Gothic Rewilding: Goths and Rewilders?

 I am a Nature Goth, specifically a SW Forest Goth, and live near the land.  As a Goth, I see "beauty in the midst of a dark and dying world."  I am also a Gothic Rewilder, someone who seeks to work with the land with native plants, animals, and non-destructive "invasive" plants which have naturalized, in partnership to live off the land. 

Rewilding is a verb; it is an action. It is a conversation with the land, animals, and cultures we live among, where in we adapt and transform by the unending changes of the seasons and the land.  It is reconnecting to the Creator and the wilderness.  

Goth is a subculture which, with its two threads:  the1800's literature/architectural movement and the 1970-80s musical expression, is a very old-rooted way of looking at the world, dealing with the challenging subjects, and the dying state of things.

Together, Gothic Rewilding looks at the dying state of the world, along with the possibilities of carving a different path. It is using native, naturalized, wild, and dark plants to create a garden of food and beauty.  It is a group that long has seen the morib state of things, and are doing their parts within the dark times.

My own journey includes dwelling in the desert southwest, nearby, and within the high desert forests.  Here I seek to wildstead, which is a type of wilderness homesteading, using a mix of permaculture, food forests, xeriscaping, and rewilding of plants.

In Umbra Terras,

 Lady Morria



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