STAFF

Rebecca Thomson
Rebecca Thomson General Manager
Rebecca joined the BPCG team in July 2025. She brings management skills developed through previous roles leading a CIC that provided accessible mental health support, as well as delivering socially engaged public and museum-based art projects for community groups. A South London resident with a passion for horticulture and community wellbeing, she is committed to the role gardens play in fostering connection and social health. Her working days are Tuesday-Friday.
Jody GillettCommunity Gardener & Garden Manager
Jody is a community gardener who has trained and worked at public realm sites across London. She is committed to sustainable approaches to gardening and food growing, and to inclusive sessions open to all.
Flora Medford
Flora MedfordEducation Manager
Flora has been working with young people in a variety of settings, from schools to football clubs, for over 10 years. She’s passionate about connecting young people with the incredible spaces here at the greenhouses and inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards. Her normal working days are Monday to Wednesday, when we run our Educational Sessions.
Steph Prior
Steph PriorOperations & Programme Manager
Steph joined the BPCG team in 2022. Before coming to the Greenhouses she worked in theatre for over 10 years in a variety of different roles including managing hires, box office and events as well as on stage as an actor/musician. She developed her passion for plants by completing a Level 2 diploma in work-based Horticulture at Walworth Garden, and now combines events and horticulture working at BPCG! She works full time, usually Monday to Friday, but you’ll also find her managing the evening events and the Sunday gigs.
Kirsty McEwan
Kirsty McEwanEducation Officer
Kirsty is an artist and educator who has been with BPCG for over a year working with SEN schools and early years. She loves how abundant the gardens are to teach among and with, and how they transform through the seasons, giving with each new stage.

She is also a curious cook, a qualified yoga teacher, finds freedom on her bike, and is often found gleaning from the streets of South East London.

TRUSTEES

Georges Mikhael
Georges MikhaelChair
Georges has served on boards of different organisations, including Sutton Community Farm, and two social enterprises providing safe toilets to low-income communities in Ghana and Haiti. His role has mainly focused on helping organisations scale their impact while achieving financial sustainability. Since moving to Tulse Hill in 2020, he has been enjoying volunteering with the compost team at BPCG.
Samantha Faulkner Treasurer
Rosalind Meehan
Rosalind MeehanSecretary
Rosalind lives in Brixton and enjoys spending time in Brockwell Park and the beautiful surroundings of BPCG. She is an enthusiastic novice gardener and is passionate about the benefits of the natural world for adults and children alike. Rosalind is a qualified lawyer with experience in disputes, investigations and regulatory compliance matters. She became a trustee in 2026 and hopes to support the charity’s goals in serving the local community.
Deborah Ajia
Deborah Ajia
Deborah has over 10 years of experience in digital marketing, social media and content creation. She is well-versed in establishing online communities, collaborating with influencers, and curating digital media strategies. Deborah has previously crafted and implemented marketing strategies for The Royal Society of Arts (RSA), IKON Gallery and Skarstedt.

She is passionate about fostering togetherness and collaboration among different communities. Therefore, she volunteers extensively at several small Lambeth based charities. She also loves spending time tending to her garden, whether its watching seeds sprout into vibrant blooms or gathering up leaves.

She thoroughly enjoys painting, pottery, photography, international cinema, manga and dabbling in culinary arts.

Lauren Brownlow
Lauren Brownlow
Lauren is an HR leader with over 15 years of experience working across mission-driven organisations. She has broad experience in everything from policy development and DEI to compliance and safeguarding, developed through both executive roles and consulting work with small businesses and startups. A southwest London resident for over 20 years, she’s a budding gardener with a genuine passion for community work and connecting people to nature, and is looking to bring her HR expertise to causes that make a real local impact.
Carla Clarke
Carla Clarke
Carla is part ‘activist’ lawyer, part allotmenteer and forest gardener who credits the wide offering at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses with putting her on the path of knitting and fermenting. She’s most likely to be seen in the vicinity of Brockwell Park on her bike, whether on route to work, heading to her allotment on Rosendale Road or to do a track session at Herne Hill Velodrome. Carla became a trustee in November 2024 with a particular interest in extending the reach of the Greenhouses to those who do not have access to outdoor space where they live or for whom spending time enjoying the outdoors is seen as an unaffordable luxury.
Gam Jhutti
Jamie Laing
Jamie Laing
Jamie is a lifelong believer in the importance of bringing together green and urban spaces, having grown up in the world’s first Garden City. He now lives by Brockwell Park.

He became a trustee in 2024 and hopes to help the charity maintain and share the benefit of these beautiful gardens, as a place of connection with nature and our community.

Jamie works in government, where he is an advocate for designing policy, programmes and services around the needs of those who use them