Tower Hamlets won the City category in the 2022 London in Bloom awards, one of a record 12 Gold awards won by sites and organisations in Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf won the Town or City Centre category for the second year running, and picked up a second Gold award in the Business Landscape section.
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park repeated its 2021 hat trick of gold awards in the Large Conservation Site, Large Cemetery and Heritage Park or Garden categories. Victoria Park and the Tower of London also won Gold in the latter category, with Victoria Park doubling up with another Gold in Large Park of the Year.
The borough’s community groups also did well. Lady Micos Gardeners retained their three awards with Golds in Walled Garden and Our Community, and Outstanding in “It’s Your Neighbourhood”. Providence Row also achieved Gold the Our Community category, along with an Outstanding award in “It’s Your Neighbourhood”, and Cranbrook Community Food Garden also Outstanding in “It’s Your Neighbourhood”.
Header photo: East Lake in Victoria Park (Richard Drew)
