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Wayward Sustainable Design Award at Chelsea College of Arts
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Wayward Sustainable Design Award at Chelsea College of Arts
Wayward was honoured to be asked by Chelsea College of Arts BA Interior and Spatial Design to present an annual Wayward Sustainable Design Award to the student who has demonstrated responsible reuse and sustainability in their work.
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Improbable Botany
- Wayward Press - 2017
Improbable Botany
Wayward Press is excited to announce our first book! Improbable Botany, a brand-new science fiction anthology about alien plant conquests, fantastical ecosystems, benevolent dictatorships and techno-utopias.
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Spice Exchange At Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- London, UK - 2015
Spice Exchange At Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Client: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Site:  London, UK (2015) Designer: Wayward Consultants: Civic Engineers
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Urban Physic Garden
- London, UK - 2011, Ongoing
Urban Physic Garden
Site: London, UK (2011) Designer: Wayward Partners: Kings College, Tate Modern, The Peter de Haan Trust, Living Medicine, Publica, Bankside Open Spaces Trust, Openvizor, and many other cultural and community partnerships.
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Borough Market Hall
- London, UK - 2013
Borough Market Hall
Client: Borough Market Site: London, UK (2013) Designer: Wayward with DLA Architects
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House of Wayward Plants recycles thousands of plants from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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House of Wayward Plants recycles thousands of plants from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Where do the plants go after the RHS Chelsea Flower Show?
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Farmopolis
- London, UK - 2016
Farmopolis
Site: Greenwich Peninsula, London, UK (2016) Concept, Design & Creative Direction: Wayward Consultants: ARUP Partners: Royal Horticulture Society, Secret Productions (Operations)
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The Queen’s Walk Windows Gardens
- London, UK - 2013
The Queen’s Walk Windows Gardens
Client: The Southbank Centre Site: London, UK (2013) Designer: Wayward Consultants and Partners: Civic Engineers, Trees for Cities
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Selfridges
- London, UK - 2014
Selfridges
Client: Selfridges Site: London, UK (2014) Designer: Wayward
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Union Street Urban Orchard
- London, UK - 2010
Union Street Urban Orchard
The Union Street Urban Orchard was a pioneering project in meanwhile space, transforming a derelict site into a thriving community orchard, built with over one hundred volunteers.
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Park Love (National Parks Now!)
- New York, NY - 2014, Ongoing
Park Love (National Parks Now!)
Wayward, in collaboration with Project Projects, were appointed by the Van Alen Institute and the U.S.
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Algaegarden
- Quebec, Canada - 2011-2013
Algaegarden
Client: Metis International Garden Festival Site: Quebec, CA (2011-13) Designer: Wayward in collaboration with Synnøve Fredericks and Brenda Parker Partners: Canadian Psycological Culture Centre, NutrOcean Rimouski, Society for General Microbiology, Martin Cooper (Engineer)
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2017 International Conference on Urban Agriculture in Seoul
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2017 International Conference on Urban Agriculture in Seoul
Tom will be speaking about Wayward's projects at the 2017 International Conference on Urban Agriculture, scheduled from 17-20 May 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. It marks the 6th year since the Urban Agriculture Expo in Seoul has started in 2013.
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House of Wayward Plants
- Everywhere - Always
House of Wayward Plants
"Possibly the most whimsical yet political intervention." -- Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History on House of Wayward Plants
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Wayward are 2017 Practitioners-in-Residence at Chelsea College of Art
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Wayward are 2017 Practitioners-in-Residence at Chelsea College of Art
Wayward have been invited to be the 2017 Practitioners-in-Residence for the Interior and Spatial Design Programme at Chelsea College of Art.
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Transient Spaces Symposium
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Transient Spaces Symposium
The Symposium Transient Social Environments: Temporary Urban and Interior Interventions explores transient environments within both urban and interior situations, with a focus on how such design interventions engender social agency.
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Carlton Playground
- London, UK - 2014
Carlton Playground
Client: Camden Active Spaces, Camden Council / NHS Site: London, UK (2014) Designer: Wayward and erect architecture Contractor: Blakedown
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Daisy, Daisy
- New Hampshire, USA - 2015
Daisy, Daisy
Client: Beam Camp Site: New Hampshire, USA (2015) Designer: Wayward Consultants: Civic Engineers
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Grow, Grow, Grow Your Boat
- Berewood, Hampshire, UK - In Progress
Grow, Grow, Grow Your Boat
Clients: Future Cities, Winchester City Council, Havant Council, Grainger PLC Berewood Site: Berewood, Hampshire, UK (2016) Designer: Wayward Consultants: Structure Workshop
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Helsinki Plant Tram
- Helsinki - 2012
Helsinki Plant Tram
Client: The British Council for the World Design Capital Helsinki Site: Suvilahti, Helsinki (2012)Designer: WaywardPartners: Dodo
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Torriano Playgrounds
- London, UK - 2014
Torriano Playgrounds
Client: Camden Active Spaces, Camden Council / NHS Site: London, UK (2014) Designer: Wayward and erect architecture Contractors: Blakedown and Made from Scratch  
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Lycée Française Charles de Gaulle de Londres
- London, UK - 2015
Lycée Française Charles de Gaulle de Londres
Client: Lycée Française Charles de Gaulle de Londres Site: South Kensington, London, UK (2015) Designer: Wayward Contractor: LDC Landscapes
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Literalley (Literally, a Library in an Alley)
- London, UK - 2016
Literalley (Literally, a Library in an Alley)
Client: Greater London Authority Site: London, UK (2016) Designer: Wayward Partners: Whitechapel Gallery, Providence Row
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Google Campus
- London, UK - 2012
Google Campus
Client: Google Site: London, UK (2012) Designer: Wayward Wayward designed and built the moss garden in the new Google Campus London, a unique co-working space in the heart of East London’s Tech City which supports tech start-ups.
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Petit Bateau Shop
- London, UK - 2014
Petit Bateau Shop
In 2014, Petit Bateau launched its first adult fashion pop up for women and men on Charlotte Road in London’s Shoreditch – the company’s first shop space in the east of the capital.
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Whitechapel Gallery
- London, UK - 2013
Whitechapel Gallery
For The Spirit of Utopia exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery (4 July – 5 September 2013), ten artists and collectives from around the world speculated on alternative futures for the economy, the environment and society itself, asking “what if?”.
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What We Do

