Manor Park London in Bloom & Green Flag Award Sutton Local - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Manor Park London in Bloom & Green Flag Award

Sutton Local Committee 27 February 2020

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• Annual award Judged people from a

range of professional backgrounds

• Designed to audit a park based on two

parts - site visit and management plan

• Looks to raise the standard of parks

nationally

• Looks at a range of criteria
• Can be used to test the delivery of

contractors

• Range of categories including - Small park
• Manor park has won a Green Flag Award a

number of times

Green Flag Award Scheme explained

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• Annual competition Judged by people often

with a parks or horticultural background

• Designed to encourage and celebrate
• Encourages Civic Pride
• Looks at a range of criteria
• The feedback from judges is always helpful
• Links to our own Sutton in Bloom

Competition

• Range of categories including - Small park
• Overall borough can go forward to Britain in

Bloom

• Sutton were outright winners in 1991

London In Bloom Judging explained

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London in Bloom

• 166 points out of a possible 200 (Silver Gilt)
• The park scored well on maintenance of hard landscape features and

welfare of park users

• Feedback was constructive and there are clear opportunities to improve
• The park would need 170 points to achieve Gold standard

Green Flag Award

• Management Plan score - 20-24 out of 30
• Site assessment - 50 -54 out of 64
• Feedback is very positive and is an improvement on previous scores, the
• n site gardener is commended for his passion and knowledge.

This years judging, scores and feedback

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The Greener City Fund Bid

Manor Park Friends Group has been awarded Greener City funding to replace the avenue of trees through our lovely park, additional tree planting and establish a small Social Orchard. Words can't express how thrilled and excited we are. We have also been awarded match funding from The Sutton Local Committee to make this a truly great project.

Manor Park Friends Group - What's happening in Manor Park

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Social Orchard: Community planting with volunteers and Manor Park Primary School 8 mixed fruit trees – plus figs and walnuts Free fruit for the community

Manor Park Friends Group - What's happening in Manor Park

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Tree Avenue: Avenue of hornbeams With back planting of acers and flowering Cherries …

Manor Park Friends Group - What's happening in Manor Park

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Thank you for listening

Any Questions

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