Dorset Road Allotments is celebrating after receiving a Green Flag Community Award for the 20th year in a row!
The site is one of 2,250 in the UK to achieve the award, which is the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.
The news that Dorset Road Allotments has met the standards required for the accreditation is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team that care for the green space so that visitors and residents alike can enjoy it.
Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, Paul Todd MBE, said: “Congratulations to everyone involved in Dorset Road Allotments who have worked tirelessly to ensure that it achieves the high standards required for the Green Flag Award.
“Quality parks and green spaces like Dorset Road Allotments make the country a heathier place to live and work in, and a stronger place in which to invest.
“Crucially, Dorset Road Allotments is a vital green space for communities in the London Borough of Bromley to enjoy nature, and during the ongoing cost of living crisis it is a free and safe space for families to socialise. It also provides important opportunities for local people and visitors to reap the physical and mental health benefits of green space.”
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
The Green Flag Award Scheme is run by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, in partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful, Keep Wales Tidy and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.
A Green Flag Community Award recognises quality sites managed by voluntary and community groups.