Wayward is a London-based landscape, art and architecture practice – an award-winning collective of designers, artists and urban growers. Since 2006, Wayward has pioneered new methodologies in the creative use of underutilised land and meanwhile spaces, transforming derelict sites into large-scale, design-driven spaces that engage local communities and inspire international audiences.

Our critically-acclaimed projects include theUnion Street Urban Orchard, commissioned by the Architecture Foundation for the London Festival of Architecture, theHelsinki Plant Tram, created for the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 and shortlisted for the D&AD Yellow Pencil, and theQueen’s Walk Window Gardens, a micro-city of urban allotments for the Southbank Centre, visited by an estimated 8 million people.

For the past decade, Wayward has designed and tested innovative new social, cultural and economic models for sustainable green spaces. This includes Farmopolis, an ambitious new urban farming concept that brings together food, farming, arts and culture which had its first experimental testbed on a jetty outpost at the Greenwich Peninsula in 2016. TheUrban Physic Garden, which started as a pop-up garden of medicinal plants built by over 200 volunteers in 2011, has since toured internationally and become an international 501c3 non-profit promoting the healing power of plants and food as medicine.

Wayward takes a unique approach to landscape through the creation of narrative environments. Our projects express stories that connect people through nature, creating vibrant places which are productive, meaningful and imaginative. Our projects are platforms for collaboration, experimentation and creative innovation. Our work goes beyond design to extend to creative direction and production, project delivery, strategic partnership building, community engagement, original programming, curation and live events.

 

Learn more about our Community Engagement.

Who We Are

Heather Ring

Heather is the Founder of Wayward, guiding it from its roots as an innovative platform for plant exchanges to become an ambitious vehicle for social change. 

She is also the Creative Director of the international 501(c)(3) non-profit, Urban Physic Garden (UPG), which promotes the healing power of plants and food as medicine through art/medicine/botany research collaborations, educational programming, participatory experiences and design-driven green spaces.

Born in Chicago, she holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Heather previously worked internationally as a landscape architect designing public realm projects for Kathryn Gustafson and Martha Schwartz. Early in her career she was an artist assistant to the environmental artist, Mary Miss and the architect, Michael Sorkin. Between 2005-2010, she was a Senior Editor for Archinect.com and sat on the editorial board of On Farming, the first edition of [Bracket], published by Actar Press. 

Thomas Kendall

Thomas joined Wayward in 2010 to co-produce the Union Street Urban Orchard. Since then, he has worked with Wayward on projects from concept design through to construction, including teaching design and build skills to hundreds of project volunteers and running narrative co-design workshops with communities.

