Islington In Bloom

Islington Gardeners are delighted that our Council has done so well (again!) in the prestigious London in Bloom competition in 2009. The London Borough of Islington emerged as overall winners of London in Bloom 2009, seeing off every other leafy borough in the city. Particularly gratifying was the Gold Award for a Borough in the City Group B Category. Many congratulations! For full details of the many awards the Council won, please click on the following link to the relevant page on the Council's website:
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Environment/outdoor/parks/in_bloom/london_in_bloom/london_in_bloom_09_results.asp"/

The Winning Sites can be seen on this page:

http://www.islington.gov.uk/Environment/outdoor/parks/in_bloom/london_in_bloom/london_in_bloom_09_winners.asp

We wish Islington's Greenspace team every encouragement and any support we can give them in their work to make Islington's outdoor environment lovely for us all in this coming year 2010 and of course to do as well in the 2010 London in Bloom competition!

ISLINGTON IN BLOOM 2009 AWARD WINNERS

Below are the prize-winners for the Council's Islington in Bloom competition, and once again Islington Gardeners are delighted to sponsor the wildlife category prizes. We have renamed the prize in memory of one of the highly-regarded founders of Islington Gardeners, Nancy Pattenden, who sadly died during the year. Everybody who does their best with their street-side garden, and particularly the talented prize-winners of Islington in Bloom, makes a difference to the quality of life for us all in the borough. Please keep going in 2010!

BEST FRONT GARDEN – sponsored by the Islington Gazette

Most Sustainable Entry, SILVER – 26 Regina Road

THIRD, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – 1 Victor Cazelot House, Gaskin Street

SECOND, GOLD, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – 85b Southgate Road, below:



FIRST, GOLD, Overall Best New Entry and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - 5 Rees Street, below:



BEST CONTAINER GARDEN – sponsored by Camden Garden Centre AND Best entry from an HfI resident sponsored by HfI

Most Sustainable Entry, SILVER-GILT – 4a Kinefold House, York Way Estate

THIRD, GOLD, third best entry from an HfI resident and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – 22 Andover Road

SECOND, GOLD, second best entry from an HfI resident and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – 28 Elia Street, below:



FIRST, GOLD, best entry from an HfI resident, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - 10 Steadman Court, below:



BEST TREE PIT – sponsored by City Suburban Tree Surgeons

Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award, SILVER – 2-4 Ockendon Road

THIRD, SILVER-GILT – 36 Melgund Road

SECOND, SILVER-GILT – 10 Rickthorne Road

FIRST, SILVER-GILT and Most Sustainable Entry - 39 Ockendon Road


BEST RESIDENTIAL COMMUNAL GARDEN – sponsored by Enterprise

(no award made for Most Sustainable Entry in this category)

THIRD, SILVER – 1 Brookfield House, Halton Road

SECOND, SILVER and Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award – Rowstock Gardens

FIRST, SILVER - Brooke Park Co-op


BEST SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY GARDEN – sponsored by Ringway

THIRD, SILVER-GILT, Most Sustainable Entry and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – Freightliners City Farm

SECOND, GOLD, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – King Henry’s Walk Community Garden

FIRST, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - Culpeper Community Garden


BEST STREET OR PART OF A STREET – sponsored by Kier Islington

THIRD, SILVER – Plimsoll Road (PART)

SECOND, SILVER-GILT, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and most Sustainable Entry – Ambler Road (PART)

Special award for community participation – Ambler Road and Plimsoll Road

FIRST, GOLD - Ockendon Road


BEST SCHOOL GROUNDS OVER 5s – sponsored by The Garden Classroom

Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – Toffee Park Adventure Playground

THIRD, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – St Luke’s Primary School

SECOND, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – St. Joseph’s RC Primary School

FIRST, GOLD, Most Sustainable Entry and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - William Tyndale Primary School


BEST ALLOTMENT PLOT – sponsored by Bumblebees

Most Sustainable Entry, BRONZE – Peter Chatalos (micro food farm at St Luke’s Centre)

THIRD, SILVER – 52 Halliford Street

SECOND, SILVER-GILT – Plot 35, King Henry’s Walk Community Garden

FIRST, GOLD, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - Plot 12 Quill Street Allotments


BEST FORGOTTEN CORNER – sponsored by Islington Council

Most Sustainable Entry, BRONZE – Bronte House, Mayville Estate

Special award for Edible Forgotten Corner (food growing in the space), SILVER – Flat 5, Block N, Chequer Street

THIRD, SILVER – 133 Canonbury Court (Hawes Streeet)

SECOND, SILVER-GILT and Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award – 31 Hamilton Park West, below:



FIRST, GOLD - 1-5 Cedar Court (Essex Road) and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence, below:




BEST SCHOOL GROUNDS UNDER 5s – sponsored by Green Baby

(Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award – no award made in this category)

