Staff

Adrienne Attorp is Cultivate London’s General Manager. Hailing from Canada, she has a background in sustainable agriculture and food policy. Before joining Cultivate London she worked with the Growing People Project, a horticultural social enterprise based in Milton Keynes.

Ben Simpkins is Cultivate London’s Head Grower.  Ben joins us from Groundwork and prior to that, worked at Boma Garden Centre.  Ben is passionate about horticulture and enthusiastic about passing on his knowledge to others.

Denis Bowen joined Cultivate London in May 2011 as our Business Administrator and is now Sales Manager. He brings to the team a love of real cider and slow food.

Justin Pearson and Sean Connor started with Cultivate London as volunteer trainees in April 2011.  Their interest in horticulture, motivation to work and commitment to Cultivate London have resulted in them becoming full-time Growers with the project.

Virginia Cucchi joined Cultivate London in July 2012 as the manager of Pathways’ Northfields and Haslemere allotment sites. She is passionate about plants and helping people getting into horticulture. She previously worked for Brent Mind Allotment Project. She is a garden designer and horticulturalist from Argentina.

Volunteer Trainees

Daniel, Darren, George and Laurence and Sam are Cultivate London’s dedicated Volunteer Trainees.

Board of Directors

Leah McPherson is our founder and former Managing Director.

Tim Luckett, John Quinn, David Millican and Heather Bond are Trustees of Pathways.

Maria Gledhill is the Chief Executive of Pathways.

Richard Clifford is Head of Research at Dunnhumby.

Oliver Rowe is a chef with a particular interest in local, seasonal produce.

Peter Thomas is Head of Finance at Pathways.