Before joining Wayward, Thomas ran a design-build consultancy that brought together play, participation and narrative design with innovative use of materials. His work includes a housing development in Ghana, utilising local building techniques, teaching construction skills to the local community and building a legacy to encourage economic investment in the local area.

Thomas studied Fine Art at Falmouth College of Art, Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture (BSc) and the Royal College of Art (MA architecture). He is a guest critic at the Bartlett, Middlesex and the RCA.

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Collaborators

We work with designers, makers, artists, writers, innovators, scientists and growers. If you’re interested in collaborating, please get in touch!
Jarred Henderson
Project Manager and long-time associate, for projects including Queens Walk Window Gardens, Lycee Francais, Farmopolis and many more
Allison Moffett
Illustrator for the Urban Physic Garden, Orchard, Wayward Plants and Queens Walk Window Gardens
Anna Garforth
Artist of the moss pharmacy cross for the Urban Physic Garden
Bill Ryley
Artist collaborator on the Barbican and Exxmas Forest
Brenda Parker
Wayward's scientist-in-residence since the Algaegarden
Bryan Boyer
All-around advisor and collaborator on early plant adoption events like the Barbican
Charlie Tims
Apple, cider and scrumping expert for the Union Street Urban Orchard
Claire Healy
Assistant curator for the Union Street Urban Orchard, Herbarium for the Urban Physic Garden
Amy Seek
Landscape architect on Park Love, Lycée Français and The Spice Exchange among others
Claire Ratinon
Head Gardener at Farmopolis, rehoming tens of thousands of Chelsea Flower Show plants
Daniel Shea
Planting designer on the Old Street Guerrilla Garden and Market Estate
Emilee Yawn
Early creative collaborator on plant adoption events since Conflux
Tom Foulsham
Artist of the water pipe irrigation system for the Urban Physic Garden
Abbas Nokhasteh
Co-producer of the East London Sukkah, produced films for the Urban Orchard and Queens Walk Window Gardens
Andres Bardo
Filmmaker of the Union Street Urban Orchard and East London Sukkah
Helen Babbs
Writer-in-residence for the Urban Physic Garden
Jaimes Mayhew
Artist and collaborator on Conflux Festival and the TINAG Festival guerrilla garden walk
Alberto Cammarata
Architectural designer on Lycée Français and The Spice Exchange
Apache
Cable eater
James Kennedy
Writer for the Spirit of Utopia exhibition and Improbable Botany
James Thurgood
Artist maker on the Google Campus moss project
Lilian Wilke
Writer and researcher on Improbable Botany
James Wilkes
Editor of the poetry journal for the Urban Physic Garden, writer of Funeral for Flowers
Jamie Jay Johnson
Filmmaker for Helsinki Plant Tram
Glen West
All-around advisor, composed music for many of our films
Joseph Finlay
Writer, thinker, activist for the East London Sukkah
Julia Tcharfas
Artist-in-residence in Helsinki, photography installation at Urban Orchard
Effie Fotaki
Photography series for the Market Estate Garden Rescue
kanarinka
Early mentor to Wayward Plants, Conflux Festival and adoption events
Laida Juanikorena
Our in-house architect who worked on loads including Lycée Français and Farmopolis
Lizzie Frost
Graphic designer for Improbable Botany, Urban Physic Garden, Kew and others
Mike Massaro
Photographer-in-residence for the Union Street Urban Orchard and other projects
Mr Solo
Writer of the Wayward Plants theme song
Nikki Paglia
Filmmaker, for the Wayward Plants Theme Song video
Orly Orbach
Artist-in-residence at the East London Sukkah, painted our pig at the Urban Orchard
Owen Pomery
Illustrator for Urban Physic Garden and Westminster Bridge Road
Poppy Nichol
Resident apple expert (PhD) for the Union Street Urban Orchard
Richard Hackney
Metalworker for the Spice Exchange and the CityLab Algaegarden
Richard Morrell
Co-lead carpenter on Queen’s Walk Window Gardens, Kew, and other projects
Richard Reynolds
Old Street Guerilla Garden, Seed Bomb Station at the Union Street Urban Orchard
Salvatore Tabone
Architectural designer on Carlton Playground, Grow, Grow, Grow Your Boat and others
Synnøve Fredericks
Design collaborator on the Algaegarden
Teresa Diaz
Graphic Designer for the Union Street Urban Orchard (and its book)
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things
Grandparents of Wayward Plants, from our first event at Conflux Festival
Thorny
Our very first Wayward Plant!
Vahakn Matossian
Artist of Fruit City, the Cider Shed for the Union Street Urban Orchard
Toby Leigh
Illustrator for the Urban Physic Garden comic
Tom Gilbert
Co-lead carpenter on Queen’s Walk Window Gardens, Kew, and other projects
Harry Pizzey
Architectural intern for Farmopolis and other projects
Phil Hodgson
Landscape architect on Westminster Bridge Road and Queen’s Walk Window Gardens
Tomas Cortese
Architectural collaborator on the Union Street Urban Orchard and early projects
Tobias Warwick Jones
Wayward’s website designer, graphic designer for Farmopolis and other projects
Ryan Walsh
Architectural intern for Farmopolis and other projects
Elena Real Davies
Architectural intern for Farmopolis and other projects
Marina Blake
Research assistant on Literalley and Grow, Grow, Grow Your Boat
Mara Weiss
Co-led RHS Reuse Scheme, Architectural Designer

