Chelsea Physic Garden, West London
Studio Cultivate have been involved with the beautiful Physic Garden for a number of years. SC Founder, Francis worked at the garden as a member of the gardening staff, before becoming involved with the Education Department.
Recently, The Chelsea Physic Garden have commissioned Studio Cultivate to create and deliver a number of PlayGreen workshops, including ‘Storm in a Teacup’, ‘Dinner with Dinosaurs’ and ‘Princesses, Pirates, Merchants and Worms’.
Chelsea Physic Garden currently hosts a number of Studio Cultivate’s PlayGreen projects.
Bridge Lane Nursary, South West London
Studio Cultivate have run the Kindergarden programme at Bridge Lane Nursery for 3 years. In this time we have created a hugely productive edible garden and helped the school build a garden shed, to host the Kindergarden workshops and house the programme’s many character models and illustrations.
In 2016, Studio Cultivate’s PlayGreen brought the Shakespeare Garden Project to Southwark Cathedral for the 400th Centenary of Shakespeare’s death.
The project turned the beautiful cathedral, its grounds, Borough Market, The Golden Hind and London’s southbank into a 16th Century ‘fair’ Verona and Athenian woodland in PlayGreen’s unique take on Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
Pippa Pop-ins Nursary School, West London
Studio Cultivate delivers its Kindergarden programme to a number of Pippa Pop-ins settings in London, helping its pre-school pupils explore and interact with the exciting natural world of west London.
Newpark Montessori Nursery School, West London
The Newpark Montessori group have championed Studio Cultivate’s Kindergarden programme since its creation in 2015. In this time, Studio Cultivate have helped Newpark build exciting garden spaces, including an urban orchard, a woodland setting and an edible garden across their settings.
ICP Nursaries, various locations
Studio Cultivate have worked with the ICP Nursery group for a number of years, helping Early Years Foundation Stage pupils in London, Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire explore their wonderful natural worlds.
Richard Cobden Primary School, North London
Studio Cultivate deliver Merristems at this Camden state school. The Merristem programme has helped the school design and transform a number of their grey outdoor spaces into vibrant edible and wildlife friendly gardens, whilst helping the pupils from Reception to Yr.6 engage with the gardens they have created.