THIRD, BRONZE – Grafton Primary School

SECOND, SILVER-GILT – St. Luke’s Primary School

FIRST, SILVER-GILT and Most Sustainable Entry - St. Joseph’s RC Primary School


BEST BLOOMING BUSINESS – sponsored by Ringway

THIRD, SILVER – Enlighten Next

SECOND, SILVER-GILT and most Sustainable Entry – The Business Design Centre, below:



FIRST, GOLD - Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Friendliness Award and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence - Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects, below:



BEST BLOOMING PUB, BAR OR RESTAURANT –sponsored by The Islington Gazette and Islington Council

THIRD, SILVER-GILT, most Sustainable Entry and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – The Driver

SECOND, GOLD and London in Bloom Certificate of Excellence – The Enkel Arms, below:



FIRST, GOLD, Nancy Pattenden Wildlife Award – The Hemingford Arms, below:

Once again Islngton Gardeners have helped Islington's Greenspace with this popular borough-wide competition, again providing expert judges for the preliminary judging. Again, we have sponsored the prizes for the most wildlife-friendly awards in each category, as we take the view that our threatened biodiversity needs to be encouraged to flourish in every kind of garden and not just confined to an occasional "nature" garden. All prizewinners have been given complimentary IG membership for 2009. We are delighted that yet again competitor numbers increased in 2008,and and have pleasure in listing the competition prizewinners below,with photographs of most of the first prizewinning entries. All entrants and prizewinners make a significant contribution to the quality of life in the borough of Islington and we hope that they will continue with their gardening.

BEST COMMUNITY GARDEN (sponsored by City Suburban Tree Surgeons)



1st King Henry's Walk Garden (also London in Bloom Certificate and Best New Entry)

2nd Sunnyside Community Garden and also most wildlife-friendly entry in this category

3rd Freightliners Farm, Sheringham Road, N7

Certificates of Excellence to Penn Road Gardens, N7, 45 Scholefield Road (Brooke Park Co-op) and HNG Stress Project

BEST RESIDENTIAL GARDEN (sponsored by Kier Islington)



1st 1 - 11 Malvern Terrace N1(also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd Ockendon Road, N5 (also London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd Rowstock Estate, also most wildlife friendly entry in this category (also London in Bloom Certificate)

Certificates of excellence to 36 Aubert Park, N5, and Steadman Court N1

BEST FRONT GARDEN (sponsored by Islington Gazette)



1st 118 Rotherfield Street, N1, (also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd 23 Penn Road, N7 (also London in Bloom Certificate)

Joint 3rd 26 Regina Road N4, and also most wildlife-friendly entry in this category (and also London in Bloom Certificate)

Joint 3rd 90 St George's Avenue, N7

Certificate of Excellence to 2a Penn Road N7

BEST CONTAINER GARDEN (sponsored by North One Garden Centre)



1st 10 Steadman Court, N1, also most wildlife-friendly entry in this category (and also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd 28 Elia Street (also London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd 22 Andover Road,Hornsey Road, N19,(also London in Bloom Certificate)

Certificates of Excellence to 4A Kinefold House, York Way,
and to 34 Laycock Street, N1

BEST FORGOTTEN CORNER (sponsored by Islington Council)



1st 10 Rickthorne Road (also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd Hamilton Park West (also London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd 1 Shuna Walk (also London in Bloom Certificate)

Certificate of Excellence: Rosemary Green, outside the Rosemary Branch pub, Baring Street, N1

Most wildlife-friendly entry in this category:10 Steadman Court (rear)

BEST ALLOTMENT (sponsored by Bumblebees)

1st Plot 12, Quill Street Allotments, also the most wildlife-friendly entry in this category, (also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd St Luke's Community Centre (also London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd Bemerton Gardeners

BEST HOMES FOR ISLINGTON ENTRY (sponsored by Homes for Islington)



1st 64 Annesley Walk, N19

2nd Entrance to Charles Townsend House

3rd 11 Steadman Court

BEST BLOOMING PUB (sponsored by Camden Garden Centre)

1st The Hemingford Arms,N1, also the most wildlife friendly entry in this category (also London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd The Charles Lamb, N1 (also London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd The New Rose

BEST BUSINESS FRONTAGE (sponsored by Glendale Grounds Management)



1st The Business Design Centre (and London in Bloom certificate)

2nd Pollard Thomas Edwards, also the most wildlife friendly entry in this category (and London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd Enlighten Next

BEST SCHOOL GROUNDS CATEGORY (sponsored by CEA Islington)

1st Pooles Park Primary School (and London in Bloom Certificate)

2nd St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, N19 (and London in Bloom Certificate)

3rd Tufnell Park Primary School (and London in Bloom
Certificate)

Certificates of Excellence to: Andover Early Years Centre, Archway Children's Centre, Rosebowl Youth Club, St Luke's Primary School, The Gower School, Toffee Park Adventure Playground, William Tyndale Primary School

Once again, Islington Gardeners have been pleased to assist Islington's Greenspace with the running of this year's competition and in particular to provide judges for the preliminary judging. We have again sponsored the prizes for Wildlife Friendly Gardening in appropriate categories, and again all winners received complimentary IG membership for a year. We are pleased that the number of entries increased again this year, and we list below the prizewinners in the various categories.










