after it.
How do I cancel?
Cancel any time from your account on this site, or email me. Cancel before the 28th and your payments stop there. Cancelling is free, and any issue you’ve already paid for still ships to you.
What if my card declines?
You’ll get an email with a link to pay with a new card. Pay by the last day of the month to stay on the list for next month’s issue.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes, anywhere in the world. International subscriptions are $11 a month: $8, plus $3 for postage.
I’m moving. How do I change my address?
Email me your new address by the last day of the month, and the next issue goes there.
What if my issue doesn’t arrive?
Email me at mossherbalism@gmail.com and I’ll make it right.
Small & strange, written for the plant people.
