Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

Members noted an update from the Superintendent of City Gardens in relation to activities taking places across various green spaces. The Committee noted that the budgets for both City Gardens and Bunhill Fields are in line with anticipated profile of expenditure for this time of year. Of the four Carry Forwards requested from the departmental City Fund underspend 2016/17, three were approved. Consequently improvement projects will take place this coming winter/spring at West Smithfield, Cleary and Tower Hill Gardens. The request for funding to undertake planting improvements at St. Dunstan’s in the-West was rejected.

City Gardens enjoyed a success in this year’s London in Bloom awards:

· City of London – Overall winner in the Town category (based on population

size)

· St Olave’s Churchyard, Hart Street – Gold and overall winner of Churchyard

of the year award.

· Beech Gardens, the Barbican Estate – won Gold in the Small Park/Garden

category

· St Dunstan in the East – also won Gold in the Small Park/Garden category.

Resolved – that the update be received.