Volunteers

Stephen Brooks, Bobby Denton, Steven Williams, Deirdre McGonagle, Ola Akinforarn, Jane Harrisworth, Simon Rees, Michelle Reeves, Dan Hawthorn, Alexia Georgiou, Emilie Girardin, Max Dannheisser, Tom Stuart, Jessica Tettelaar, Maiara Vegara, Maryam Pousti, Younha Rhee, Clare Druhurst, Mark Bennett, Cherry Roberts, Mark Ellery, Vicky Harrison, Tong Yan, Nikki Paglia, Daniel Edgerton, Sam Daudeswell, Michelle Obee, Adam Clark, Enward Beharrell, Cristian Suau, Donncha O’Shea, Rachel Pimm, Joanna Maguire, Tineke Purnell, Adam Cohen, Sandy Chandra, Beriah Chandoo, Sara Jefferson, Rakan Buderi, Lauren Doss, Luisa Rodrigues, Paul Upton, Anka Robins, Rob Lyon, Anna Nasalska, Sam Dowdeswell, Paul Wilkinson, Georgina White, Mathew Brooker, Anna Clarke, Anna Marie Hutton, Janet Cockayne, Amina Nazari, Luisa Rodrigues, David Latto, Nenad Todorovic, Sorrell, Philip Fawcett, Andrea Walkes, Tim Jackson, Dayo Muili, Gamze Kaya, Antony Chang, Ruby Wright, Molly Dalton, Rachel Fitzgerald, David Harbord, Luke Borucinski, Mark Breslin, Lance Paine, Alex Michell, Younha Rhee, Rosalind Price, Gary O’Doherty, Helen Cuthbert, Robyn Blackburn, Joanne Fox, Gemma Brickwood, Rob Scadding, Katie Benford, Stuart Slatter, Alex Coulton, Catherine Ellis, Meena, Rob Heppell, Grant, Ben Mitchell, Clare Dryhurst, Michael Penny, Caroline Lewis, Piab Cooke, Robin Kendall, Sally Kendall, Mark Bresun, Craig Stone, Joana Subral, Sam Dent, Luke Dickens, Krishnaprasad Raghavan, Phil Simpson, Adrian While, Mudimo Okondo, David Kelly, Jim Lynes, Manmohan Birdi, Sophie Smilllito, Shafie Rahm, Jane Spooner, Leonardo Niro, Amina Nazari, Yeshen Venema, Sue Palmer, Nellie Jones, Charlotte Grimshaw, Chintan Makwana, Charisse Baker, Rob Crane, Liza Mezzo, Richard Rosca, Nicole Paglia, Adam Duncan, Nimmi Naidoo, Lucy Scott, Jenny Rigby, Luke leBrun, Mischa Resnick, Clare Martin, Amir Sardan, Catherine Slinn, A. White, Claire Murphy, Nicolae Trif, Maxie, Catharine Bull, Neil Morris, Bianca Gage, Rebecca Sheen, George Damalas, Charles Rumsey, Elizabeth Olusanya, Andrew Catchside, Katharine Falk, Beth Barber, Katya Fearnley-Whitingstall, Simon Jones, Tom Mountford, Charles Parker, Ruth Steadman, Sam Dub, Anil Sharm, Tibor Varga, Miguel Pampulha, Blanka Kiss, Kevin Mcgerty, Andy Scott, Bobby Denter, Tony Vigar, Julie MacDonald, Chloe Smith, Minna Grima, Ade Tejan, Eisa Galvez, Curt Brown, Christopher Eaton, Gary Hickey, Gienevieve Orsi, Fran Newman Sam Callaghan, Sean Pike, Per Kvalvaag, Amaiana Arbizu, Hannah Houston-Banks, Maria Holguin, Daniel Gilby, Paul Bannel, Ekpo Eyo, Claire Donaldson, Karine Tonson Latour, Rachael Miskin, Carnen Campeanu, Sean Ferguson, Heather Bolton, Niamh Shanahan, Vicky