What to expect

• Free play at Maxilla Forest School
• Gardening activities from seed to harvest
• Creative arts and crafts in nature
• Relaxing time in the Maxilla Studios garden
• Exciting off-site trips

Who can join?

We may receive more applications than available spaces, so priority will be given to families who:

• Have children with SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities)
• Live in North Kensington
• Live outside the borough but children attend a North Kensington state primary school.

How do I sign up?

Cultivate Create is free, but sign-up is essential. If you and your child(ren) would like to take part, please fill out our sign-up form here.

About Cultivate Create

Cultivate Create is ACAVA’s community gardening programme, developed with local families in North Kensington. Led by gardener Maria Cabrera and supported by Dannielle Jemmott, the project offers a welcoming space to grow, harvest, and enjoy fresh produce while connecting with nature.

Alongside creative gardening sessions, families take part in trips to other green spaces and community projects. Recent visits include Kew Gardens, Fulham Palace Gardens, and the Nourish Hub, where families cooked with chefs and nutritionists using ingredients they had nurtured at Maxilla Studios.

Families meet twice a month to care for the thriving kitchen garden they’ve created in Maxilla Studios’ project yard. They’ve grown a variety of vegetables—from radishes to courgettes to ginger—installed a polytunnel and a simple irrigation system, built a bug hotel to support biodiversity, and even designed their own seed packets using harvested seeds.

The programme also provides access to the unique Forest School garden, where children can explore nature and engage in free creative play.

Based at Maxilla Walk Studios in London W10, Cultivate Create is open to families living in or attending a state primary school in North Kensington.

Cultivate Create is a partnership with the NHS North Kensington Healthier Futures with support from Ernst & Young.