The Pothos Papers
A cutting passed between friends became our first issue.
A houseplant magazine by two friends in Bristol. This issue began with a fern on a kitchen windowsill.
The fern issue
Printed in federal blue and fluoro pink
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Tell us about your windows and watering habits. We’ll match you with a plant from our illustrated collection.
Five questions. You can change your answers.
Two earlier issues from the windowsill.
A cutting passed between friends became our first issue.
Thirty-six pages about looking after plants very slowly.
Nell writes the essays and arranges the pages. Seventeen plants share her one-bedroom flat. She also runs the print days.
Rosa draws the plants and interviews their keepers. She checks the stockists and remembers to label the cuttings.
6 Spindle Row, Bedminster.
Beside the local press shelf.
41 Kiln Yard, Clifton.
At the counter, beside the buns.
9 Saltbox Lane, Old City.
Among the art books and zines.
Issue 3 is £4 in our sample catalogue.
We print each issue in two inks.
This is an illustrative magazine. The editors and stockists are fictional; purchases are unavailable.