Bankcroft, Kirsty Sellman, Rachel Parkes, Vanessa Hodder, Rosemary Sandifard, Mark Bell, Poppy Nicol, Scott Hamilton, Leigh Hamilton, Kieron Vanstone, Jo Topping, Richard English, Emily Thomas, Jonathon Stewart, Rose Fulbright, Tamlin Vickers, Chloe Beeney, Steven Tracey, Agnieszka Lech, Amelia Cross-Brown, Chris Lucius, David Fieldhouse, Gilberto Pinheiro, Jessica Magana, Josephine Cunningham, Kamila Avellaneda, Katia Martin, Khuan Ho, Lena Ruprai, Michael Quan, Naomi Cole, Nicola Ingram, Phil Machin, Sarah Towndrow, Nick Tow, Led Paimps, Nicolae Trif, Bahar Ghodsian, Maria Saekt, Sandra Hanafin, Jessica Carnevale, Deborah Grayson, Alison Brumfitt, Fabiana Mello, Sam McCabb, Magdalena Griarde, Leonora Aunstrup, Peter Cook, Alex Crouch, Karl-Peter Penke, Ben Giles, Jessica Lee, Megan Gimber, Thea Thomspon, Tom Sharp, Lesley Perez, Sophie Turner, Amy Wolfe, Alice Tang, Darren Gill, Hannah Hackenberger, Sally James Knyvetter, Maude Pinet, Nada Tayeb, Laura Mark, Susan Mcgowan, Raghavan Selvaratnam, Farhanah Rahman, Sophie Tombleson, Jeong Su Lee, Renata Novaes, Karen Liebreich, Merilin Todorinova, Elena Dimitrova, Maria Brady, Lilija Oblecova, Vanisha Mistry, Maria Christine Andersen, Christie Dunne Murphy, Ava Lynam, June Park, Aiste Saulyte, Sam Brown, Sally James, Mariana Pizza, Renata Oliveira, Beth Barber, Jessica Apps, Cynthia Ring, Mia Jacobson, Sush Nakanishi, Ana Chavez, Sarah Watson, Sophia Seymour, Isobel Foulsham, Pierre Alozie, Jane Clinton, Ben Moor, Ariel Shepherd, Robin Smith, Fiona Sibley, Johnathan Goldspink, Gabi Teodore, Stephen Tracey, Mario Rebolledo, Zoe Elan Georgalli, Mike Troughton, Laskz Wisz, Child Higginson, Hue Williams, Mary Anre, Clive Lewis, Blu Carroll, Lisa McDonald, Paul Skillon, Dan Crocker, Madeline Rosenstein, Anna Ramsay, Neale Victoria, Lena Ruprai, Bonnie Camplin, Fabiana Mello, Phil Howes, Susan Cottam, Catharine Bull, Huyghues-Despointes Fleur, Ksenia Zhitomirskaya, Stephen Barnes, Erica Cortopossi, Laura Graham-Matheson, Joy Chamberlin, Neil Double, Jenny Pearce, Michelle Jones, Debbie Adams, Rosanna Morris, Claire Gibson, Joanna Callaghan, Judy Ong, Alice Tang, Jeong Su Lee, Tina Grace, Monica Rabanillo, Emily Ho, Claire Scerri, Natalia Bagniewska, Tiffany Ho, Julia Levitt, Belen Ramirez, Jenny Thompson, Violeta Hernandez Suarez, Beth Handyside, Monique Dias, Alex Davies, Yvonne Muller, Zahir Samina, Sharon Sterling, Sylvia Andonopoulos, Gabrielle Palmer, Kirsten Burrows, Vanessa Goodchild, Fiona Tong, Katherine McNicholas, Maria Elena Brady, Lucy Gilliam, Theresa Douthwright, Saidur Rahman, Suzie Lant, Louisa Daubney, Saira Bhatti, Janice Scull, Jane South, Candice Van Eeden, Michael Dixon, Heidi Went, Emily Beber, Maria