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We are committed to maintaining a clean and safe environment for everyone in our borough to enjoy. Here you can read about the latest news from our parks, waste, streets, transport and sustainability teams.

purple flowers in Kennington Prk flower gardens - (‘London in Bloom’ Gold award winner Kennington Park features in the ‘Good Parks for London’ report)

Lambeth scores in London’s Parks report

Lambeth scores highly in the 2018 ‘Good Parks for London’ report, highlighting what volunteers and local people do, alongside what our Events and Landscapes Teams to manage these essential...

Men & women firefighters chill out on the rooftop garden

Blooming Lambeth winners: Community spaces

Incredible Edible Lambeth (IEL) and Lambeth Council teamed up for a second year of ‘Blooming Lambeth’ Awards - with £100 prizes in recognition of some of the best community...

The Bothy, Streatham Common - joint winner 'Best Community Garden in a Park' 2018

Blooming Lambeth winners: Best community garden in a park

Streatham Common and Brockwell Gardens were voted joint winners of the Incredible Edible Lambeth 2018 ‘Blooming Lambeth’ award for ‘Best Community Garden in a Park’.

Boy with tray of herbs - part of Clapham's leaf project where local schools not only grow food but run a market stall to sell it

Blooming Lambeth winners: Innovation

Lambeth’s gardening community chose three joint winners of the Blooming Lambeth ‘Innovation’ Award - mixing traditional and modern organic methods, teaching primary children the food chain story from seeds...

Asian boy in blue uniform jumper with white flowering shrub in the gardens of Heatbrook Primary School, joint 'best school garden' winner 2018

Blooming Lambeth winners 2018: School gardens

Incredible Edible Lambeth (IEL) teamed up with Lambeth Council for a second year of ‘Blooming Lambeth’ Awards - with recognition for two of the best school gardens/outdoor classrooms in...

Banana-leaf type plants in Joint winner of 20187 Blooming Lambeth Awards for best garden on a housing estate - Blenheim Gardens

Blooming Lambeth winners: Best community gardens on a Lambeth housing estate

Blenheim Estates community garden and Rosendale’s community orchard were voted joint winners in the Lambeth Council/Incredible Edible Lambeth 2018 ‘Blooming Lambeth’ category ‘Best Community garden on a housing estate’....

Green wooden planter with hebes, etc, on the streets of Herne Hill - installed to discourage littering on the street

Planters v. Tippers – Street Champions take the lead

Lambeth Street Champions get advice and support for all sorts of activities to improve their neighbourhood, from tackling issues such as litter and dog fouling to organising street parties...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Deputy Mayor for Environment Shirley Rodrigues, with Cllr Lib Peck and Cllr Jennifer Brathwaite

Brixton’s low emission bus route proving successful in reducing pollution

The introduction of a ‘clean bus corridor’ through Brixton has dramatically reduced emissions and is contributing to cleaner air.

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