On Tuesday the
London in Bloom judges came to Lewisham. This is a competition between boroughs based on four judging criteria; horticultural excellence, sustainability, looking after the general environment, and involving the community.
Our bid this year has been strengthened by the level of community involvement there has been. And I'd like to thank everyone for their commitment; from those who have taken part in green gym events, allotmentiers, the amenity societies, community groups and many more. We also had fantastic support from the
Horniman museum, the
NDC,
Phoebe's and
Glendale.
We'll have to wait to see how we fare against all the other London boroughs until the end of September when the results are announced. However, the initial feedback is encouraging. One of the judges said to me that ours was the 'Olympic' bid (lets hope London rather than Moscow) and when asked whether the presentation and the reality matched said they thought they had.
For those who are wondering last year we got a Silver Award at the London in Bloom awards.