del Mar Medina, Rebecca Martyn, Jade Stubley, Zang Shou, Roselind Craig, John Henshaw, Hatty Bell, Gyvania Jovic-Storey, Alexandra Okoh, Ruth Dreyer, Emily Sarkies, Charlie Zhao, Lukasz Wisz, Francine Hudson, Elke de Boer, Archana Ambily, Anita Kasseean, Susan Mcgowan, Iain Middlebrook, Claudia Huber-Hicks, Salah Achhala, Zoe Moffatt, Tom Swinfield, Mark Pavey, Valentina Feretti, Laura Coyte, Monika Foerster, Chris Rees, Emily Burgess, Sonia Moreno, Roisin Stimpson, Lizzie Lines, Jane Ennis, Helen Thomas, Bryonie Badcock, Marta Alava, Sarah Atkinson, Sabana Patel, Irina Wang, Kylie Morgan, Sophia Morris, Alison Brown, Samantha Holmes, Harnaik Mann, Kiera Coward-Deyell, Georgie Hodgson, Farhia Dirie, Elza Frenzel, Rizwan Sheikh, Sulafa Silim, Melanie Christina Mohr, Lucy Latham, Janne Sarendal, Shelley Hinds, Hannah Wheater, Ronan Duffaud, Eugenia Gemmo, David Smith, Sam Bourn, Dave Hashida, Seetha Alagapan, Brian Reardon, Leslie Batchelor, Charles Parkes, Jackie Ashdown, Giulia Pignone, Rachel de Thample, Steve Sinclair, Aneesa Pandora, Jenny Camilleri, Emma Brown, Rosalie Callway, Clara Wong, Carmina Kato, Christine Prout, Christine Wright, Alice Tyler, Laura Paterson, Cathy Walace, Maria Vigliotti, Pip Tinsley, Fran Box, Claire Ganly, Rosie Brewer, Josephine Neill, Rosemary Esber, Seetha Alagapan, Cassandra Passarelli, Charles Parkes, Liz Sewell, Rebecca Martyn, Zoe Moffatt, Sophia Morris, Alison Brown, Alexandra Charlemagne, Elizabeth Merricks, Maria Brady, Annmarie Nwachukwu, Perdi Fenn, Natal Goh, Sonia Zamora Martín, Bill Hudson, Philippa Lowe, Melanie Archer, Antonia Bacon, Irina Wang, Claire Martin, Maria Brady, Vanessa Hodder, Julia Coulson, Joe Sanders, Eva Evangelakou, Selena Chandler, Susan Dellet, Francisco Arcos, Jamois Carole, Bhumika Dalvi, Catherine Wilkinson, Rachel King, Laura Wilson, Jessica Clements, Judy Ong, Victoria Pearce, Kim Walker, Anais Benazet, Sophia Hughes, Sheridan Clarke, Linda Hammett, Jaleh Bahri-Esfahani, Sophie Cottarel, Gary Galman, Natalie Clapham, Zara Williams, Alex Sa, Abby Williams, Ann Cummings, Antje Kompa, Camila Reus, Cassidy Bell, Daisy Cairns, Elaine Toohig, Eliza Nicholas, Emily Florance, Jessica Choong, John Galloway, Lana Sarey, Linda Pearce, Margareta Handa, Raj Verdi, Rosa Harradine, Rosie Minkler, Hannah Amusa, Suzanne Johnston, Kay Guest, Nicky Howe, Vicky Maddox, Kevin Delamere, Mari Taylor, Nicila Forsyth, Emily Assheton, Gabi Harkness, Laura Diggens, Alessandra Trame, Ryan Coghlan, Beatrice Bless, Madeleine Murphy, Sophie Tombleson, M. Fahmi Ardi, David Watkinson, Carolyn Dunster, Rachel Stephenson, Jordan Licht, Hilary Powell, Hayley Shepherd, Andrea Stern, Violet Bennell and any names we missed!