(A selection of the prizewinners: Rowstock Gardens, Freightliners' Farm, Pollard Thomas Edwards, Corsica Street Bridge Garden)

BEST COMMUNITY GARDEN

1st Freightliners City Farm, Sheringham Road, London N7 (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

2nd Culpeper Community Garden, 1 Cloudesley Road, London N1

3rd Penn Road Park, Penn Road, London N7

BEST RESIDENTIAL GARDEN

1st Rowstock Gardens, Camden Estate, London N7 (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

2nd Steadman Court, 165 Old Street, London EC1

3rd 36 Aubert Park, N5

BEST FRONT GARDEN

1ST 1 Malvern Terrace, N1 (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

2nd 2a Penn Road, N7

3rd 19 Hedingham Close, N1

BEST CONTAINER ENTRIES

1st 10 Steadman Court, 165 Old Street, EC1

2nd 11 Steadman Court, 165 Old Street, EC1

3rd 22 Andover Road, Hornsey Road N7 (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

BEST BLOOMIN PUB

1st The Charles Lamb, 16 Elia Street, N1 8DE

Wildlife Gardening Prize: Hemingford Arms, 158 Hemingford Rd, N1 1DF

BEST SCHOOL GROUNDS

1st Toffee Park, 30 Ironmonger Row, EC1V 3QS

2nd William Tyndale School, Sable Street, Canonbury Road, N1 2AQ (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

3rd Pooles Park Primary School, Lennox Road, Finsbury Park N4 3NW

BEST FORGOTTEN CORNER

1st Corsica Street Bridge Garden, Corsica Street, N1

2nd Ockenden Road, London N1

3rd 31 Hamilton Park West, N5

Wildlife Gardening Prize: Whitehall Park Garden, Pauntley Street, N19

BEST BUSINESS PREMISES

1st Pollard Thomas Edwards, Diespecker Wharf, 38 Graham Street, London N1 8JX (also the Wildlife Gardening Prize)

ISLINGTON IN BLOOM'S 2006 PRIZEWINNERS

BEST CONTAINER GARDEN

1st Surya Prabha; 2nd Sue Triggs: 3rd Shirley Pollaya; Certificates of Excellence to: A Muijib, Malka Baker

BEST FRONT GARDEN

1st Judy and Paul Garvey; 2nd Rose Irving; 3rd Amara Proctor; Certificates of Excellence to: Jane Blakey; Jennifer Chamberlain; Rebecca Jollies

BEST RESIDENTIAL

1st Widford House (Colebrooke Row N1); 2nd 36 Aubert Park, N5; 3rd Ockendon Road, N1; Certificates of Excellence to: Gibbs Court, (Tollington Park, N4)

BEST COMMUNITY GARDEN

1st Culpeper Community Garden (35 Bachelor St, N1); 2nd Penn Road Gardens, N7; 3rd St Joseph's Garden (15 Lambs Passage, EC1); Certificates of Excellence to: Rose Bowl Youth Centre (Ramsay Walk, N1), Manning House (Fieldway Crescent, N5)

BEST SCHOOL GROUNDS

1st Pooles Park Primary School, Lennox Road, N4; 2nd William Tyndale School (Sable St, N1); 3rd Kate Greenaway Nursery (York Way Court, Copenhagen St, N1); Certificates of Excellence to: Hanover Primary School (Noel Road, N1); Clerkenwell Parochial CE Primary School (Amwell St, EC1)

BEST FORGOTTEN CORNER

1st Corsica Street Railway Bridge, N5 - Cynthia Locke; 2nd Hornsey Lane Planters N19 - Mr and Mrs de Swiet; 3rd Whitehall Park Garden, Pauntley St N19 - Sue Lees

BEST BLOOMIN' PUB

1st The Charles Lamb (16 Elia St, N1) 2nd The Hemingford Arms (158 Hemingford Road, N1); 3rd The Masque Haunt (168-172 Old Street London EC1);

BEST BUSINESS PREMISES

1st Enlighten Next, (13 Windsor St, N1); 2nd Pollard Thomas Edwards, Architects; (Diespeker Wharf, 38 Graham St, N1); 3rd, Sofra Restaurant (21 Exmouth Market, EC1)

BEST NEW ENTRY 2006 - Enlighten Next

BEST WILDLIFE FRIENDLY ENTRY - Mrs Amara Proctor

LONDON IN BLOOM AWARDS 2006

Islington in Bloom winners are entered into the wider London in Bloom competion, and we are delighted to list Islington's award winners:

London Borough of Islington - Silver Gilt

The Denys Hodder Shield for the Best London Commercial Premises: Third Prize to The Window, partnered with Enlighten Next, Islington

Best London Restaurant Award - The Sophia, Islington

RHS Biodiversity Discretionary Award 2006 - London Borough of Islington