For the umpteenth year in succession, Enfield in Bloom awards have gone to projects run by the Friends of Broomfield Park.
The Long Border, part of Broomfield Park's Walled Garden, which won Gold in this year's Enfield in Bloom awards
Broomfield Park's volunteers have won five awards for their tremendous green-fingered efforts in the prestigious Enfield in Bloom competition.
The Horticulture group won a Gold Award in the ‘Exceptional Horticultural Contribution for the Local Community’ section for their work in the Walled Garden – particularly the much-loved Long Border. The recently reopened Conservatory was awarded silver in the same category as was the Community Orchard, also a Silver Award winner.
When Broomfield Conservatory re-opened in May after eight months of restoration work had deprived it of light, the planting was looking uncharacteristically sparse, but now it's back to its full glory and received a silver award
Broomfield Park’s Wildlife Pond was a Gold Award winner in the ‘Environmental Wildlife Garden’ category and a Bronze Award recognised the innovative Broomfield Park Growing Space.
Broomfield Park's second Gold award this year was for the wildlife pondThe ethos of the Enfield in Bloom scheme is to encourage lasting improvements to our local environment by rewarding horticultural best practice, environmental friendliness, community involvement and sustainability. We are very grateful to have Broomfield Park projects celebrated by the competition organisers and award category sponsors: GP Garden Services from Crews Hill, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Ritec International Ltd.
15 years on from when the trees were first planted, Broomfield Community Orchard is turning into a nature paradise
Regular visitors to the park will already know how our volunteers nurture and enhance the park environment, but this remarkable haul of awards is testament to the quality and depth of the horticultural and environmental work in Broomfield Park, which is of course a team effort. Alongside the volunteers, resident horticulturalist Victoria Black and the Enfield Council Parks Management Team and gardeners must also be celebrated for their work on these projects.
An award ceremony will be held at the Chickenshed Theatre on Friday 18th October to celebrate the achievements of community volunteers working on parks, gardens and green spaces across the borough.
Tucked away behind the tennis courts, the community growing space was this year awarded Bronze
Regular visitors to the park will already know how our volunteers nurture and enhance the park environment, but this remarkable haul of awards is testament to the quality and depth of the horticultural and environmental volunteering in Broomfield Park.
Some of the happy band of volunteers who have been transforming Broomfield Park. Find out how to join them.