STOP PRESS: Closing date extended to Sunday 19 June 2022 (midnight)
Entries are welcome now for Lambeth Council and Incredible Edible Lambeth’s Blooming Lambeth Awards 2022, showcasing green work in Lambeth.
You can enter one of eight categories designed to showcase the amazing work that is going on to green up the borough, bring people together and improve our wellbeing. Projects that inspire others are sought. The categories are:
- The Ivor Picardo award for most productive vegetable garden
- Best School Garden
- Most enthusiastic young gardener – under 18
- Best volunteer for a Community Growing space
- Best resident led estate garden
- Best garden in bloom, public facing
- Best wildlife garden
- Best imaginative use of greening a small space
Check out the IEL website for more details of each category.
Please apply online. Deadline for entries is Midnight 11 June 2022 with 100-600 words and 3-6 photos of the garden. You can add social media links for more pictures or information. Applications will be shortlisted in the following three weeks. Judging and photographing gardens will take place during the first two weeks of July. Entrants may receive a visit from a judge at any time during these two weeks; they may or may not pre-warn you. There are prizes of £150, £100, £75, £50 & £25 for winners and highly commended entries in each category. The awards ceremony will take place in October 2022.
If you have any questions about Blooming Lambeth 2022 email: questions@incredibleediblelambeth.org or bloom@lambeth.gov.uk
You can see more about previous year’s winners on the IEL website
