Islington in Bloom 2018
- 25
- Jan
Congratulations to Islington’s star gardeners – our residents, tenants, community centres, local groups, businesses and schools – celebrated at the Islington in Bloom 2018 awards.
Best Forgotten Corner – Myka Baum, St Mellitus Secret Garden
This year’s imaginative entries ranged from beautiful tree pits filled with flowers to decorated lamp posts and wildflower meadows. Islington’s school children were all hard at work too, designing more than 500 pieces for the poster competition, the most entries we’ve ever had!
Best Community Park – Penn Road Gardens
The annual competition, organised by Islington Council and Islington Gardeners, gave awards in 19 categories – you can see the full list of winners below.
Best Community Centre – St Luke’s Community Centre
The quality of the planting across the board was so high that our judges had a difficult time choosing just three winners per category. So high in fact that we added several ‘special discretionary’ awards to ensure that everyone’s efforts were fully recognised.
Best Partners Property Resident – Frances Fay Davies
The winners in full
Best Children’s Planting – Hargrave Primary School
Best Community Centre – St Luke’s Community Centre
Best Community Garden – Culpeper Community Garden
Best Community Park – Penn Road Gardens
Best Container Garden – Eileen Carnell
Best Forgotten Corner – Myka Baum, St Mellitus Secret Garden
Best Front Garden – Peter Henry Ellis
Best Housing Property Resident – Bevin Community Gardens
Best Partner’s Property Resident – Frances Fay Davies
Best Pub or Business – Image Tailors
Best Residential Communal Garden – Bevin Community Gardens
Best Retail Street or Area – Highbury Barn
Best Street – Hopping Lane
Best Tree Pit – Cosima Davies
Best Ward – Holloway
Special discretionary award – Yasmin and Seth Campbell
Special discretionary award – Frances Whitehouse
Pattenden award – Culpeper Community Garden
Winner of the children’s poster competition – Valentina Hemandez-Leonor, William Tyndale Primary School
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