Press
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The revolution will be composted: adventures in radical gardening [Guardian Gardening Blog]
“Wayward Plants, masters of temporary conceptual gardens …”, by Jane Perrone.
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Forgotten Spaces [We Make Money Not Art]
Documenting the Forgotten Spaces exhibition at Somerset House. “Urban Physic Garden by Wayward Plants transforms a forgotten yard on the King’s College and Guy’s Hospital Campus into public garden where medicinal plants and healing herbs are grown for the public.… Continue reading
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Urban Physic Garden included in Cultural Highlights of 2011 [Icon Magazine]
Icon Magazine asked leading international critics, curators and design experts to choose their cultural highlights of the past 12 months and choose their “Six of the Best.” The Urban Physic Garden was selected by Vicky Richardson, Director of Architecture, Design,… Continue reading
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Urban Physic Garden Pops Up on London’s Southbank [Landscape Middle East Magazine]
Landscape Middle East Magazine features the UPG in their November issue – article and photographs by Fiona Law. You can read it here!
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Urban Physic Garden [The British Council's ADF Papers]
The Urban Physic Garden has been included in series 2 of the ADF Papers, a series of essays that explore new directions in British architecture, design and fashion. The ADF Papers are an ongoing series that sees the Architecture, Design… Continue reading
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Best Urban Farm Projects [Monocle]
Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see potential in derelict spaces and find creative approaches to… Continue reading
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London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden [This Old Street]
“… But today, in order not to get in over my head in just one go, I will stick to one project that has brought me a lot of happiness lately: The Urban Physic Garden …”
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Algaegarden [Pruned]
“It’s a technolicious pergola (or is it an archetypal labyrinth? an espaliered cyborg-plant?) providing a cool respite from our post-millennial angst over peak oil and peak food.” – Alexander Trevi
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A Visit to the Urban Physic Garden [Guardian]
A visit to the Urban Physic Garden: Jane Perrone explores a pop-up community garden that’s spreading the word about the power of plants.
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An Alternative Urban Garden [Live Urban Love Rural]
“There’s been a lot written about London’s community gardens so far this summer. Whether it’s on a housing estate in Kennington, a floating allotment in Hackney, or in the Meanwhile Wildlife Garden in Kensington, it’s fair to say that community… Continue reading
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Wayward Artist [Lost in London]
The Summer Issue of this gorgeous magazine has an interview with Wayward Plants founder Heather Ring as well as an article on the Urban Physic Garden by Helen Babbs.
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The Young Architects Building Your Future [The Times]
A cinema under a flyover? A physic garden on wasteland? No unused site is safe from today’s ambitious young architects. By Ruth Lewy.
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Urban Physic Garden is Just What the Doctor Ordered [Daily Candy]
Feel-Good Herbs Are a Dose of Calm …
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Urban Physic Garden, Union Street [Superimpose Magazine]
“Superimpose Magazine spoke with Heather, the creator of the Urban Physic Garden – she told us what we can look forward to from the project over the coming months…” They also created this lovely little film: Urban Physic Garden, London… Continue reading
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In Pictures: The Urban Physic Garden [Londonist]
“Imagine what an oasis in the heart of London might look like. Imagine sitting on a bench in the sun reading your paper, feeling relaxed and happy, being surrounded by plants, herbs and flowers that have powers to heal all… Continue reading
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In Pictures: The Urban Physic Garden [BBC]
Plus London’s History of Herbal Treatments, by Helen Babbs.
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Urban Physic Garden opens in Southwark with pop-up supper club [Timeout]
The folks behind the Union Street Urban Orchard return this year with the Urban Physic Garden, an oasis of tranquility in Southwark …
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Urban Orchard in “My Green City” Book
My Green City: Back to Nature with Attitude and Style, Gestalten Press. A stylish compilation of work and ideas that are bringing nature back into our cities. Check it out here!
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East London Sukkah [Guardian]
Mona Manhood features the East London Sukkah in a Guardian Multimedia piece, filmed during our build at Spitalfields City Farm. Watch it here.
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From Lord of the Manor to Sleeping on a Park Bench [The Arty Semite]
“When I arrived at the East London Sukkah this blustery Saturday, the afternoon’s schedule of programs was running behind to accommodate a late entry: “A Guide to Squatting” by the North East London Squatters Network …” by Sarah Kessler.
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How we did it … Urban Orchard provides sustainability harvest [Planning Magazine]
Project: Design and build of Union Street Urban Orchard, a community garden in the heart of London, by Nicola Homer.
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Urban Orchard Slips Back into the Ground [Treehugger]
“We first visited the Union Street Urban Orchard when it opened, back at the end of June. It is an orchard of 85 fruit trees and more, created on an abandoned site in the east end of London. It’s a… Continue reading
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Best Temp Job in Town [The Independent]
Best temp job in town: Pop-up gardens are appearing across London thanks to one pioneering enthusiast, by Emma Townshend.
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Union Street Urban Orchard [Regeneration + Renewal]
David Hickey visits a temporary community garden opened on a disused London site.
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LFA 2010: Make do and build [Architects Journal]
“Another excellent community-focused project is the Union Street Urban Orchard. Built with the help of the Bankside Open Spaces Trust and designed by Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry, the Urban Orchard is what a community centre would look… Continue reading
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The Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring [Dezeen]
“American landscape architect Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry has transformed a disused site in Bankside, London, into a public garden with the introduction of apple trees, allotments, a timber pavilion, and a table-tennis table in a skip.”
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The Union Street Urban Orchard [Building Design]
“A lush urban orchard and community garden has been created on the south bank for the London Festival of Architecture and beyond.” – By Will Hurst.
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Union Street Urban Orchard [Apartment Therapy]
“An escape within the city for Londoners — and a plain old escape for those of us living on the other side of the ocean …”
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‘A Halfway Home for Wayward Plants’ [Public Journal]
The Barbican adoption event is featured in Issue 41: Gardens of Public Journal (Art – Culture – Ideas).
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The highlights of 2009 [RSA Arts & Ecology]
“Radical Nature attempted to put the contemporary into context by reviewing 40 years of work in utopian architecture and often anti-utopian art … there were other small gems too, like Heather Ring’s Wayward Plant Registry.”