Wayward Plants rescues plants, trees and landscape materials destined for landfill, and redistributes them to the communities that need them most.
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Do you have plants, trees, landscape materials or growing infrastructure at risk of going to waste?
We work with developers, local authorities, construction companies and cultural institutions to rescue and redistribute materials to communities across London.
Receive
Looking to green your community, but lack the resources to do so?
We support schools, community gardens and grassroots green spaces with rescued plants, trees and materials that might otherwise go to waste.
Wayward Plants has rescued more than 100,000 mature plants and trees…
…rehoming them to our network of 2,000 community and school gardens across London…
…diverting over 500 tonnes of waste from landfill.*
* That’s more than 50 Routemaster London buses!
Launching at Cultivate Colindale in June 2026, the Wayward Plants Reuse Centre is building the infrastructure needed to rescue, store, propagate and redistribute plants, trees and landscape materials at scale.
The reuse centre will support a growing network of schools, community gardens and grassroots organisations across London, while hosting public events, workshops, exhibitions and plant adoption initiatives. Learn more here.
What is a Wayward Plant?
Wayward plants, commonly referred to as weeds, are simply plants growing where they are not wanted.
Whether surplus, in-the-way, unsightly, wonky or overgrown, plants are routinely uprooted and discarded as part of the normal rhythms of urban life. But the beauty and value of wayward plants are always in the eye of the beholder.
Wayward Plants began nearly 20 years ago through our adoption events for unwanted plants, connecting people through the exchange of plants and stories. What started as small, idiosyncratic acts of rescue and rehoming has since grown into an ambitious vehicle for social and environmental change.
At its heart is a simple belief: that things cast aside still hold value, beauty, and the potential for new life in unexpected places.
Come join us at a future adoption event and give a wayward plant a new home.
Wayward Plants Theme Song (2009)
