About
For the past decade, Wayward Plants has been the Official Reuse Partner of the RHS, rehoming thousands of plants, trees and landscape materials each year from Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court Palace. To date, we've rehomed more than 100,000 mature plants, trees and materials to 1,000 community and school gardens, diverting 500 tonnes of waste from landfill. We're now launching the Wayward Plants Reuse Centre in our newest meanwhile space, Cultivate Colindale, a 4,000m2 plot of land we're transforming into a green space hub bringing together sustainability, culture and community. This is the next step in our story - we’re building the infrastructure to repurpose plants, trees, and salvaged construction materials year-round from the horticultural and building industries, supporting a sustainable circular economy that will be transformative for green spaces across London.
Heather is the Founder and Co-Director of Wayward, an award-winning, socially engaged landscape practice that develops innovative placemaking strategies for the public realm. As pioneers in meanwhile spaces and creative reuse, Wayward designs, curates, and activate community-centered, culturally vibrant green spaces. Heather has guided Wayward it from its roots as an innovative platform for plant exchanges to become an ambitious vehicle for social change. In 2025, Wayward is spinning off Wayward Plants, its long-running reuse initiative, into a UK registered charity and launching its first Wayward Plants Reuse Centre. Born in Chicago, Heather has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennyslvania and is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute.
Tom is Co-Director of Wayward, an award-winning, socially engaged landscape practice that develops innovative placemaking strategies for the public realm. As pioneers in meanwhile spaces and creative reuse, Wayward designs, curates, and activate community-centered, culturally vibrant green spaces. In 2025, Wayward is spinning off Wayward Plants, its long-running reuse initiative, into a UK registered charity and launching its first Wayward Plants Reuse Centre. Born and raised on a farm in Cornwall, 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 teaches design studios at the Bartlett, Middlesex and the RCA.