In The Press

"Our cities need more of these kind of projects."
Tate Modern
"[Wayward's] creative spaces are helping London to seal its status as a thriving garden city.”
Mayor of London
"Masters of temporary conceptual gardens."
The Guardian

For press requests, contact press (at) wayward (dot) co (dot) uk.

 

2017

Mortice, Zach, A Wayward Journey to Landscape Futures,Landscape Architecture Magazine, August 2017

Lovegrove, James, Short review: Improbable Botany,Financial Times, 21 July 2017

Zeunert, Joshua, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability Creating Positive Change Through Design, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

Henneberry, John, Ed. Transience and Permanence in Urban Development, Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2017

Google Moss Garden, Vertical Garden Design, Artpower Press, 2017

AU arkkitehtiuutiset 2/2017, Heather Ring interviewed by Essi Ehrnrooth (In Finnish)

Blanc, Nathalie, Benish, Barbara, Form, Art and the Environment: Engaging in Sustainability, Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development, 2017

"Del Asfalto a Tu Mesa. 3 Proyectos Globales," A: The Style Guide by Andares, No. 39, Mayo 2017

"Daisy Daisy," Compendium of Landscape Architecture and Open Space Design, Braun Publishing, 2017

 

2016   

Gardener’s Question Time, Interview with Heather Ring / Farmopolis, BBC Radio 4, 2016

“Food in the City,” Jane Manning, Urban Design 140, Urban Design Group Journal, Autumn 2016

Odgers, Juliet, Mhairi McVicar, Stephen Kite, Eds. Economy and Architecture, Routledge Press, 2016

Cameron, Fiona R., "Theorising More-Than Human Collectives for Climate Change Action in Museums, Ecologising Museums, Edited by L'Internationale Online with Sarah Werkmeister, 2016

Chelsea Flower Show plants rescued for 'floating garden', BBC News, 2016

Borough Market Hall, London Precincts, Hardie Grant Books, 2016

Farmopolis: Join the Great Plant Rescue, Grazia, 2016

Food for thought in the city, Bunny Guinness, The Telegraph, 9 October 2016

Where do plants go after Chelsea? Down the river to Farmopolis, The Telegraph, 31 July 2016

In pictures: Farmopolis aka London's new floating garden being built, Time Out London, 28 July 2016

An Experimental Farm on the River Thames Is Changing the Way City-Dwellers Eat, Vice Magazine, 2016

"How to bring Londoners closer to Nature," David Spittles, Evening Standard, July 2016

Hausner, Sondra L., The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard: Time, Ritual, and Sexual Commerce in London, University of Indiana Press, 2016 

 

2015   

Urban Physic Garden, Landscape Design Magazine, China, 2015

Waterman, Tim, The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture 2nd Edition, London - New York: Bloomsbury Publishing; 2015

Adventurous Playgrounds in Camden, London, Play-scapes, 3 June 2015

Parham, Susan, Food and Urbanism: The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015

The great outdoors: we unveil the 2015 Landscape Institute Award winners, Wallpaper Magazine, 2015

Common Capital: Fleeting Value, Case Studies in Temporary Land Use, Nesta, 2015

Playspace Pilot Plays Pivotal Role, Horticulture Week, May 2015

 

2014   

Borough Market Hall, Landscape Record, Shenyang, China, 2014

Danzhi, Weng, Breathing and Living Wall, Hong Kong: Artpower International, 2014

Queen's Walk Window Gardens, Vertical Green High-Rise, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2014

Van Uffelen, Chris; Braun, Markus Sebastian, Atlas of World Landscape Architecture, Switzerland: Braun Publishing, 2014

Ortega, Gonzalo, Inhumano, Mexico: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014

Narrative Environments: Wayward, Paisea, September 2014, Issue 029, pp.108-111

Mouth-watering stories behind Selfridges' new foodie windows Olivia Parker, The Telegraph, 09 July 2014

 

2013   

Miazzo, Francesca  and Mark Minkjan (Eds.), Farming the City - Food as a Tool for Today's Urbanization, Valiz Press, 2013

Avosani, Giovanni, "Small Opportunities" ArchitettaRe, October 2013

Black, Brian, Ed., Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History, Volume 1, Santa Barbara, California, 2013

Tutti Frutti with Bompas & Parr and Friends, 2013, Bompas & Parr Editions

Agyeman, Julian, Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice, Zed Books, 2013 

Helsinki Plant Tram, Journal Reforma (Mexique), 2013 

Wayward Plants, Apartment Therapy, 2013

Helsinki Plant Tram, Green Magazine, Australia, 2013

Southbank Centre unwraps 'Festival of Neighbourhood,' Architects Journal, 2013

The Spirit of Utopia: Whitechapel Gallery, London Review, The Financial Times, Jane Ure-Smith, 2013

The Spirit of Utopia, Whitechapel Gallery, Evening Standard, 2013

Embrace the Spirit of Utopia at Whitechapel Gallery, Londonist, 2013

Van Uffelen, Chris, Green City Spaces: Urban Landscape Architecture (Architecture in Focus), Braun Publishing, 2013

 

2012   

Bishop, Peter and Lesley Williams, The Temporary City, Routledge Press, 2012

‘The revolution will be composted: adventures in radical gardening’, The Guardian, January 23, 2012

