Having trained as an Architect, Hester Buck joined the critical design practice, public works, which occupies the terrain between architecture, art, performance and activism. Through her projects and research, she is interested in how planting can be used as a tool to start conversations, build networks of care within the local community, and give agency to make changes to our public realm. She explored these ideas as part of her residency at the Design Museum 2018, culminating in the Growing Common Land exhibition, which celebrated the community gardens within post-war social housing estates in London.