London In Bloom 2025: A blossoming collaboration with Gladstone Park Primary School
The Willesden Green Town Team has a proud tradition of entering the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) London In Bloom competition, in the It’s Your Neighbourhood section. We entered in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024. We have had good ratings and feedback for our work on the Willesden Green Jubilee Station Platforms (1 and 4) and the planters outside the station. Last year we received a ‘thriving’ rating and a recommendation to do even more to reach out to our community in 2025.
After being asked to share our gardening enthusiasm with the Gladstone Park Primary School in Sherrick Green Road, by attending their annual International Day in June 2024 (see picture below) we thought working with their team would be a great way to collaborate on our shared eco-friendly objectives.
WG Town Team Members Shadi and Pat at Gladstone Park Primary International Day, with the then Mayor of Brent, Councillor Tariq Dar MBE
Our next engagement with Gladstone Park Primary School is on 1st July when we will be talking about our work at three assemblies at the school and again at their International Day on 11th July. So if you are a parent or carer, or a family member of a pupil and will be joining International Day do come along and see our Grafting Demonstration. We will be situated in the Reception Garden and will be grafting probably at 4pm.
GPP Gardening Club
Our goal was to show the children how easy it is (and fun!) to grow plants from seeds. We hope they will share this with their families, encouraging them to grow their own instead of buying imported, less eco-friendly seedlings, usually driven all the way from Europe.
