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The Wayward Plant Registry

The Halfway Home for Wayward Plants

The Wayward Plant Registry will be making a Halfway Home for Wayward Plants this summer at the Barbican on July 25-26 in conjunction with the exhibition, Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing World, 1969-Present.

Wayward plants, commonly referred to as weeds, are ones growing where they're not wanted. They may be non-native, unsightly, invasive, high-maintenance, surplus or withering, and so are uprooted, pulled from the earth as urban castaways. But wayward plants, whether common weeds, domestic breeds or rare botanical specimens, are truly in the eye of the beholder. If you know of any wayward plants in London, please send them our way. We are looking for plants that are unwanted, neglected, or abandoned, as well as plants that are rogue, stray or runaway.

Are you struggling to nurture the nature? Are they caught in the middle of a messy separation? Are they a contested inheritance? A domestic burden? Are they thorny? Needy-seedy? We are particularly interested in those plants left behind in the vacated luxury lofts of fallen bankers ... and plants more rooted than their transient parents.

Be in touch - we are open to pick-ups + cups of tea, drop-offs on doorsteps, and will follow anonymous tips. Please email waywardplants@gmail.com with any leads.