2018 London in Bloom winners
Hillingdon scooped a series of prestigious accolades at this year's London in Bloom awards - further establishing its reputation as the capital's greenest borough.
Hillingdon saw off competition from other London boroughs to win nine gold and seven silver gilt awards for its parks, green spaces and gardens.
The borough won gold in the "large city" category - an accolade it retained from last year. It was also judged overall winner in the category for the second year in a row.
The council's Rural Activities Garden Centre, which provides educational and employment opportunities for adults with additional needs, also won a gold and was named overall winner in the "small park of the year" category. Volunteer gardeners from the garden centre - affectionately known as "gardeners" - are no strangers to receiving awards, having recently won a gold medal at the Hampton Court Flower Show.
There were also awards for:
Gold
- Stockley Business Park was judged overall winner in the "business landscape" category
- Polish War Memorial and Garden won in the "park of the year" category
- Ruislip Lido won in the "large park of the year" category
- Poors Field won in the "common of the year" category
- Long Meadow won in the "large conservation area" category
- Friends of Eastcote House Gardens won in the "our community" category
- Eastcote House Gardens - won gold for the "park of the year" category
- Breakspear Cemetery won in the "large cemetery" category
- Friends of Eastcote House Gardens won in the "walled garden" category
Silver gilt
- Highgrove Woods won silver in the "small conservation area" category
- Pinn Meadows won silver in the "large conservation area" category
- Minet Country Park won in the "country park of the year" category
- Manor Farm won silver in the "heritage park and garden of the year" category
- Normal Leddy Gardens won in the "small park of the year" category
- West Drayton Cemetery won in the "small cemetery" category
- Friends of Pinn Meadows won in the "our community" category
Other awards
- Friends of Pinn Meadows judged to be "thriving" in the "it's your neighbourhood" category
- Friends of Eastcote House Gardens, marked as outstanding in the "it's your neighbourhood" category
London in Bloom is an annual competition that has been running for more than 40 years. The competition is designed to promote gardening and horticulture across London. This year's award ceremony took place at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park on Thursday 20 September. Entries were judged in July.