PUNKhorticulturefor a connected
urban future.
Wild City Studio is a cultural studio, an ideas platform, a publishing house and a venue in East London. We trade in reclaimed landscapes, urban nature and radical optimism — moving the conversation past corporate greenwashing into something with soil under its fingernails.
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Wild
City.
“Punk horticulture for a connected urban future.”
The first long-form transmission from Wild City Press, by Jon Davies and Steve Williams. A manifesto disguised as a horticulture book — for city-makers, gardeners, planners and agitators.
The Index
Four pillars · One movementCultural Studio
Physical and cultural interventions that reclaim space.
▸ ServicesIdeas Platform
Thought leadership for the regenerative city.
▸ Lectures & talksPublishing House
Wild City Press — books, zines, manifestos, research.
▸ The bookThe Hub
An East London venue embedded next to a community garden.
▸ Book the venueEmbedded
in the
soil.
A London-based venue next to a working community garden. Home to Wild City Studio, Wild City Community, Steve Williams Landscapes, and Gold & Wild. Use it as a platform.
▸ Inquire about the venue
- ▸Workshops & creative sessionsBookable
- ▸Book launches & seasonal gatheringsCalendar open
- ▸Photography talks & exhibitionsBy invitation
- ▸Plant sales & community eventsWeekly
A Short
Manifesto.
From the desk of the studioWe are not a landscape contractor. We are a vehicle for ideas — the projects, books and partnerships emerge from them, not the other way around.
The lawn is the enemy. The verge is the future. We reclaim the cracks in the concrete and call it horticulture, because it is.
Substack writers don't have a community garden. We do. Place-based legitimacy is the only credential that matters when the city is on fire.