In 2019 this kitchen garden, which was created from a disused tennis court, celebrated its 10th anniversary. The garden's 48 raised wooden beds maximise food-growing space, and most of those involved in the garden grow fruit, vegetables and flowers. Plot-holders donated the proceeds they received from Open Gardens weekend 2017 to the Grenfell Tower Relief Fund after debris from the fire landed in some plots. St Quintin’s won an Outstanding classification in London in Bloom between 2016 and 2018 ('It’s Your Neighbourhood’ section) and again in 2022 and 2023. It was also awarded the London in Bloom Excellence in Gardening Award in 2015. Individual plot-holders have also won awards. The garden featured in The Great British Garden Revival BBC2 series in 2013. It is still much loved by its plot-holders as a green haven away from the hustle and bustle of urban London.
Capital Growth garden: 342
Visitor Information
Open
Saturday 12:00–16:30
Sunday 12:00–16:30
Activities
Tea and coffee, plants and home-made cakes for sale. Artworks by resident artists Denis Free and Donal Ryan. In 2023 plot-holder Pat Nuttall sold handmade fabric goods; Pat grows woad in her plot, a new first for St. Quintin's.
Picnics allowed.
Entrance
The entrance is on St Quintin Avenue next to the Health Centre. Nearest postcode: W10 6NX
An edible teaching garden with a woodland area, a natural wooden climbing area, an ecological area and a sensory garden. Activities for families and children; small plants for sale; refreshments.
The only remaining Lawn Bowling Club in Kensington and Chelsea, founded in 1903. Set in former award-winning gardens once patronised by royalty, now being restored by volunteers after long neglect.
This garden is part of the Ladbroke Estate and featured in the film 'Notting Hill'. Thomas Allason's plan of 1823 allowed for generous communal gardens, organised in a concentric layout of crescents.
Award-winning one-acre site and important learning resource centre which grows more than 40 varieties of produce with the help of the adjacent school and local residents.