“The Urban Physic Garden,” A Smart Guide to Utopia: 111 Inspiring Ideas for a Better City, LeCool Press, 2012

‘A Space for Imagination: Heather Ring of Wayward Plants, Flamingo Magazine, 2012

All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move, Treehugger, 2012

‘The Story of Physic Gardens,’ Pretty Nostalgic Magazine, May/June 2012

Mata Martinex, Tomas, El Huerto Curativo, Plataforma Press, 2012

‘Tweeting Plants: Google Campus Opens in London’, BBC One and BBC News, March 29, 2012

“Landscapes: A Rollercoaster Garden,” Home Review Magazine, 2012

 

2011          

Heather Ring interviewed on Shaun Keaveny's Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, 2011

"Rescue Remedy" and "Wayward Artist," Helen Babbs, Lost in London Magazine, Issue 3, 2011

Lascelles, Moira, The Union Street Urban Orchard: A Case Study for Urban Reuse, Architecture Foundation, 2011

Cultural Highlights of 2011, Icon Magazine, December 2011

"Urban Physic Garden Pops Up on London's Southbank," Fiona Law, Landscape Middle East Magazine, November 2011

The Urban Physic Garden: Best Urban Farm Projects (Film), Monocle Magazine, August 19, 2011

Klanten, Robert, E. Ehmann, K. Bolhofer, My Green City: Back to Nature with Attitude and Style, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2011

"A Space for Imagination: Heather Ring of Wayward Plants," Zita Abila, Flamingo Magazine, Homes & Habitats Issue, 2011 

Algaegarden, Pruned Blog, August 2, 2011

‘The Young Architects Building Your Future;’ Ruth Lewy, Architecture & Design, The Times on Sunday, 2011

"A Visit to the Urban Physic Garden," The Guardian, Jane Perrone, 28 July, 2011

"Temporary Remedy," BBC Gardens Illustrated, July 2011

“Pop-up physic garden is tonic for derelict space;’ Olivia Solon, Wired UK, 16 June 2011

“Urban Physic Garden Opens in Southwark with Pop-up Supperclub;’ Time Out London, 9 June 2011

“London’s history of herbal treatments;’ Helen Babbs, BBC News, 9 June 2011

“In Pictures: London’s Urban Physic Garden;’ BBC News, 9 June 2011

           

2010   

The Guardian Multimedia, Jewish festival of Sukkot;’ (Video review of the East London Sukkah Project), 1 October 2010

"From Lord of the Manor to Sleeping on a Park Bench," Sarah Kessler, Forward Magazine, 27 September 2010

"Urban Orchard Slips Back into the Ground," Treehugger, 17 September 2010

"How we did it ... Urban orchard provides sustainability harvest," Nicola Homer, Planning Resource, 17 September 2010

“Best temp job in town: Pop-up gardens are appearing across London thanks to one pioneering enthusiast;’ Emma Townshend, The Independent on Sunday, 22 August 2010

Mi-ju, Kwon, Urban Orchard, Space, Issue 513, pp. 76-79, August 2010

“Union Street Urban Orchard;’ Regeneration and Renewal, 5 August 2010

"LFA 2010: Make do and build," Crystal Bennes, Architects Journal, 15 July 2010

“London Festival of Architecture;’ Domus, 13 July 2010

“Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring;’ Dezeen, 11 July 2010

“An Urban Orchard Appears in London;’ Treehugger, 6 July 2010

“The Union Street Urban Orchard," Building Design, 2 July 2010

"The Union Street Urban Orchard," Apartment Therapy, 1 July 2010 

“The Union Street Urban Orchard;’ Architects Journal, 22 June 2010

“The Wayward Plant Registry;’ Public 41: Gardens, Edited by Erin Despard and Monika Kin Gagnon, June 2010

“Highlights of 2009 in Arts & Ecology;’ The Royal Society of Arts, January 2010

Ring, Heather, Nomadic Allotments: London’s Farming Future, [bracket: ON FARMING], Actar Press, 2010

 

2008-09

Berridge, David, Writing Exhibitions: An Assembling, The Reading Room, Berlin, 2009

A Guerrilla Greenbelt for London, Critical Cities: Ideas, Knowledge and Agitation from Emerging Urbanists, Myrtle Court Press, 2009

I Can Hear The Grass Grow, Interview, Resonance FM, 2009

Reynolds, Richard, ‘On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook to Gardening without Boundaries’, Bloomsbury Press, 2008

Borasi, Giovanna and Mirko Zardini, Actions: What You Can Do with the City, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Sun Publishers, 2008

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