Blooming Lambeth 2022 was held on November 1st at the Assembly Hall in Lambeth Town Hall. The awards ceremony was supported by Lambeth Council’s Residents Services and Housing Management team along with IEL staff, Directors, and volunteers.
We were delighted to welcome so many members of Lambeth’s gardening community both as prize winners and as supporters.
The wonderful Arit Anderson, award-winning garden designer and television presenter for the BBC’s Gardeners World and RHS shows coverage, joined the ceremony as the guest speaker and co-host for the evening.
With thanks to Debbie Sears (photography), Loughborough Junction’s Platform Café for their hearty seasonal Veggie Minestrone Soup and the live music provided by Pangaea Steelband on the night.
Please enjoy this video put together by Iona Davies in conjunction with Obie Campbell and Marjorie Landels (music by Pangaea Steelband) that captures the essence of this inspiring night.
Congratulations to the Blooming Lambeth Awards 2022 winners! Watch the winners as they receive their prizes (video by Iona Davies and music by Pangaea Steelband).
Ivor Picardo Award for abundant growing of edibles
Winners:
Courtyard Leda and Latona Court
Best School Garden
Highly Commended:
Best volunteer for a community growing space
Winner:
Jackie Crawford
Highly Commended:
Jody Lloyd
Shaun Skinner
Simon Ghartey
Siobhan Mooney
Best resident-led community garden
Winner:
Challice Way
Highly Commended:
Community Healing Garden – Vauxhall Gardens Estate
Click here to view all of the shortlisted nominations for the public votes categories.
Most enthusiastic young gardener – at home or in a school
Winners:
Anonymous child – Glenbrook pupil
Dino Cordello – Michael Tippett College
The Blooming Lambeth Awards 2022 were supported by the generous sponsorship of Lambeth Council, the T Brown Group and OpenView Security Solutions, making it possible to award £4,000 of prizes in the form of B&Q vouchers to the selected awardees of Commended, Highly Commended and Winner accolades.
Additional sponsorship for the awards ceremony night was received from the Lambeth Business Improvement Districts (BID’s); InStreatham, This is Clapham, Brixton BID and WeAreWaterloo, whose contributions supported the decorations, food and music for the ceremony.